[ GROWLS ]
Narrator: BROTHERS AMBUSHED BY A MANIMAL MONSTER
THEY THOUGHT WAS ONLY A LEGEND.
HE COULD HAVE RIPPED THE DOG AND ME AND MY BROTHER ALL APART.
[ GROWLS ] I FELT LIKE I WAS GONNA DIE.
I THOUGHT HE WAS JUST GONNA RUN OVER THE TOP OF ME AND KILL ME,
AND THAT WOULD BE THE END OF IT.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ] [ GROWLS ]
[ SCREAMS ]
Narrator: A RACE OF LIZARD CREATURES
LIVING UNDER THE STREETS OF L.A.
THEY'RE COMING UP OUT OF THIS DRAIN
CIRCLING AROUND LIKE SHARKS.
AND I LOOK RIGHT IN THE SAME AREA.
I SAW TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT THINGS
THAT LOOKED LIKE LITTLE SHADOWS CRAWLING.
Narrator: UP THROUGH THE DRAINS INTO THE WALLS,
A FAMILY'S OWN HOME INVADED.
I WAS STARING IT IN THE EYES.
IT LOOKED VICIOUS.
IT LOOKED REALLY VICIOUS.
[ SCREAMS ] [ HISSES ]
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Narrator: WITHIN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE,
THE MOUNTAINOUS REGION ALONG ITS EASTERN BORDER
IS LIKE A WORLD UNTO ITSELF.
THIS IS APPALACHIA,
WHERE SMOKY HAZE OFTEN BLANKETS THESE MOUNTAINS.
IT'S A PLACE WHERE WILDLIFE STILL ROAMS FREE,
A REGION WHERE SMALL COMMUNITIES OF HILL PEOPLE
CLING TO LONG-HELD TRADITIONS.
Seeber: THERE ARE SEVERAL AREAS IN EAST TENNESSEE
WHERE PEOPLE STAY AWAY FROM,
BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID TO GO INTO A PARTICULAR PLACE.
EITHER THEY'VE HEARD A STORY,
OR THEY'VE ENCOUNTERED SOMETHING THEMSELVES
THAT THEY SIMPLY CAN'T EXPLAIN.
Narrator: PROMINENT AMONG THOSE BELIEFS
IS A STEADFAST CONVICTION ABOUT A MYSTERIOUS CREATURE
SOMEHOW BOTH ANIMAL AND MAN...
A BEAST THAT'S BEEN WHISPERED ABOUT FOR GENERATIONS.
Bowers: MY DAD ONCE TOLD ME WHEN I WAS YOUNG
THAT IF YOU HUNT THESE MOUNTAINS LONG ENOUGH,
THAT YOU WILL SEE STRANGE THINGS,
AND YOU WILL SEE SOME THINGS YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T SEE.
[ GROWLS ]
Narrator: ITS REPUTATION IN THESE HILLS IS PERVASIVE --
COUNTLESS SIGHTINGS, TERRIFYING ENCOUNTERS.
Seeber: MANY OF THE REPORTS I'VE GATHERED OVER THE YEARS...
[ CREATURE GROWLS ]
...THE PEOPLE WERE SO FRIGHTENED,
YOU COULD HEAR IT IN THEIR VOICE.
THEIR VOICE WOULD SHAKE.
THEIR VOICE WOULD TREMBLE.
THEY WOULD LOOK AT YOU WITH THIS FEAR IN THEIR EYES
LIKE, "TELL ME, WHAT IS THIS?"
Narrator: WHAT THIS IS HAS BEEN DEBATED
AT LEAST AS FAR BACK AS THE LATE 1800s.
Bowers: IN 1878, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE
IN THE KNOXVILLE DAILY TRIBUNE.
THERE WAS A DOCTOR BY THE NAME OF O.G. BROYLER
THAT HAD, SUPPOSEDLY, IN HIS POSSESSION
A CAPTURED TENNESSEE WILDMAN.
READY TO SEE THE WILDMAN, HON?
Narrator: AN EXHIBITION WAS ARRANGED
WHERE THE ASSEMBLED VIEWED A CREATURE
THE LIKES OF WHICH THEY NEVER IMAGINED.
...MY GOOD LADY, AND WELCOME.
I KNOW YOU'RE FAMILIAR
WITH THE LEGEND OF THE TENNESSEE WILDMAN.
AFTER A YEAR OF STUDYING, RESEARCHING, INVESTIGATING,
TONIGHT IN THIS TENT, I AM GOING TO PROVE TO YOU
THAT THE LEGEND IS, IN FACT, TRUE.
GENTLEMEN, MY GOOD LADY...
BEHOLD THE TENNESSEE WILDMAN.
[ SNARLING ]
[ GROWLING ]
[ SCREAMS ]
DON'T BE AFRAID! HE'S CHAINED DOWN!
HE CAN'T HURT YOU!
Narrator: FOR THE LONGEST TIME,
THE TENNESSEE WILDMAN HAS EXISTED IN RUMOR AND LEGEND.
BUT FOR TWO BROTHERS,
IT WOULD BECOME SOMETHING VERY, VERY REAL.
IT WAS THE SCARIEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA DIE.
Narrator: JUST WEST OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE,
THE SMALL TOWN OF ROCKWOOD
SITS SECLUDED ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE APPALACHIANS.
DR. FRANK EPPERSON, A PASTOR,
AND MARK EPPERSON, A WELDER,
ARE BROTHERS 10 YEARS APART.
THEIR FAMILY MOVED FROM THE CITY TO ROCKWOOD
WHEN THE YOUNGER SON, MARK, ENTERED HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT'S WHEN THEIR MOTHER BEGAN WARNING THEM ABOUT THE WOODS.
MOM WAS A CHEROKEE INDIAN,
AND SHE USED TO SPEAK OF SUCH THINGS AS THE TENNESSEE WILDMAN.
Frank: MY MOTHER HAD WARNED BOTH MY BROTHER AND MYSELF
TO STAY OUT OF THE WOODS,
BECAUSE THERE WAS A WILDMAN THAT WAS DANGEROUS --
VERY DANGEROUS.
Narrator: ONE NIGHT IN DECEMBER 1981,
AFTER A LONG DAY'S WORK,
THE EPPERSON BROTHERS WERE AT THEIR MOTHER'S MOUNTAIN CABIN
SETTLING IN FOR SUNDAY SUPPER.
HOPE YOU BOYS ARE HUNGRY.
IT LOOKS DELICIOUS, MOM.
IT SMELLS DELICIOUS, MOM.
SO, WHAT ABOUT THOSE DOGS?
Narrator: LATELY, THE HILLS WERE FILLED WITH TALK
OF A PREDATOR ON THE LOOSE.
Frank: SOMEWHERE IN THE TIME FRAME OF DECEMBER 1981,
THERE WERE A RASH OF REPORTS THAT ANIMALS WERE MISSING.
JUST UP AND DISAPPEARED FROM THE YARD.
WELL, WHATEVER IT WAS, IT WAS BIG.
IT WAS LOUD. IT WAS BIG AS A BEAR.
Frank: THINGS MOVING AROUND IN THE YARD,
TRASH BEING TURNED OVER.
WE DID NOT EXPECT THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THESE THINGS START HAPPENING.
[ CLATTER, DOG BARKING ]
WHAT IS THAT?
I DON'T KNOW. HE'S BARKING AT SOMETHING.
SOMEWHERE AROUND 7:00, WE HEARD SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE,
AND IT WAS -- IT WAS A NOISE LIKE SOMETHING HAD FALLEN OVER.
[ BARKING ]
Mark: THERE WAS A DOG THAT WE HAD, AND HE BEGAN BARKING.
IT WAS A BARK THAT I'D NEVER HEARD FROM HIM BEFORE.
HE WANTED TO HIDE, AND THAT WAS NOT OUR DOG.
HE'S BARKING AT SOMETHING.
I'M GONNA CHECK IT OUT.
WELL, NOW, I'M COMING WITH YOU.
Frank: WHEN I REALIZED THAT SOMEONE WAS ON OUR PROPERTY,
I REACHED FOR MY PISTOL, AND I PUT IT IN MY BELT.
BE CAREFUL.
[ BARKING CONTINUES ]
[ BARKS, WHIMPERS ]
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO CONFRONT A ROBBER, A BURGLAR,
SOMEONE WHO WANTED TO VANDALIZE OUR STUFF OR STEAL SOMETHING.
Narrator: IF IT WAS ONLY A BURGLAR,
THE BROTHERS MIGHT HAVE BEEN LUCKY.
Frank: I WENT RIGHT.
MY BROTHER WENT LEFT.
Mark: I WENT AROUND THE BACK OF THE HOUSE
AND UP THE SIDE OF THE GARDEN TO THE WOOD LINE.
I WALKED TO THE EDGE OF THE WOODS,
AND I BEGAN TO SMELL THIS ODOR.
[ GROWLS ]
[ DOG WHIMPERING ]
THIS CREATURE WAS HOLDING THIS DOG IN HIS HAND,
AND THE DOG WOULD WHIMPER.
AND IN THIS DOG'S EYES...
YOU COULD SEE FEAR.
IT WAS...
IT WAS FEAR.
[ GROWLING ]
[ DOG WHIMPERING ]
THE THING TURNED AND RAN.
I THOUGHT OF MY BROTHER.
FRANK.
IT WAS COMING TOWARD HIM.
FRANK! FRANK!
FRANK!
FRANK! IT'S OVER HERE! IT'S COMING TOWARD YOU!
I SAW SOMETHING.
[ SNARLING ]
IT WAS THE SCARIEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.
I REALLY DIDN'T THINK WE WERE GOING TO MAKE IT OUT ALIVE.
[ GROWLS ]
Narrator: IN THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN TENNESSEE,
GENERATIONS HAVE PASSED THE STORY
OF A HALF-MAN, HALF-BEAST ROAMING THE WOODS.
THEY CALL IT "THE WILDMAN."
[ SNARLS ]
SOME SAY THE BIPEDAL BEAST IS A RELATIVE OF SASQUATCH,
THOUGH IT DIFFERS IN KEY WAYS.
Seeber: IT'S NOT AS LARGE AS THE SASQUATCH.
IT IS POSSIBLY EVEN NOT AS MUCH HAIR,
NOT AS BROAD-SHOULDERED,
A LITTLE BIT SMALLER IN STATURE.
Narrator: SOME BELIEVE THAT THE WILDMAN AND BIGFOOT
MAY EVEN BE ENEMIES,
BATTLING FOR REMOTE TERRITORY IN THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS.
Seeber: I BELIEVE THE TENNESSEE WILDMAN'S VERY TERRITORIAL.
I BELIEVE THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT
IN UNDERSTANDING WHY THEY GET VIOLENT.
THEY THROW ROCKS.
THEY YELL. THEY SCREAM.
THEY SHAKE TREES.
I BELIEVE IF THEY WANTED TO HURT SOMEONE, THEY REALLY COULD.
Narrator: ONE WINTER NIGHT IN 1981,
MARK EPPERSON AND HIS BROTHER, FRANK,
HAD GONE OUTSIDE TO INVESTIGATE A PROWLER.
WHEN THE TWO SPLIT UP,
MARK FOUND HIMSELF FACE-TO-FACE WITH A MAMMOTH HE-MONSTER.
[ GROWLING ]
Mark: IT WAS COVERED WITH HAIR, IT SMELLED,
AND IT WAS VERY LARGE -- VERY LARGE.
[ DOG WHIMPERING ]
FRANK.
FRANK! FRANK!
FRANK!
I YELLED AT FRANK AND TOLD FRANK THAT I HAD SOMETHING.
IT WAS COMING TOWARD HIM.
I SAW SOMETHING.
Frank: AND I COULD HEAR SOMETHING HUGE
MOVING IN THE WOODED AREA,
SO I REALIZED THAT I'M GOING TO MEET THIS THING FACE-TO-FACE,
HEAD ON.
SO I RAISED MY PISTOL,
WAITING FOR THIS GUY TO COME THROUGH THE WOODS.
AND I WAS READY TO PULL THE TRIGGER.
THE FIRST THING THAT I SAW WAS EYES.
THEY LOOKED LIKE LIGHTS.
THEY LOOKED, TO ME, AS IF THEY HAD THEIR OWN INTENSITY.
[ SNARLING ]
[ GROWLS ]
AND I REALIZED AT THAT POINT
THAT I WAS FACING SOMETHING THAT I HAD NEVER IMAGINED.
THIS IS A MONSTER. IT'S HIDEOUS.
IT'S ALMOST WAITING FOR ME.
YOU KNOW, THE THOUGHT CAME TO ME,
"DOES THIS THING KNOW THAT I'M ARMED?
"IS IT POSSIBLE THAT HE KNOWS THAT, YOU KNOW --
THAT HE HAS AN INTELLIGENCE ABOUT HIM?"
[ SNARLING ]
Narrator: THE CREATURE GLARES AT THE TWO BROTHERS.
THEN SUDDENLY, WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A WAR CRY.
[ SCREAMS ]
IT LET OUT A SCREAM THAT WOULD SCARE ANYONE,
MAKE ANYONE'S HAIR STAND UP.
[ SNARLING ]
Frank: I KNEW THEN THAT THIS THING WAS COMING.
I-I -- IT WAS IN MY MIND, "SHOOT OR DON'T SHOOT.
NOW IS THE TIME."
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
HE TOOK A STEP TO LUNGE TOWARD ME,
AND THAT'S WHEN I SHOT MY PISTOL TWICE.
[ SCREAMS ]
AND THEN HE BACKS UP AND SCREAMS.
IT REMINDED ME OF A SIREN ON AN AMBULANCE.
IT WAS SCREAMING AT ME. [ SCREAMS ]
[ DOG WHIMPERING ]
[ SCREAMING ]
Mark: IT'S FEAR BEYOND BELIEF.
WE FELT VERY LUCKY AND FORTUNATE TO BE ALIVE AND UNINJURED.
[ BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY ]
WHAT HAPPENED?
WHEN MARK LOOKED AT ME, HE TOOK ME BY THE SHOULDERS,
AND HE SAID, "THIS IS THE TENNESSEE WILDMAN."
AND I PUT IT TOGETHER THEN --
THAT ALL THESE STORIES WERE TRUE.
FOR ME, THE MOST FRIGHTENING THING ABOUT A WILDMAN
IS THE UNKNOWN.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS THING'S CAPABLE OF.
WE DON'T WHAT ITS MIND-SET IS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE IT IS A FRIENDLY CREATURE
THAT LIVES IN THE WOODS, JUST WANTS TO BE LEFT ALONE,
BUT THERE ARE ALSO THOSE
WHO BELIEVE THIS CREATURE'S VERY DANGEROUS.
WE REALLY DON'T KNOW.
Narrator: OVER THE YEARS, FRANK AND MARK EPPERSON
AREN'T THE ONLY ONES TO REPORT A NARROW ESCAPE
FROM THE TENNESSEE WILDMAN.
Phillips: THE ONLY THING THAT I KNEW AT THE TIME --
THAT I'M ALONE IN THESE WOODS AND THERE'S SOMETHING OUT HERE.
[ SNARLING ]
I'M FEELING THE MOST UNGODLY FEAR.
Narrator: IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS,
TALES OF A WILDMAN BEAST TROUBLING THESE HILLS
HAVE CIRCULATED FOR DECADES.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
Bowers: THE DESCRIPTION CONCERNING THE TENNESSEE WILDMAN
GENERALLY RANGES FROM 7' TO 9',
A MAMMOTH-SIZE BODY, VERY STRONG, MUSCULAR BUILD.
THEIR HAIR COLOR RANGES FROM A CHARCOAL BLACK
TO A REDDISH-ORANGE TINT WITH BLACK.
THE BIG, LARGE EYES -- SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY THE FIERY RED.
[ GROWLS ]
IS IT A HYBRID OF SOME SORT?
A BRAND-NEW SPECIES THAT WE DON'T KNOW?
WHATEVER THIS IS,
IT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
Seeber: THEY CAN BE EITHER A PREHISTORIC MAN
THAT HAS SOMEHOW SURVIVED THROUGHOUT TIME
WITHOUT BEING DISCOVERED.
WE HAVE THE IDEA THAT THEY ARE, INDEED,
JUST ANOTHER HIGHER FORM OF APE.
WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE THESE CREATURES COME FROM.
WE DON'T KNOW THEIR ORIGIN.
Narrator: BUT THERE'S EVIDENCE ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE LIVING NOW
AND HOW THEY REACT WHEN SOMEONE TREADS ON THEIR TURF.
150 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCKWOOD,
THE APPALACHIAN TOWN OF JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE,
BRUSHES UP AGAINST THE CHEROKEE NATIONAL FOREST.
MILES OF STREAMS TWIST AND TURN
THROUGH THESE SECLUDED HILLS AND HOLLOWS.
THIS AREA WOULD BE A PERFECT BREEDING GROUND
FOR CREATURES OR MONSTERS, IN MY OPINION,
JUST FOR THE FACT OF THE ISOLATION.
YOU DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF POCKETS OF POPULATION.
YOU HAVE AREAS AND MILES AND MILES
OF WOODS AND CLIFFS AND CAVES.
AN UNBELIEVABLE UNDERGROUND-CAVE NETWORK HERE.
Narrator: A PERFECT ENVIRONMENT FOR A CRYPTIC CREATURE TO HIDE.
Phillips: THE NIGHT THAT I WENT UP TO THE CLIFFS
AND SEEN THE TENNESSEE WILDMAN,
IT WAS THE SCARIEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE.
I CAN STILL THINK ABOUT IT TODAY AND GET CHILL-BUMPS.
Narrator: GROWING UP, COUSINS ROBB PHILLIPS AND RANDY SPARKS
SPENT A LOT OF TIME OUTDOORS,
ESPECIALLY AT THE NEARBY WATAUGA CLIFFS.
WE ALWAYS HEARD STORIES FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE
THAT SAYS THEY EXPERIENCED THINGS AT THE CLIFFS,
BUT AS MANY TIMES THAT WE'D BEEN UP THERE,
AT THIS TIME, WE'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING.
Narrator: ONE SATURDAY NIGHT IN 1997,
THE COUSINS WERE TRYING TO DECIDE HOW TO SPEND THE EVENING.
HEY, MAN, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO TONIGHT?
I DON'T KNOW.
YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING?
WE GO UP TO THE CLIFFS, MAN. THE CLIFFS.
Phillips: WHEN RANDY MENTIONED GOING UP TO THE CLIFFS,
I WAS KIND OF HESITANT ABOUT GOING UP THERE,
BECAUSE IT WAS GETTING DARK.
IT HAD BEEN RAINING.
IT WAS WET, KIND OF MUDDY.
AND I WASN'T REAL CRAZY ABOUT GOING UP THERE.
GIRLS MIGHT BE SKINNY-DIPPING IN THE RIVER DOWN THERE.
IT'S GONNA BE MUDDY.
OH, COME ON. YOU'RE SCARED OF THE CLIFFS?
OOH. THE BIG, SCARY CLIFFS. GIRLS?
YEAH. GIRLS SKINNY-DIPPING.
LET'S GO. ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO DO IT.
Narrator: RANDY MANAGED TO CONVINCE ROBB,
AND SOON, THE COUSINS WERE ON FOOT,
TREKKING DEEP INTO THE FOREST.
I'M TELLING YOU, MAN, ALL YOU GOT TO DO
IS GO DOWN THERE TO THE CLIFF, HAVE A COUPLE BEERS,
AND IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD TIME.
THE GIRLS ARE DOWN THERE.
Phillips: OF COURSE, RANDY'S TEASING
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE TENNESSEE WILDMAN UP THERE.
AND HE KEPT ON, YOU KNOW, AND I KEPT ASKING HIM TO QUIT.
AND HE JUST KEPT ON TEASING ABOUT IT, TEASING ABOUT IT.
THE TWO B's --
YOU GOT BEERS AND BABES, MAN.
AS HE WAS JOKING, WE HEARD THIS...
THIS SCREAM.
IT WAS A HORRIBLE-SOUNDING SCREAM.
IT WASN'T HUMAN, AND IT WASN'T AN ANIMAL.
IT WAS A VERY EAR-PIERCING SCREAM.
[ SCREAMING ]
Phillips: THE JOKING HAD STOPPED.
WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER IN FEAR.
[ RUSTLING ]
WE STARTED HEARING SOMETHING HEAVY
WALKING TOWARDS OUR DIRECTION, LIKE IT WAS COMING AT US.
[ SNARLING ]
[ GROWLS ]
AND WE TAKE OFF RUNNING.
AND WE RAN FOR A GOOD MINUTE OR SO
BEFORE WE REALIZED THAT WE'RE NOT WITH EACH OTHER.
Narrator: NOW ON HIS OWN, ROBB WOULD COME TO KNOW FIRSTHAND
HOW PHYSICALLY AGILE THE WILDMAN CAN BE.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, I STOP HEARING THIS MOVEMENT ON THE GROUND,
AND NOW I'M HEARING MOVEMENT IN THE TREES ABOVE ME.
[ RUSTLING ]
AND ABOUT 15, 20 FOOT IN THE AIR,
THERE IS THIS THING STANDING ON A BRANCH OF THE TREE,
AND IT'S JUST STANDING THERE LOOKING TOWARDS ME.
I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS GONNA BE ANY ESCAPING THIS.
Narrator: SWIFT ON THE GROUND AND A THREAT FROM THE TREES.
Phillips: I WAS FREAKING OUT. I WAS FEARING FOR MY LIFE.
[ GROWLS ]
Narrator: IN TENNESSEE ON A COOL SEPTEMBER NIGHT IN 1997,
ROBB PHILLIPS AND RANDY SPARKS
WERE HANGING OUT AT A POPULAR RECREATION SPOT --
THE WATAUGA CLIFFS.
BEERS AND BABES, MAN.
PARTYING TURNED TO TERROR...
[ SCREAMING ]
...WHEN THEY HEARD THE PIERCING SCREAMS OF ABOMINABLE BEAST.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
I TOOK OFF LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL.
I TOOK OFF, AND I RAN.
I RAN FOR MY LIFE.
GO, GO! WE GOT TO GO, MAN. WE GOT TO GO.
Narrator: THE COUSINS HAD GOTTEN SAFELY BACK TO THEIR CAR,
BUT STILL WEREN'T FREE OF THE MONSTER.
GO, GO. LET'S GO. LET'S GO. I AM! I AM!
WE GOT TO GO. WE GOT TO GO NOW.
I AM. I'M GOING.
COME ON. WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.
WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.
LET'S GO. I AM!
COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, COME ON.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ] [ GROWLS ]
[ SCREAMS ] WHAT IS THAT?!
AND AT THAT POINT,
I REALIZED THAT I AM LOOKING DIRECTLY
AT THE TENNESSEE WILDMAN.
[ SNARLING ]
WHAT IS THAT?!
[ BOTH SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY ]
Sparks: IT WAS AT LEAST PROBABLY 9 FEET TALL,
BIG, HAIRY HANDS,
AND THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND
THAT HE COULD BREAK THE WINDOWS OUT OF THAT CAR.
Phillips: AND RANDY'S SCREAMING, "GO, GO, GO!"
I STOMPED THE GAS, AND WE LEFT.
WE SPLIT, AND WE GOT THE HECK OUT OF THERE.
IT WAS NO LONGER A STORY.
THIS LEGEND OF THE TENNESSEE WILDMAN WAS REAL.
Narrator: IT IS HARD TO FATHOM THE EXISTENCE
OF A HALF-HUMAN, HALF-BEAST.
ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE LOOKED INTO THE EYES
OF THE TENNESSEE WILDMAN KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'VE SEEN.
[ GROWLS ]
WHATEVER THIS THING IS, IT'S MEAN.
I MEAN, IT'S -- IF THERE IS A DEFINITION FOR A MONSTER,
THIS IS IT.
[ SNARLS ]
Narrator: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
MOST RESIDENTS PAY LITTLE ATTENTION
TO THE GROUND UNDERFOOT.
THERE'S THE VAGUE AND OCCASIONAL TERROR
OF LIFE IN AN EARTHQUAKE FAULT ZONE.
YET, SOME SAY, A THREAT OF AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT KIND
LURKS UNDER THESE STREETS...
...SUPERNATURAL...
SINISTER...
SCALY.
FROM CAVES AND SEWERS, COME THE SLIME PEOPLE...
AAAAH!
...THAT KILL, KILL, KILL!
IT SOUNDS LIKE A MONSTER DREAMED UP IN HOLLYWOOD.
"THE SLIME PEOPLE."
YET REPORTS OF REAL REPTOIDS CONTINUE TO ARISE.
ANAHEIM HILLS IS A PLANNED COMMUNITY
IN THE SUBURBS OF LOS ANGELES.
IT'S A SAFE, QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD...
THE KIND OF PLACE WHERE PEOPLE MOVE TO RAISE THEIR KIDS.
YET UNDERNEATH THE MANICURED LAWNS, BELOW THE STREETS,
SOME CONTEND A NEFARIOUS NEIGHBOR IS LURKING.
[ HISSING ]
GROWING UP, I HAD NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE A REPTOID.
I HAD NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING UNDERGROUND
OR LIVING UNDERGROUND.
I NEVER BELIEVED REPTOIDS EXISTED UNTIL THAT NIGHT,
AND IT DEFINITELY MADE A BELIEVER OUT OF ME.
Narrator: ANGELICQUE McQUEEN LIVES IN ANAHEIM.
THIS BUSY, NO-NONSENSE MOM WITH TWO KIDS
HAS BUILT AN UNUSUAL CAREER FOR HERSELF AS A BOXING MANAGER.
McQueen: MY SON LOVES BOXING,
AND BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A SHADY KIND OF INDUSTRY,
I DECIDED THAT IF HE WAS GONNA BE INVOLVED IN IT,
THEN I SHOULD KNOW EVERYTHING I CAN FIND OUT
AND BE THERE FOR HIM AND ADVISE HIM AND PROTECT HIM.
Narrator: ANGELICQUE NEVER MET A CHALLENGE SHE COULDN'T OVERCOME.
SHE WASN'T THE TIMID TYPE.
A NIGHT IN NOVEMBER 2008 WOULD CHANGE ALL THAT.
ON NOVEMBER 27th, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER NIGHT,
I DECIDED TO TAKE MY DOG FOR A WALK.
IT WAS A LITTLE CHILLY, AND SO I PUT ON A HEAVIER COAT.
AS I WAS WALKING MY DOG,
I GOT A VERY STRANGE SENSATION THAT SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE FEELINGS OF, YOU KNOW, DANGER,
LIKE, "MAYBE I SHOULDN'T GO THIS WAY.
MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN A TURN."
Narrator: ONLY, ANGELICQUE KEPT GOING RIGHT INTO HARM'S WAY.
[ LOW GROWLING ]
[ DOG WHIMPERS ]
[ SNARLS ]
[ BARKS ]
[ RUSTLING ]
[ GROWLING ]
[ DOG WHIMPERING ]
McQueen: I LOOK OVER, DOWN IN THE DRAIN.
I NOTICE SOMETHING.
[ WHIMPERING ]
[ BARKING ]
AND I SEE TWO RED EYES GLOWING...
STARING AT ME.
[ GROWLING ]
IT HAD A ROUND HEAD, GLOWING RED EYES,
A PIT-BULL TYPE OF HEAD,
AND I COULDN'T MAKE SENSE OF WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT.
IT'S SOMETHING I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
[ HISSING ]
AND BEFORE I COULD EVEN THINK OF ANYTHING,
IT POUNCED RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
[ HISSING ]
THE FANGS THAT I SAW ON THIS THING --
IT COULD HAVE JUST DEVOURED A PERSON.
[ GROWLING ]
IT WAS A [GROWLS]
LIKE VERY EVIL, SINISTER...
SOMETHING THAT JUST --
NOTHING THAT I'VE EVER, EVER FELT.
Narrator: THIS PREDATOR
HAS ENSNARED ANGELICQUE IN A TELEPATHIC TRAP.
McQueen: THE WAY IT HAD CONTROL OVER MY BODY AND MY MIND
WAS VERY, VERY SCARY.
[ Voice breaking ] I WAS AFRAID.
BUT I JUST STOOD THERE FROZEN.
I COULDN'T MOVE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME REALLY PASSED.
Narrator: FEELING SHE'S ABOUT TO MEET HER END,
ANGELICQUE DOES THE ONLY THING SHE CAN --
RUN AND TRY TO HIDE.
McQueen: I SEE A PICKUP TRUCK.
I JUMP IN THE BACK OF IT.
Narrator: SHE'S SAFE FOR THE MOMENT,
BUT TERRIFIED THE CREATURE MIGHT FIND HER.
[ WHIMPERS, SNARLS ]
ANGELICQUE'S BOYFRIEND, RAJ JOLLY,
WAS IN THEIR APARTMENT UPSTAIRS.
[ Ringing ]
McQueen: I'M SHAKING -- TERRIBLY SHAKING.
I'M HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME CALLING HIM.
[ CELLPHONE VIBRATING ]
I FINALLY GET AHOLD OF HIM.
ANGELICQUE?
RAJ, YOU HAVE TO GET DOWN HERE. GET DOWN HERE NOW.
I TELL HIM, "RAJ, RUN DOWN HERE. HURRY."
I COULD TELL THAT SHE WAS TERRIFIED.
SHE'S REALLY SCARED.
AND SHE SAID, "GET DOWN HERE. GET DOWN HERE NOW.
GRAB A BASEBALL BAT OR STICK OR SOMETHING."
I'LL BE RIGHT THERE, OKAY?
I JUST GRABBED ANYTHING I SAW.
I THOUGHT SOMEBODY WAS ATTACKING HER.
Narrator: BACK ON THE STREET,
ANGELICQUE REALIZES THE CREATURE IS CLOSING IN.
[ SCREAMS ]
[ HISSES ]
AND THERE'S MORE THAN ONE.
[ GROWLING ]
McQueen: I WAS PANICKED.
I WAS SCARED TO DEATH.
[ GROWLING CONTINUES ]
AND I THINK ANY SECOND,
IT'S GONNA REACH OVER INTO THE TRUCK AND GRAB ME.
IT'S GONNA TAKE ME.
I FELT LIKE I WAS GONNA DIE.
[ GROWLS ]
Narrator: IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
RUMORS ABOUT A LOST RACE OF LIZARD PEOPLE,
KNOWN AS REPTOIDS, LIVING IN COLONIES BELOW THE STREETS.
UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, THEY EMERGE TO HUNT.
Redfern: ONE THEORY FOR THE REPTOIDS
IS THAT THEY MIGHT BE A SURVIVING RELIC POPULATION
OF SURVIVORS FROM THE JURASSIC ERA --
"DINOSAURS," IN OTHER WORDS -- THAT OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS
HAVE SHRUNK IN SIZE, DEVELOPED INTELLIGENCE,
AND TODAY, WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL THE REPTOIDS.
WE DO HAVE EVIDENCE OF ANIMALS BELIEVED TO HAVE BECOME EXTINCT
THAT ACTUALLY DIDN'T BECOME EXTINCT.
A CLASSIC EXAMPLE IS THE COELACANTH,
WHICH IS A LARGE FISH, AN EXAMPLE OF WHICH
WAS CAUGHT OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH AFRICA IN THE 1930s.
IT WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BECOME EXTINCT MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO.
WITH THAT IN MIND, I DON'T THINK IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
THAT OTHER CREATURES FROM THE JURASSIC ERA
MIGHT HAVE SURVIVED, AS WELL.
Narrator: THEORIES ABOUT THE REPTOIDS' SURVIVAL
OFTEN TARGET AREAS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
ESPECIALLY LOS ANGELES.
IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, ONE NOVEMBER NIGHT IN 2008...
[ WHIMPERS ]
...ANGELICQUE McQUEEN WAS WALKING HER DOG...
[ LOW GROWLING, DOG BARKS ]
...WHEN SHE FOUND HERSELF FACE-TO-FACE
WITH LIZARD-LIKE CREATURES EMERGING FROM THE SEWER DRAIN.
[ DOG BARKS ]
McQueen: THEY'RE COMING UP OUT OF THIS DRAIN
CIRCLING AROUND LIKE SHARKS.
BEING RIGHT THERE WAS THE MOST TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE
I'VE EVER HAD IN MY WHOLE LIFE.
[ LOW GROWLING ]
[ HISSES ]
Narrator: JUST AS THE CREATURES WERE GATHERING FORCE....
Jolly: ANGELICQUE!
...ANGELICQUE'S BOYFRIEND
RAN STRAIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE ENCOUNTER.
ARE YOU OKAY?
BE CAREFUL. BE CAREFUL.
THERE ARE THESE CREATURES. THEY CAME FROM OVER THERE.
Jolly: SHE WAS TERRIFIED. SHE WAS STILL SHAKING AT WHAT SHE HAD SEEN.
OKAY. YOU STAY RIGHT HERE.
I WAS PRETTY WORRIED
BECAUSE ANGELICQUE'S A PRETTY STRONG PERSON,
AND NORMALLY, NOTHING SCARES HER.
Narrator: SOMETHING ABOUT RAJ STOPPED THE REPTOIDS.
ALMOST INSTANTLY, THEY DISAPPEARED BACK INTO THE DRAIN.
[ HISSES ]
ARE THESE CREATURES HIGHLY TUNED TO PHEROMONES --
ATTRACTED TO SOME, TAKING FLIGHT FROM OTHERS?
I SAW NOT ONE, BUT TWO OR THREE THINGS
THAT LOOKED LIKE LITTLE SHADOWS KIND OF CRAWLING.
[ HISSING ]
AND AS IT STOOD UP,
IT'S A PRETTY BIG, SCARY-LOOKING ANIMAL WITH BIG TEETH.
[ GROWLING ]
WE BOTH HEARD THE [GROWLS] THE GROWL.
LIKE A WEIRD GROWL. LIKE A BIG ANIMAL.
[ GROWLING CONTINUES ]
I JUST KNEW THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO MESS WITH THIS THING ANYMORE.
I KNEW THAT WE HAD TO GET OUT OF THERE,
THAT IT COULD COME BACK UP AND IT COULD KILL US.
Narrator: ONE NIGHT SOON AFTER,
AN AWFUL SOUND OUTSIDE THE APARTMENT AWAKES ANGELICQUE.
IT WAS ABOUT 2:30 IN THE MORNING,
AND I'D HEARD A BIG THUD OCCUR TO THE WALL.
[ GASPS ]
AND I SEE THIS MASSIVE AMOUNT OF TISSUE AND BLOOD
DRIPPING DOWN THE WALL.
Narrator: WAS THE REMNANTS OF A REPTOID VICTIM?
ANGELICQUE AND HER FAMILY WOULD NEVER KNOW.
AFTER THAT NIGHT, I DECIDED I'M MOVING.
I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE.
THERE WAS SOMETHING VERY SINISTER, ALMOST SPIRITUAL,
EVIL, SOMETHING THAT I DID NOT WANT --
I DID NOT WANT TO BE AROUND ANY LONGER.
Narrator: 80 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANAHEIM,
THE TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA,
RESTS AT THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS.
BIG SKIES, CLEAN AIR, AND LOW CRIME
MAKE IT A DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE.
AND YET, PERHAPS NOT SO SAFE AFTER ALL.
I NEVER BELIEVED REPTOIDS EXISTED
UNTIL I SAW ONE FOR MYSELF PLAYING WITH MY DAUGHTER.
Narrator: IN 1994,
LORENA SMITH WAS MOTHER OF THREE YOUNG CHILDREN.
SO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN YOUR ROOM?
PLAYING.
WHAT ARE YOU PLAYING? WITH MY TOYS.
HER SMALL CRAFT BUSINESS ALLOWED HER TO WORK AT HOME
AND LOOK AFTER HER YOUNGEST CHILD...
A CHILD THAT LORENA THOUGHT HAD AN OVERACTIVE IMAGINATION.
Lorena: MY DAUGHTER HAD AN INVISIBLE FRIEND
THAT SHE LIKED TO PLAY WITH AND BRING FOOD TO.
AND I WOULD ALWAYS MAKE HER EXTRA FOOD
TO TAKE TO HER FRIEND.
ONE DAY, LORENA'S DAUGHTER
HAD A SPECIAL REQUEST FOR HER INVISIBLE FRIEND.
WOULD YOU LIKE ANOTHER SANDWICH?
[ PATTERING ]
Lorena: AND SHE CAME BACK AND SAID, "MY FRIEND'S STILL HUNGRY.
CAN YOU MAKE A COUPLE MORE?"
HMM. OKAY.
IT'S READY.
AND I MADE HER A COUPLE MORE AND FOLLOWED HER TO THE ROOM
TO FIND OUT WHERE SHE WAS PUTTING THESE SANDWICHES,
'CAUSE I KNEW SHE COULDN'T HAVE EATEN ALL OF THEM.
AND I SAW THROUGH THE SIDE DOOR
THAT SHE HANDED THE SANDWICH TO HER FRIEND IN THE CLOSET.
HERE YOU GO.
DO YOU WANT SOME MORE FOOD?
[ PATTERING ]
[ GASPS ]
AND I SAW A LITTLE HAND REACH OUT WITH LITTLE CLAWS
AND REACH OUT FOR THE SANDWICH.
I WAS IN SHOCK...
WHAT IS THAT?
...'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO?
BUT I KNEW THAT SOMETHING GRABBED THE SANDWICH.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS SEEING.
OH, MY GOD.
[ HISSING ] LET'S GO, LET'S GO.
MY BRAIN COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON.
YOU KNOW -- WHAT DID I SEE?
I JUST WANTED TO RUN.
Narrator: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S SUNNY REPUTATION
MIGHT BE AT ODDS WITH A CERTAIN RUMBLING UNDER THE STREETS,
BUT THIS IS NO EARTHQUAKE STORY.
RATHER, THERE ARE CLAIMS OF SUBTERRANEAN REPTOIDS
PROWLING THROUGH LABYRINTHS UNDERGROUND.
Redfern: RESEARCHERS OF THE REPTOID PHENOMENON
BELIEVE THAT THERE COULD BE
LITERALLY HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF MILES OF THESE TUNNELS
DEEP UNDER CALIFORNIA AND SPECIFICALLY UNDER L.A.
TOTALLY INACCESSIBLE TO US.
WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON UNDER THERE.
Narrator: IN THE 1930s,
A MINING ENGINEER NAMED W. WARREN SHUFELT
WAS ON THE TRAIL OF A RACE OF REPTOIDS
HE WAS CERTAIN LIVED BELOW L.A.
SHUFELT EVEN OBTAINED PERMISSION FROM THE CITY
TO PURSUE THE SEARCH.
HIS CREW DUG A NUMBER OF 1,000-FOOT SHAFTS
THAT HE HOPED WOULD REACH A CATACOMB CITY FILLED WITH GOLD.
AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF DIGGING, THE PROJECT WAS ABANDONED --
NO GOLD...
NO REPTOIDS.
Redfern: THE REPTOID PHENOMENON ISN'T A NEW ONE.
WE HAVE REPORTS DATING BACK DECADES
OF THESE CREATURES ATTACKING CARS, ATTACKING PEOPLE,
AND, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, VANISHING INTO THINGS
LIKE CULVERTS, DRAINS, THINGS LIKE THAT,
SUGGESTING A CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR WORLD AND THEIR UNDERWORLD.
Narrator: IN APPLE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, IN 2004,
LORENA SMITH THOUGHT SHE WAS INDULGING
HER DAUGHTER'S IMAGINATION
WHEN SHE MADE A SANDWICH FOR HER MAKE-BELIEVE FRIEND.
SHE'S STUNNED TO FIND HERSELF
CONFRONTING A CREATURE THAT'S ALL TOO REAL.
Lorena: I WALKED INTO THE ROOM,
AND MY DAUGHTER WAS JUST SITTING THERE WATCHING IT EAT.
[ PATTERING ]
I PICKED UP MY DAUGHTER BECAUSE I WAS SCARED.
WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO?
AND I LOOKED TO SEE WHAT IT WAS GONNA DO
OR WHERE IT WAS GONNA GO,
AND A HOLE IN THE CLOSET OPENED UP.
OH, MY GOD.
AND IT JUMPED RIGHT IN, CLOSED UP, AND IT WAS GONE.
LET'S GO, LET'S GO.
I KNOW THAT I WAS SCARED,
NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF, BUT FOR MY DAUGHTER,
BECAUSE SHE WAS PLAYING WITH THIS THING, FEEDING IT.
Narrator: LORENA BARRICADED THE CLOSET
AND MOVED HER DAUGHTERS TO HER ROOM.
ONE NIGHT, WHILE THE KIDS WERE ASLEEP,
SHE HEARD SOMETHING DEEP WITHIN THE WALL.
[ LOW GROWLING ]
[ SLITHERING ]
AAH!
HUH?
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
[ GASPS ]
[ HISSES ] AAH! AAH!
I FINALLY REALIZED THAT THEY WERE REPTOIDS.
THEY WERE COMING IN AND OUT OF MY HOUSE.
Narrator: LORENA HAD PEST-CONTROL PROBLEMS
BEYOND ALL IMAGINATION.
Lorena: WHO DO I CALL?
AND TELL THEM WHAT?
I FELT HELPLESS, ALONE.
Narrator: SO SHE KEPT SILENT.
YET THE NEXT MORNING, SOMEONE HAD ALREADY FOUND HER.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
YES?
GOOD MORNING. MS. SMITH?
YES. MAY WE COME IN?
YEAH, SURE.
THERE WAS THREE MILITARY MEN AT THE DOOR
ASKING ME QUESTIONS ON WHAT I SAW
AND, "DID I TELL ANYBODY ABOUT WHAT I SAW?"
AND WHEN I ASKED THEM, "WHAT IS IT?"
THEY SAID IT WAS SOMETHING THAT ESCAPED FROM THEIR LAB.
SO, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU DON'T TELL ANYBODY.
WHAT IS IT?
I'M NOT AT LIBERTY TO TELL YOU AT THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW.
Narrator: THE VISIT FROM THESE MILITARY MEN
LEFT LORENA BAFFLED.
WHILE SOME BELIEVE THESE CREATURES ARE REMNANT DINOSAURS,
ANOTHER THEORY, FAR MORE SINISTER,
CLAIMS THEY ARE EXTRATERRESTRIALS
HUNTING FOR BREEDING PARTNERS.
MOST OF THE REPORTS INVOLVING THE REPTILIANS
ARE GENERALLY REPORTED BY WOMEN,
AND THERE'S VERY OFTEN A SEXUAL COMPONENT TO THESE STORIES.
THIS HAS GIVEN RISE TO THE WHOLE IDEA
OF THE CREATION OF HALF-BREED SPECIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
Narrator: A FEW NIGHTS LATER,
SOMETHING APPEARED AGAIN IN LORENA'S HOME.
Lorena: I WAS IN BED,
AND WHEN I WOKE UP -- 'CAUSE I FELT SOMETHING.
I FELT THE BLANKETS MOVING.
Narrator: THIS TIME, THERE WAS NOTHING SHY
ABOUT THIS LARGE, WRATHFUL REPTILIAN.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
[ LOW GROWLING ] [ GASPS ]
IT WAS 7-FOOT, 300 POUNDS, MAYBE MORE THAN THAT,
AND AROUND ITS SNOUT, YELLOW, BIG EYES.
I WAS TERRIFIED. [ SCREAMS ]
I COULDN'T MOVE.
BUT I REMEMBER I WAS SCREAMING BECAUSE I WAS SCARED.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA KILL ME.
[ HISSING ] [ SCREAMING ]
I COULD FEEL HIS NAILS AS HE WAS PULLING ME OFF THE BED.
WHEN IT PULLED ME BY THE LEGS,
IT HAD A HORRIBLE LOOK IN ITS EYES,
AND I KNEW WHAT WAS COMING.
I KNEW WHAT IT WAS GONNA DO.
AND IT SPRAYED ON ME.
AND THAT SPRAY STAYED ON.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS LIKE A PHEROMONE,
BUT I KNOW IT WAS A STRONG SPRAY
THAT I COULDN'T WASH IT OUT OF MY HAIR.
I COULDN'T WASH IT OUT OF MY SKIN.
AND NO MATTER WHAT I USED -- TOMATO JUICE --
BUT I KNOW IT SPRAYED,
AND I KNOW IT TOOK ENJOYMENT OUT OF WHAT IT WAS DOING.
I KNEW IT WAS SOME KIND OF REPTILIAN.
Narrator: THEN, LORENA'S NIGHTMARE
WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
MA'AM, WE'RE HERE ABOUT SOMETHING
YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE SEEN.
IT CAME BACK.
Narrator: SHE WAS ABDUCTED TO SOME SORT OF MILITARY FACILITY.
BY ALL APPEARANCES, IT'S UNDERGROUND.
Lorena: I JUST REMEMBER LYING ON A HOSPITAL BED.
THERE WAS A MAN IN A LAB COAT THAT WAS TAKING SAMPLES.
[ GROANS ]
I FELT EVERYTHING, BUT I WAS JUST IN A --
ALMOST LIKE A TRANCE STATE, SO I COULDN'T DO REALLY ANYTHING.
BUT I SAW THEM DRAWING BLOOD, LOOKING IN MY EYES,
JUST LIKE I WAS GETTING A FULL PHYSICAL.
THEY WERE DOING ALL THESE THINGS
BECAUSE I CAME IN CONTACT WITH A REPTOID.
AND THE LAST WORD I HEARD IS ONE OF THE MILITARY MEN SAYING THAT,
"IT WAS JUST A DREAM, AND YOU WON'T REMEMBER ANY OF IT."
HOW COULD YOU NOT?
IT MAKES ME FEEL MAD...
...BECAUSE THEY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON
AND THEY DIDN'T HELP.
[ SIGHS ]
THREE MONTHS AFTER THAT, WE FINALLY HAD ENOUGH.
WE PACKED, AND WE WERE GONE.
Narrator: LORENA LEFT THE REPTOIDS BEHIND,
BUT THE FEAR REMAINS.
THE SCARIEST PART OF BEING IN THE PRESENCE
OF ONE OF THOSE CREATURES
WAS NOT KNOWING WHAT THEY WERE GONNA DO TO YOU
OR WHAT THEIR CAPABILITIES WERE.
THEY ARE REAL.
THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS ABOUT IT, BUT THEY DO NOTHING.
I THINK THEY WERE DOING EXPERIMENTS,
OR ONE OF THEIR EXPERIMENTS GOT AWAY,
AND IT HAPPENED TO BE AT MY HOUSE.
[ PATTERING ]
AND IT'S STILL AS IF IT WERE YESTERDAY.
ALWAYS AFRAID THAT THEY MIGHT COME BACK.
[ HISSES ]