I love being able to see this from the air.
It's just beautiful.
You're not rolling, are you?
Camera Operator: Yeah.
OK. Just a sec.
The daughter my father always wanted.
Bio-Comp Industries has become...
an international industry standard among scientists...
over the past 2 decades.
We've been...
Oh, my God.
I think I'm going to die out here.
[Screaming]
[Gunshots]
[Crying]
[Growling]
Oh, God! God!
Uhh!
[Growling]
No!
Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
Aah!
Rescue officials called off the search...
for any possible survivors from the chartered airplane...
which disappeared over the Cascade Mountain range...
in earlyJanuary.
The search ends in disappointment and uncertainty...
after 2 months of aerial surveillance of the area...
failed to turn up any sign of the plane or its passengers.
Among those on board the flight...
were Bio-Comp Industries lead scientist...
Dr. Ivan Melick and Tara Knowles,
daughter of Bio-Comp Industries president and CEO Harlan Knowles.
The tragedy hits Mr. Knowles hard,
both as a father and a CEO.
In recent weeks,
Bio-Comp Industries has seen its bond rating slide south...
as Wall Street speculates on the series of delays in the public unveiling...
of a long-anticipated research project from the company.
A Bio-Comp spokesperson denies rumors...
of any connection between the plane's disappearance and the delays,
pointing instead to the volatile nature of genetic research.
"It's very hard to keep a timetable with this kind of research,"
he told reporters.
"If you've ever done any bear hunting, you'd know.
"Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes it gets you.
That's just how it goes."
I'm lou Savij.
Anchorman: Harlan Knowles took the cancellation...
of the emergency search and rescue effort in stride...
Anchorwoman: Undaunted by the odds,
maverick CEO Harlan Knowles left today...
in hopes of finding his lost daughter...
Reporter: In financial news, Bio-Comp traded down 6 points...
when the company's year-end earnings report...
failed to meet analysts' expectations for the fourth straight...
New Anchorwoman: According to our sources,
adventure writer Winston Burg will be leading the mission...
into the remote Cascade Mountains...
Tara: Just for once, can you talk to me like I'm your daughter?
look, I've got a lot on my plate now, sweetheart.
Either the trip is a problem or it's not.
- It's not that, Dad. - Then?
Then nothing. There's no problem.
[Cell Phone Rings]
- Hello? - Man: Mr. Knowles?
- Yes. - I've got some bad news.
Tara: When I think back on our lives before Mom died,
it's all happy... It's all the best there is.
Knowles: Tara? Honey?
Stay near the shore where Daddy can keep an eye on you.
Woman: Mr. Knowles?
Tara: Dad?
Yes?
[Overlapping Echoing Voices]
listen, uh, you better make all the calls you can now.
Once we get in the mountains, your signal will be gone.
Thanks. Yeah.
[Cell Phone Rings]
Hey!
Watch it with those bags, Moe.
There's gear in there that costs as much as your house.
I ain't got no house.
As soon as I get back, we'll make the announcement.
Don't be stupid. That's insider trading.
Clayton Tyne, guide and tracker.
Nikki Adams, forensic investigator and crash analyst.
Oh, yeah. Yeah, we talked on the phone.
Well, tell them all that they'll see it at the AGM meeting on Thursday.
Wow. I love this book.
The author's right over there.
Maybe you can get him to sign it.
That's Winston Burg?
Yeah.
Wow, huh?
You heard what I said.
look, I'm going to be heading through a tunnel,
so we might get cut off.
And that's Harlan Knowles. You've heard of him, right?
President and CEO of Bio-Comp Technologies.
And that's Plazz, with the computer attached to his lap.
- Hey. - He's also from Bio- Comp.
Brrr.
I wasn't expecting this kind of weather.
- Marla, right? - Yeah.
I didn't know you were coming.
Yeah, I know. I worked that out.
Oh, uh, Clayton Tyne,
my client Marla lawson of Browning & Burrows Underwriters, New York.
She's the one writing your paychecks, so be nice to her.
Clayton: Well, in that case,
it's a real pleasure to meet you, Miss lawson.
I'm Clayton Tyne,
mountain man at your service.
Oh, Marla.
Well, listen, might as well get aboard. Give you a hand?
No, I'm fine. Thank you.
I'm gonna regret taking this job, aren't I?
Oh, yeah, probably.
Oh, yeah.
Way up, up, up...
Clayton: So where we headed?
Nikki: The Grizzly Point inlet,
and from there by land up the Smoke River Gorge.
As far as we can figure,
the plane went down pretty near that area about 2 months ago.
Yeah, I remember.
The sky was buzzing for weeks.
- They never found the wreck. - Or any survivors.
Search and rescue ran fly-bys, but then refused to send in a ground team.
They said that given the climate it was too dangerous to risk their team.
And one of the survivors was Mr. Knowles' daughter Tara.
He needs to know what happened.
Clayton: Closure...
Yep.
So what's with the insurance rep picking up the tab?
Mr. Knowles said something about...
a piece of research equipment lost on the plane.
I guess her company figures it's cheaper...
to go see if we can get it than pay the claim.
That's pretty much all I know.
Winston: No more cell phones from here on out.
Knowles: look at this place.
Too many goddamn trees.
Marla: My feet hurt.
Plazz: I miss the Internet.
Winston: All right, cut the chatter, people.
[Growling]
You looking for something?
Cadborosaurus.
Cadbor...
What might that be?
It's a large snake-like creature about 30 feet long.
Kid...
you got some kind of problem that I should know about?
It's been spotted for 300 years...
in lakes from Alaska to Oregon.
[Chuckles]
You don't really believe in that crap, do you?
Hundreds of people have reported sightings over the years.
Hundreds of quacks.
like, 30 people in 1953, they saw this cadborosaurus.
[Wolf Howls]
It was 30 feet long.
It was traveling up the coast with this long tail and a dolphin-shaped head.
[Playing Harmonica]
Hey, Chief.
You got some tribal blood in you, isn't that right?
My granny's an Iroquois, if that's what you're getting at.
Yeah, that's what I'm getting at.
Want a drink?
No.
Plazz: like, you know, the Komodo dragon's existence...
wasn't proven until the '60s.
Now lots of people had seen it,
but it wasn't verified until then.
Who know what could still be out there?
Well, it does get you thinking.
This stuff is all referenced on the Internet.
Hey, do you have to be speaking all the time?
Ah, goddamn.
So what is this credozoology?
Cryptozoology.
It's the science of unverified exotic animal life.
You're serious about this?
look, new animal species are being discovered every day, you know?
Most of the time it's, like,
some new kind of beetle or an albino earthworm,
but every once in a while,
they come across something big.
Jesus Christ, kid.
Hey, Chief,
you've been living out here your entire life.
You ever seen any oogie-boogie,
big and hairy creatures out here?
I mean, besides the local women.
Do you know how many names there are for Bigfoot around the world?
let me see, in China, it's either Alma or Yeren.
In Tibet, it's Yeti or Abominable Snowman.
In Australia, it's Yowie.
In Brazil, Mapinguary.
Skunk ape in Florida.
They've got names in Vietnam and Sumatra I can't even pronounce.
Same with Russia, India, but more than anywhere,
right here in the Pacific Northwest...
where he's know as the Sasquatch.
Ok, get this...
Northern California, 1883.
A group of women go to visit their husbands...
at a gold mining camp.
Picture it:
long dresses, parasols,
high heels, and French perfume.
Everything would've been fine if it hadn't been for the French perfume.
So when they arrived,
the men went wild.
I mean, they hadn't had any female contact in months.
But let me tell you,
it wasn't just the men they succeeded in attracting.
late that night,
a Sasquatch, attracted by the ladies' perfume,
entered the camp and abducted one of the women.
Then he took her back to his cave and mated with her.
- Oh, God. - You're a sick puppy.
Nine months later, she gave birth to a baby completely covered in brown fur.
Winston: What a bunch of bull.
- [laughs] - Oh, would you shut up?
I don't think I can keep this down anymore.
Clayton: How's everybody feeling?
Nikki: Not bad.
Marla: I should have brought an air mattress.
let's move out!
Hey!
Goddamn rodent took my candy bar.
Burg.
Winston: Damn it!
We're gonna have to go upstream...
a couple of miles,
where the river narrows.
This is about as narrow as it's gonna get.
This is gonna delay us at least half a day, isn't it?
No. There's a way across upstream.
Here, take a look at this.
Over there.
He got across somehow.
Winston: Goddamn!
Nikki: Come on, Marla, don't look down.
Plazz: You're looking good.
Slowly. Come on.
- Come on, it's easy. - Come on, Marla.
I can't do this. There's no goddamn way!
Don't look down.
Just look straight ahead.
Imagine there's a stack of bearer bonds...
on the other side.
I'm gonna need some help.
You know, a girl's gotta go to extremes to get you alone.
Is that what this is about?
Oh, brother.
Silver medal, Cambridge.
Really?
- Impressive. - Thank you.
- I hate being lied to. - Don't play innocent, Mr. H.
- I've seen the way you look at me. - Just window shopping.
Ah. Well, why don't you come in the store and sample the goods?
Maybe I don't pay for what I can get free.
Ouch.
[Marla laughs]
You get the feeling there's something we're not being told?
Ain't that always the case?
Oh, yeah, I've guided rich guys before.
They're always hiding one thing,
not telling you the other.
Oh, well,
they got their problems, I got mine.
Amen.
Yeah, right. Amen.
[Chuckles]
Mr. Tyne, you look like you're ready to erupt.
Well, the truth be known, I've never been too good...
at keepin' what's in my head from spillin' out.
An honest man's affliction.
Well, it's gotten me into trouble in the past.
So, shoot. I'm not goin' anywhere.
Well, this may not be the right time,
but from one self-made man to another,
I was just wondering if you had any tips for me.
In business, I mean.
Many would consider my business advice...
as a very valuable commodity.
What have you got for me?
Jeez... let's see.
Well, all I got to offer...
is to try to get you out of these woods in one piece.
Touche. look, here it is.
My dad, before he passed on,
he offered me this advice.
He said, "Even in the worst of times,
"when you have everything on the line,
"baffle them with bullshit.
Then you win."
The key, of course, is to believe it yourself.
"Believe it yourself."
[Branch Creaks]
[Bird Screeches]
Winston: OK, folks, come on.
OK, hold up.
Goddamn it.
These maps are useless.
Well, this area hasn't been mapped since '57.
It's too tough to forest.
Jesus Christ.
I can't shake the feeling I'm being watched.
It's eerie.
That's just your imagination.
People's senses are heightened...
when they're in the wild.
Oh, that smell isn't my imagination.
Just the carcass of something dead.
let's keep moving.
[Growling]
What the hell was that?
[Growling]
Shh!
[Clatter]
Plazz: It came from somewhere over there.
Everybody just wait here.
[Growl]
[Clatter]
[Clunking]
Now, that sounds man-made.
[Clunking]
Son of a bitch!
Eww.
Did you find anything?
No. Nothin'.
Come on, let's go.
Winston: Most likely a molting white-tailed...
[low Growling]
Knowles: Is the right time of the year?
I mean, for that kind of behavior?
Marla: If it is, I'm glad I'm not a deer.
Nikki: Yeah, what a headache.
[Growling]
Plazz: Well, you know, Bigfeet will do anything...
to snuff the enemy.
They use found natural objects as tools.
Clayton: Can it, kid!
Well, um, I'm turning in.
- Good night. - Good night.
Good night.
[Music Faintly Through Headphones]
[low Growl]
Ha ha, very funny. I'm scared.
- Rahhhrr! - Aah!
Stop it! Get off!
Aah! Aah!
Aah! Aah...
Stop it! Get off!
Rahhhrrr!
Don't shoot. You'll hit the woman.
Clayton: Shit!
[Hysterical Sobs]
- There's something out there. - What the hell is it?
Whatever it is, I guarantee you...
I got a piece of it.
Ow!
God, we're not exactly Florence Nightingale, are we?
Oh, sorry.
You know, I had this guy back in '83 one time,
chopped his own foot with an axe.
Gangrene set in, so I had to amputate it.
Oh...
I still got that foot at home in a pickle jar.
- OK, OK. - No, really.
lucky for us the sleeping bag and tent softened the bite.
Probably a young grizz.
You know, they're more stupid when they're young.
- Think it's gonna leave a scar? - Hard to say.
Scars are sexy.
Don't you have some place you can crawl off into?
Knowles: Why would a bear attack her?
Oh, any reason. Maybe because she was alone in the tent.
Were you eating something in there?
No. No, huh?
Jeez... oh.
Is it your, uh...
You know, are you having your...
Oh, yeah.
That's not a good thing out in the bush... They smell the blood.
Yeah. Thanks. I'll remember that.
Here we go.
What the hell is that for?
Just a tetanus.
A little privacy, please.
Hmm... that's real nice,
but I was just gonna put it in your shoulder.
- Rahhhrr! - Aah!
What the hell was that?!
[Growls, Roars]
Holy Moses.
[Pained Bellowing]
Winston: Hey, Goddamn! Ha ha ha ha ha!
That's mine. I got him!
Goddamn, that's my hide, with your blessing, Mr. H.
[Pained Cry]
Clayton: Oh, yeah, you got him, all right...
right in the gut.
That's still my hide.
lucky for us his neck is broken.
I've never seen that before.
Knowles: What are you saying?
He broke his neck when he fell?
That'd be a first.
Marla: Maybe he fell on his way to my tent.
[Straining] Oh.
Oh, man...
[Quietly] What the hell?
We'll rest in half an hour.
- Watch your step. - Ooh.
Ow. Ow.
Ow. Ooh. Ow.
OK, Harlan, I can't take this any longer.
This man smells like a dead yak.
I'm sorry.
I didn't offend you, did I?
Oh, nah.
Better I smell like a dead yak...
than have some grizz think that I got steak tartare in my jeans.
I thought it was my turn.
Get lost, kid.
All right, let's go.
That man, he's, uh...
Seems to know what he's doing.
You know, I, uh,
read your stuff some years back.
- Oh, yeah? - Yeah.
Pretty amazing.
So, how long have you known Mr. Burg?
Years. Members of the same club in the city.
Yeah, I read one of his books... lion Country.
He's had some interesting experiences.
How the hell did you manage to stay alive...
with all that shit that happened to you?
Well, I'm just lucky, I guess.
[Thunder]
Ok, people! Keep moving!
Watch the mud!
Watch the mud.
Why are you stopping?
A trail has been made here recently.
- How recently? - We're headed this way!
Days.
We're going that way! Stick with the program!
I thought we were looking for survivors!
Nikki, take a look at this!
Yeah.
Clayton's right.
Nikki: This looks very similar to the Paleolithic cave art...
that was discovered in the south of France and Spain.
Knowles: You know, those drawings in France,
they were 40,000 years old.
Yeah, there's never been a discovery like that in North America.
It's incredible.
Plazz: Plazz Cave. I kinda like it.
It's incredible if it's real.
Marla: If it's real?
It's a pretty stupid place for a hoax, there, honey.
Not like there's a lot of foot traffic in the area.
- You got that right. - It's blood. Fresh blood.
Blood? You mean it's not prehistoric?
No, it's, I think, just a couple of months old. I'm sorry.
Oh, man, nothing good ever happens to me. Shit.
Are you sure it's blood?
Well, it's not human blood. It's probably deer or bear.
Marla: Hey.
That's a relief.
look at this. Give me your hand.
Knowles: So we've got someone barefoot living out here like a caveman.
That someone may know something about the crash.
Maybe it was a survivor.
That's right. It could be someone from the crash.
Well, there have been cases where stranded survivors...
have become demented by shock and isolation.
I mean, it's been almost 3 months now.
There's no telling what they may have gone through out here.
You guys really think that there's someone still out here?
It's conceivable, but, God, if they are,
they're probably in really bad psychological shape.
Clayton: Maybe your daughter's still alive.
Yeah, I was thinking that.
let me see that.
Where'd you get this, Burg? That's Tara's.
Are you sure?
What?
She found this on the beach at Cape Cod.
The last day her mother was alive...
she wore this around her neck.
So where did you find the goddamn thing?
I found it at the front of the cave.
OK, people. looks like we got a survivor here.
We search this area tomorrow.
[Thunder]
[Tara Screaming]
Tara!
Anybody!
Anyone.
Clayton: We didn't find anything either. Not a trace.
Knowles: All right, we give it one more day here.
Then we push on to the crash site.
How ya doin'?
That was a hot spring up the trail, wasn't it?
Yeah. Yeah.
Well, would one of you be a darling and escort me there, please?
- I'm on my way! - Uh, someone who can wipe their own ass.
Thank you, though.
Please?
Yeah, all right.
You might wanna take this with you, Mr. H.
Yeah.
- If she gets fresh, I'll use it. - Uh-huh.
Here we go.
Thanks.
Tell me something, Burg.
Everything you write in those books true?
What the hell's that supposed to mean?
Means you don't know much about this kind of life.
You miss trails, you shoot bear in the gut.
More like you know a lot from your armchair in the city.
Well, it's been a while since I've been out.
Hmm.
Don't get your knickers in a knot about it.
Why the hell do you care anyway?
'Cause we gotta follow you, Burg.
I need to know if all that writing's made you soft.
You may do something stupid.
You're right.
I might make some kind of mistake.
So why don't you mind your own goddamn business?
Good night.
Goddamn pussy.
[low Growling]
[Growls]
Alone at last.
look, I can understand somebody wanting to get ahead...
Uh, could you hand me that bath oil, please?
Yeah. There ya go.
look, don't think I'm not tempted,
but I think we should keep this purely professional.
Uh, what is the Huxley Project, Mr. H?
Excuse me?
Oh, you're so polite all of the sudden.
You know, I should start by mentioning...
that I quit Browning & Burrows 4 days ago.
You know, it took me a full 6 weeks...
to get through the funny pages that your company calls its books.
What a surprise to find that Bio-Comp is leveraged to the ears,
and what's left of the farm is riding on a little project called Huxley.
look, if you have a point, make it.
If B & B knew the score,
you'd be on the chopping block within 24 hours.
Just like that.
Huxley was on that plane, wasn't he?
That's why we're here.
You don't want to admit that to yourself, do you?
You know, you and I, we're the same.
We use people to get what we want.
But I got to hand it to you.
I mean, using your own daughter's death as a cover story?
You'll be back.
[Growling]
[Branches Snap]
What do you want?
On a second call to your competitor, I had a cash offer for 30 million,
so I'll take the equivalent in Bio-Comp stock.
I'll make the transaction as soon as we get back to civilization.
But don't you ever mention my daughter again.
Fine.
Aah!
Jeez.
You all right?
Yeah. Just having a dream.
Yeah?
Just try to get some sleep, will ya?
We got an early start in the morning.
Jeez.
We've covered 41/2 square miles.
That's all?
Clayton On Radio: Mr. H?
10-4.
You find something?
Yeah, I think you need to see this.
Where are you?
About 20 minutes from the mouth of the cave.
All right, we'll meet you there. let's go.
We're on our way.
It's weird. We found this stuff all over the area.
What do you make of it, Nikki?
I'm not sure.
Totally weird.
What do you mean, weird?
We gotta move on to the crash site.
What? We've got physical evidence your daughter...
Was here. But they're not here now.
We've got to move on to the crash site.
This is it!
This is the spot! This is it! Right here!
This is the...
This is the... spot.
Uh...
it's where the last E.I. T...
coordinates would...
would make this the, uh, crash site.
Yeah, well, where the hell is it?
A plane wreck doesn't just disappear.
I feel we're closer.
What am I supposed to do with this? You can't even see the horizon.
There must have been something wrong with the plane's nav system.
I feel we're close, Mr. H.
Close? Did I ask for close?
I didn't ask for close, did I?
Did I?!
Mr. H.
Plazz, come here for a minute.
Hold on to this.
My, he does look at home up there, huh?
What's he doing up there?
Well, the snow would have been up at that level.
Hey, Mr. H. Catch this.
This is a piece of the plane's fuselage.
Where is the rest of it?
Ho ho. I'll be goddamned.
Where are you going to there, chief?
What?
See the scratches in the bark?
Yeah, I've seen all the scratches.
Yeah, I see them.
The question is, how did they get there?
The plane.
[Sighs]
Come on. I'm gonna show you.
Come on, let's go.
Come here.
This is bullshit. There's no way...
a plane wreck could have slid...
through these trees this far.
The foliage here is much thicker.
You could hide an oil tanker in these trees.
Well, now we know why it was never found.
What are you saying?
Somebody hid the goddamn airplane?
Why would they hide it? Better yet, how?
Maybe it was some kind of force that we don't understand.
I swear to God, kid...
Hey, he has a right to speak like any of us.
You know something? You sound just like an ex-wife of mine.
Ex? What happened?
Is she mounted on your wall as well?
Stay here.
Jesus.
It appears they were under siege from something outside the plane,
and now there are no signs of any survivors or their bodies.
Nothing but the appendage that Mr. Knowles found.
Questions?
Suggestion.
I say we go home, Mr. H.
That's my honest opinion.
You know we can't do that.
Why?
There's something we need to find.
Something that was on this plane.
Yeah. What?
It was a metal box about the size of an accordion.
Uh, it has a strap on it.
Hey, guys, what's up?
Where did you find that?
It was, uh, back there in the woods, Mr. H.
I'm gonna make the check out to cash.
Thank you. Thank you, Burg.
You're welcome, sir.
What is that thing?
Knowles: If you have a spare battery, run a diagnostic.
I'm on it.
[Powering Up]
All right, so what does this damn thing do, anyway?
I can't tell you that.
look, let's get on with the search.
I gotta find my daughter.
Why? You already got what you came for.
Yeah, tell these nice people what they're really risking their necks for.
- I'd really like to know what it does. - He doesn't have to tell you.
- Where are you going to? - I'm heading back.
I didn't come up here for some damn box. You wasted my time.
listen, Chief, you leave and you're fired.
- Oh, yeah? - Yeah.
You know something, Burg?
You can take your damn money...
and eat it on the way out of here.
Knowles: All right, look,
we did come up here to search for survivors.
That tin box is the future of my corporation.
Hey, listen, this ain't no game!
There definitely is something up here.
Something that can drag 5,000 pounds of airplane through miles of bush.
Something that can rip a man's arm off and take a grizz down with a rock.
Now, I came up here because there was word we might have survivors.
And when that happens, I don't say no.
All right? You clear?
Good. Your machine's fine,
your company's fine, I'm gone.
let him go!
We don't need him.
All right!
From one self-made man to another, stick around.
Please.
Bio-Comp has been working with genetic field detectors...
since their inception.
Professor Ivan Melick, a couple of years ago,
created Project Huxley.
This is the prototype, the only one in existence.
And now, unfortunately, it's his epitaph.
Whatever, whatever. What does it do?
You want to see what it does?
- Allow me. - Ow!
Here. Try that.
It's coming up now.
Knowles: You're a woman...
uh, you are 1/16 black on your mother's side,
you had a heart disorder when you were a child...
Mm-hmm.
And you need glasses. Are you wearing contacts?
Yeah.
Where are you getting this information?
Huxley. It can instantly isolate and identify...
the full spectrum of genetic history...
of any life form on the planet.
You know how long that takes in a lab, don't you, Nikki?
Think of the ramifications.
Medical, forensics...
law enforcement.
- You name it. It goes on and on. - Ka-ching, ka- ching.
Plazz: Whoa!
Knowles: What is it?
There's something majorly unusual here.
Now, that really is strange.
You know, you think this could have happened...
when the plane crashed? It bumped, it got knocked?
No, I ran the diagnostic. It says it's fine.
Wow.
See, every life form on earth is recorded in Huxley's database...
by direct sampling or cross reference.
Nikki: This reads like a primate.
Yeah, but the homology's...
unlike anything I've ever seen before.
I mean, the sampling was done 10 weeks ago,
just days after the crash.
They used blood.
Do-Don't, kid. Jesus.
Don't you get what this means?
A hundred years of... of hoaxes and blurry pictures,
and we've got the first scientific evidence...
of the Sasquatch's existence.
I mean, a complete genetic breakdown.
This is history. The most important...
anthropological discovery, like, ever!
Don't... Don't even...
This data is priceless. It's irrefutable!
[Whispering] Not to mention how it will affect Bio-Comp's stock.
[Tara Crying]
[Tara Screaming]
Rahhhrrr!
I had a look at the plane's circuitry.
There are lots of blown fuses,
indicating a massive electrical failure...
that most probably caused the crash.
The question remains...
why the E.I.T. was so far off the mark...
when the crash site was 5 miles from here.
Well, the transmitter was destroyed on impact,
but the readings up to that point would have been accurate.
You know what I think?
What?
I think the plane was moved here so it wouldn't be found.
You know what kind of manpower you'd need to drag that thing?
No. The snow would have made it a lot easier.
I never said anything about manpower.
Some unexplained reading on a machine...
and a messed-up E.I.T., and your only explanation...
is a mythological apeman?
[laughs]
It exists, man, OK?
There's references in Anglo- Saxon legend,
Russian folklore, even Greek mythology.
Give me a break!
It's been around for thousands of years.
Clayton: Yeah, well, I can tell you one thing.
The local tribes...
They accept the Sasquatch as a matter of fact.
I mean, I've never seen one myself,
but people around these parts,
they believe.
Hey, you know, white men have only been here...
in any numbers for, like, 150 years.
30%% of this continent is unexplored.
Now, there are regions that no people...
have ever set foot in,
and this might be one of them.
I saw something that first night in the cave.
It... It... It was huge. A...
A human shape.
He or it was looking us over while we were sleeping.
What?
Why didn't you tell us before now?
I thought it was a dream. It... It was too crazy.
See, people don't tell their stories...
because they think others will think they're nuts.
I saw him, too.
What are you talking about?
I can't believe I'm listening to this shit.
Ok, you say people see these things all over the world.
How come a body's never turned up?
Exactly.
Somebody would have shot one by now,
unless maybe you're saying...
it can dodge a bullet, too.
[laughs]
Nikki: Maybe it could...
if it knew one was coming.
Ok, lady, tra-la-la-la-la-la...
look, all I'm saying is that if they do exist,
they must have a natural ability to avoid danger.
I've just never read about an attack on people before.
Well, I mean, we're logging the forests,
we're closing in on 'em.
What would you do if you were one of these things?
I mean, how far would you go to protect yourself?
listen to yourselves!
[low Growling]
How's this for a theory?
We've got a crash survivor out there...
...the wrong kind of mushrooms...
[Growls]
[Rustling]
[Branches Break]
[Growling]
Duck! Across there!
[Gunshots]
[Growling Intensifies]
[Creature Grunts]
Think I got him!
You fucking idiot!
Hey, take her easy, Burg.
Burg? Burg? Give me the gun.
leave me alone. leave me alone.
Come on, buddy. Just take her easy.
Not so cocky now, are we, huh?
- [Hammer Clicks] - Oh!
Jesus Christ, Burg!
You jackass!
I am definitely never buying any more of your books.
Christ.
[Urinating]
[Humming]
Coffee?
Yeah, sure. Why not?
Thanks. Here, let me hold that for you.
Thanks.
[Grunting]
It's pretty tight.
Thanks, buddy.
I'm sorry about what happened out there.
Forget about it.
You know, I've taken out more dipshits like him than I can remember.
What the hell happened back there?
What do you call that?
What? I... I heard something.
How long since your last expedition?
What?
How long?!
How long?
Easy there, cowboy.
You could have killed him.
[laughs]
Jesus Christ.
I knew the chamber was empty.
What the hell do you...
What the hell do you want from me?
I want you out of my sight. You don't work for me anymore.
I'll pay you what I owe you, but Clayton leads this group now.
What is it?
You know, he may be a lying, fried son of a bitch,
but he definitely hit something.
Come on.
You heard what I said.
listen.
You tell anybody what happened...
when you're back in town,
and I swear to God I'll sue you...
for defamation of character.
I got... I got a reputation...
to keep up.
[Distant Growl]
Knowles: Coming out here was a spur of the moment decision.
He was the only one I knew that had any experience. It's my mistake.
Then why did you wait till now?
[Sighs]
After they called off the search...
man, I was between a rock and a hard place.
OK...
well...
all it needed was a rerouting of the power bypass,
and then a reboot of its flash-rom.
And here... we go.
It's just beautiful.
[Tape Rewinding]
Where should I start?
Camerawoman: Is everything all right?
I just want to get this over with.
I'm still rolling...
OK. Bio-Comp Industries has become...
an international industry standard...
amongst scientists...
Knowles: We had an annual shareholders meeting coming up, and...
I had to demonstrate the Huxley.
If they didn't show up with it, we were down the tubes.
We tried to reverse engineer it,
but all the technology...
[Sighs]
was in his head.
The designer's head.
The son of a bitch never even put anything on paper.
Hmm.
The only thing I could do was come out here and look for the prototype.
I had no choice.
So this was always about the machine.
Man: Oh, my God!
[Indistinct Screaming]
Dad! Dad!
If you get this,
I want to say I'm sorry.
We lost so much time.
Shit.
Sorry, must be that power bypass failing again.
There's more on this tape, boss. I should have it fixed in a jif.
What happened between you and your daughter?
I had... I had a company to build.
I was always at work.
We grew apart. It happens.
Come on, don't bullshit me, Mr. H.
Hey... sorry.
like I said, sometimes I can't keep what's in my head from just flying out.
She hated me.
She thought I was responsible for her mother's death.
Why?
You know something? I love sailing so much.
It kept my family together.
It kept my marriage whole.
I was supposed to be on the boat with her mother that day...
but I wasn't.
[Wave Crashes]
There was a freak gale.
Tara never forgave me for that.
I should have been there.
She distanced herself...
and the years went by.
God, the years went by.
Hmm.
What?
Well, I was just thinking.
Didn't you just say that it was you...
who was building your company,
and it was you who was at work?
You know, it kind of makes me wonder...
who distanced themselves from who.
listen, I need to get some shuteye, all right?
Yeah, I'm tired, too.
All right.
Burg...
[laughs Drunkenly]
I was wondering when you'd show up.
You OK?
Oh, yeah.
Just peachy.
I don't think it's such a good idea you sitting out here alone.
Come on back in the plane.
I killed...
what was out there.
[Sighs]
Probably saved your ass in the process.
And what do I get?
I get replaced...
by you.
By little fucking Clementine.
Shit.
life is just a pile of shit.
Why the hell did you agree to lead this trip?
You think nobody would find out?
People do stupid things when they need money.
No, I've guided guys like you before.
You were stupid before you needed the money.
Oh, fuck you.
[Grunting]
Winston: You saw it!
The Indian attacked me!
Fuck.
Plazz: Yes! I got it! I got it!
Hey, Mr. H.
Now... I bypassed that short,
so it shouldn't bother us anymore.
I just made a few adjustments there.
Now, I don't know if I can get the damn thing to rewind,
so you better watch it now.
OK. Thank you.
You're welcome.
Tara: Is it working?
Camerawoman: Yeah. Rolling.
OK.
We just crash-landed...
in the middle of God knows where.
All our communications are out.
The only thing that can possibly save us now is the E.I.T.,
but we're not even sure if it's working properly.
So, this is pretty much gonna be home for us for the next little while.
On a bit of a strange note,
after we crashed, we found some blood on the fuselage.
You know, obviously, we hit something as we came down,
but we couldn't find any sign of what it was.
~ Willow tree... ~
Unnnh!
~ It just seems ~
~ To weep over me ~
Ok, so somebody's playing some kind of sick game here.
Jim's missing a picture of his daughter.
The professor's cigarette case is gone.
One of the crew members hid his wallet...
in the paneling of the wall,
and the strange thing is...
is he's the only one who knew it was there.
I just don't understand,
and I think I might be losing it.
- [Clatter] - Man: What was that?
Who's outside?
I can't!
Put that goddamn camera down now!
You want a piece of me?!
I'm gonna hurt you tomorrow.
No doubt.
For sure.
[Growling]
[Burg Mumbling Drunkenly]
It's been over 12 hours...
since whatever was outside tried to get in.
We can't see anything, and it won't let us outside.
We... We can hear it.
It's moving around outside.
[Clatter]
[Indistinct Shouting]
Gee, friend, it's so good to see...
Aah...
What the hell?
That's weird.
[Choking]
Rahhhrr!
If I wasn't living this,
I never would have believed it.
Yesterday, we were dragged from where we crashed.
We don't know what it is out there,
but it has to be incredibly strong.
We know it's out there somewhere. We can...
Burg?
Burg!
Aw, shit, now what?
Aw, shit.
Burg!
I just had a, um,
a premonition that I'm not gonna make it out of this.
I think I'm gonna die out here.
And if that's the case,
then there's something I wanted to say.
Something I...
I wanted to say for a long time.
But I've always just been too angry or scared or...
or selfish.
I don't even remember what I was angry about...
in the first place.
[Sniffling]
I want you to know that I love you,
and I have never stopped loving you.
And I'm so sorry, Daddy, if I've been a pain.
I just haven't stopped running until now.
[Sobbing]
And... And please don't blame yourself for this, OK?
'Cause it's not your fault.
It's just something that happened.
I love you, Daddy.
[Tara Crying]
I'm so sorry.
[Screaming And Growling]
[Whispering] Burg, you ass.
Oh, Jesus.
I still don't understand.
It kept them inside the plane, it dragged them for miles,
and then... [Clicks] Why?
Maybe it was scared.
That thing wasn't scared.
Well, animals are most aggressive when they're backed into a corner.
Oh, wake up. We're next!
I remember reading somewhere that cave art...
was ceremoniously done before a hunt.
So?
Nikki: That wasn't a bird painted on the cave wall.
Plazz: Huh?
It was this airplane.
look, on the tape,
Tara said that they had seen blood on the skin of the plane.
That's where they got their sample from.
Maybe they hit one of those things when they crashed.
A... A family member.
And it killed 'em all for revenge.
Hey, now we don't know for sure that they're dead.
Yes, we do.
Where have you been, man?
We gotta leave and leave now.
Nikki: What did you find?
Forget it.
Knowles: Why don't you answer the lady?
What did you find?
It's not something you want to see, Mr. H.
Ohh!
[Guttural Breathing]
Knowles: Think of the ramifications.
Medical, forensics,
law enforcement, you name it.
It goes on and on.
Marla: Ka-ching, ka-ching!
Oh, shit.
Marla?
Oh, no. Marla!
She was on the plane.
Nikki: We shouldn't have left her alone.
[Snarling]
[Growling]
Rahhhrrr!
Aah!
[Roaring And Screaming]
Clayton: listen, you guys.
That thing really wants us out of here.
Any sign of Marla?
No. Your machine's gone, too.
Take what you need. We gotta find her.
[low Growling]
Plazz: The tape's intact.
There's no sign of the GPS though.
Clayton: Come on, let's move!
let's go.
[low Growling]
[Growls]
[Nikki Screams]
Oh, shit, shit, shit!
Shit.
Oh, God.
Shit!
Can we...
get out of here?!
Please?! Fuck!
Come on, you goddamn ape!
We're not going anywhere. I'm not going anywhere!
Mr. H, can you not do that?
It might understand you.
I'm counting on it.
let's go, let's go.
Move, move. let's go.
[Guttural Breathing]
[Whispering] You see him?
Yeah.
I got him dead center.
look at this.
That should've hit him.
I know.
[Growls]
Oh, no!
Plazz: We're trapped!
- What do you think? - What do I think?
I think it wants something we got.
Hey, Plazz, you said...
there's been thousands of sightings all around the world, right?
But there's never been any, you know, hard evidence.
I mean real proof.
So what if we had real proof, then what?
let me ask you something.
What does it know about biotech...
or GPS or computers?
- Just drop the box, Harlan. - It's a goddamn animal!
look, it may not understand what these things actually do,
but through us it senses the danger.
It's all or nothing, man. You gotta leave it behind!
Harlan, it either stays here by itself or with you.
Fair enough. That thing killed my daughter.
- What are you doing? - I'll take my own chances.
Harlan, come back here! Harlan!
Jesus! All right, listen, you two.
Stay close to me. We're going downriver.
All right, let's go, go!
[Clatter]
[low Growling]
[Heavy Footfalls, Wood Creaking]
[Growling]
Come on, you ape!
[Wood Cracks]
[Gun Cocks]
[Foliage Rustling]
Come and get me!
[Gunshot]
[Snarling]
Unh!
[Snarls]
[Growling]
Ohh!
Nikki: That wasn't a bird painted on the cave wall.
Plazz: Huh?
It was this airplane.
Tara: A bit of a strange note.
After we crashed, we found some blood on the fuselage.
Obviously, we hit something as we came down,
but we couldn't find any sign of what it was.
[Growling]
[Snarls]
[Gun Cocks]
Nikki: It was this airplane.
look, on the tape...
Tara said that they had seen blood...
on the skin of the plane, remember?
Maybe they hit one of those things when they crashed.
A... A family member.
And it killed them all for revenge.
[Drops Gun]
[laughter Echoing]