Narrator: THREE WOMEN HELD HOSTAGE IN THEIR OWN CAR
BY A GARGANTUAN GREEN BEAST.
THIS THING WAS SO TALL. IT HAD ALL THIS SLIME ON IT.
ITS EYES WERE JUST, LIKE, PENETRATING.
WHO WOULDN'T BE SCREAMING? WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA DIE.
[ SCREAMS ]
Narrator: THE ATTACK UNLEASHED A LYNCH MOB.
McDaniel: PEOPLE WERE SHOWING UP WITH GUNS, KNIVES, CLUBS
TO HUNT FOR THIS CREATURE.
Narrator: WAS THE POISON RAIN THAT FELL ON OAKVILLE
A SECRET GOVERNMENT TEST?
EVERYONE DESCRIBED IT AS A FLU-LIKE SYNDROME.
MOM, TALK TO ME.
ALL I WANTED TO KNOW WAS, WHAT IS THIS STUFF?
Clyde: WARFARE -- IT'S BIOWARFARE.
IN OAKVILLE, THEY LIVED THE TERROR,
AND IT WAS A REALITY FOR THEM.
Narrator: AN ABANDONED STRETCH OF RIVER
AND THE KILLER CANINES READY TO AMBUSH ANYONE
ENTERING THEIR TURF.
Touchstone: IT SOUNDED 10 TIMES LOUDER THAN A WOLF.
"I'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE. I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO DIE."
[ CREATURE GROWLS ]
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Narrator: IN THE HEARTLAND STATE OF INDIANA,
WHERE THE WHITE AND DRIFTWOOD RIVERS MEET,
SITS COLUMBUS,
A MIDWEST MANUFACTURING HUB.
SOME 40,000 RESIDENTS LIVE AND WORK HERE.
A FOCAL POINT FOR THE CITY CENTER IS MILL RACE PARK --
THICK WOODS, MOSSY LAKES, AND A NETWORK OF TRAILS,
AN 85-ACRE PRESERVE DIRECTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN.
ITS NAME WOULD BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH A MONSTER.
A LOT OF PEOPLE GENUINELY BELIEVE
THAT THERE WAS A MONSTER IN MILL RACE PARK.
Cataline: PEOPLE WERE COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK,
AND THEY WERE WALKING THROUGH THE WOODS
WITH ALL THESE WEAPONS AND BASEBALL BATS AND SHOTGUNS.
THE MAYOR TELL THEM, "THERE'S NO MONSTER IN MY TOWN,"
BUT THERE WAS A MONSTER IN HIS TOWN.
Narrator: CHRIS McDANIEL IS A COLUMBUS NATIVE
AND A PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR.
HE'S BEEN OBSESSED WITH DISCOVERING THE TRUTH
ABOUT AN ASTONISHING EVENT THAT TOOK HIS TOWN BY STORM
SOME 40 YEARS AGO.
McDaniel: I WAS 7 OR 8 YEARS OLD WHEN THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE.
THE FIRST TIME THAT I HEARD ABOUT THE REPORTS,
I WAS KIND OF SHOCKED
THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENED IN OUR HOMETOWN.
AND I WENT TO THE LOCAL LIBRARY,
GOING THROUGH ALL THE MICROFILMS OF THE NEWSPAPER
AND PULLING UP ALL THE ARTICLES.
Narrator: IT WOULD ALL BEGIN ON NOVEMBER 1, 1974.
DID YOU GUYS HAVE FUN? DID YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD TIME?
YEAH, IT WAS FUN. YEAH, THE GUY WAS ALL RIGHT.
EARLY THAT EVENING,
FOUR YOUNG WOMEN WENT WALKING IN MILL RACE PARK.
DON'T YOU GUYS WANT TO GO IN? NO, I DON'T WANT TO GO IN.
McDaniel: THE WOMEN WERE JUST SITTING IN THE PARK,
JUST HAVING A CONVERSATION, TALKING.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
SHE'S JUST BEING SILLY.
I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
IT'S NOT THAT BAD.
[ GROWLING CONTINUES ]
THEY SEEN THIS CREATURE LURKING BETWEEN THE TREES
NEAR THE BOAT RAMP.
[ GROWLING ]
OH, MY GOD.
THEY DESCRIBE THE CREATURE AS BEING 6-FOOT TALL,
BIPEDAL, WALKING ON TWO LEGS, HAD VERY SHARP CLAWS.
IT WAS VERY DIRTY, ALMOST MOSSY LOOKING.
[ GROWLING ]
OH, MY GOD, WHAT IS THAT? OH, MY GOD.
[ GROWLING ]
Narrator: BADLY SHAKEN, THE WOMEN CONTACTED THE POLICE.
McDaniel: AFTER THE FIRST REPORT,
THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSUME THAT THIS IS PROBABLY A HOAX.
THE PARK REMAINED OPEN.
THE OFFICERS DIDN'T THINK ANY MORE ABOUT IT.
Narrator: LATER THAT SAME NIGHT...
I JUST CAN'T GET OVER THAT PARTY, THOUGH.
[ LAUGHS ]
...AFTER LEAVING A DRIVE-THROUGH BURGER JOINT,
THREE YOUNG WOMEN WERE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO EAT THEIR MEAL.
OKAY, WHERE YOU GUYS WANT TO GO EAT?
WE SHOULD GO TO MILL RACE PARK.
YEAH, LET'S GO THERE. OH, GOOD IDEA. LET'S DO IT.
Narrator: THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS WAITING FOR THEM.
TYRA CATALINE WAS ONE OF THE WOMEN IN THAT CAR.
Cataline: SOMETIMES WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT,
IT GIVES ME GOOSE BUMPS JUST TO --
IT TAKES ME BACK TO THAT EVENING.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE.
Narrator: AFTER 40 YEARS,
SHE'S FINALLY COME FORWARD TO TELL HER STORY.
I STOPPED TALKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE I WAS TIRED
OF HEARING PEOPLE SAYING, "WELL, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN."
AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO LISTEN TO THE TRUTH.
Narrator: NOVEMBER 1, 1974, WAS A MILD NIGHT,
SO TYRA AND HER FRIENDS DECIDED TO PARK DOWN BY THE RIVER
IN MILL RACE PARK.
I JUST HONESTLY CAN'T GET OVER THE PARTY.
I MEAN, IT WAS FUN.
WHAT A JOKE, THOUGH. BUT I MEAN...
YEAH. I MEAN, YOU CAN'T --
TOO MUCH.
Cataline: AND WE HAPPENED TO PARK BY THE BOAT LAUNCH THERE,
AND IN FRONT OF US WAS WOODS AND THE RIVER.
THAT WAS FUN.
THAT PARTY WAS OKAY.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
WHAT WAS THAT?
I SAW SOMETHING MOVE OVER THERE.
I COULDN'T SEE IT. I TOLD THEM I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
THEN THE OTHER ONE SAID, "I THINK I SAW IT AGAIN."
[ GROWLING ]
WHAT WAS THAT?
AND THEN I SAW SOMETHING MOVING.
[ GROWLING CONTINUES ]
[ ALL SCREAMING ]
AND IT COME OUT OF THAT WOODS, OH, MY GOD.
THIS THING, IT WAS LIKE NOTHING I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.
WHAT IS THAT?
THIS THING HAD TO BE AT LEAST 7-FOOT TALL, IF NOT TALLER.
IT WAS TALLER THAN A NORMAL MAN.
IT WAS BEATING ON THE WINDSHIELD.
IT WAS TRYING TO GET IN, AND WE WERE SCREAMING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT AGITATED HIM MORE OR WHAT.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
[ ALL SCREAMING ]
THE ONLY THING SEPARATING THEM AND THIS CREATURE
WAS THE WINDSHIELD.
[ GROWLING CONTINUES ]
OH, MY GOD.
WHAT WAS THAT? THAT WAS NOT A PERSON.
WE WERE ALL AFRAID IT WAS GONNA COME BACK, BUT WE COULDN'T MOVE.
[ PANTING ]
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
WHERE'D HE GO? WHERE'D HE GO?
ROLL UP THE WINDOW!
Cataline: THERE WAS THIS GREEN TINGE TO THE THING'S FACE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAD BEEN IN THE RIVER DRINKING
AND GOT MOSS ON IT 'CAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH SLIME ON ITS FACE.
McDaniel: THEY SEEN THE CREATURE LESS THAN TWO FEET AWAY
THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OF THEIR CAR.
I WOULD SAY THAT THESE WOMEN GOT A PRETTY GOOD LOOK AT IT.
THIS WAS NOT A PERSON IN A COSTUME.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
Cataline: HE DID HAVE FANGS,
AND HE WAS TRYING TO BITE THE GLASS THROUGH,
AND I WAS AFRAID HE WAS GONNA TEAR THE DOOR OFF.
[ ALL SCREAMING ]
NOTHING HAS EVER SCARED ME AS MUCH AS THAT.
[ GROWLING ]
Narrator: IN COLUMBUS, INDIANA, ON NOVEMBER 1, 1974,
A MONSTER COVERED IN MUCK THREATENED VISITORS
IN THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN PUBLIC PARK.
AFTER FOUR DECADES, TYRA CATALINE
IS NOW STEPPING FORWARD TO RECOUNT THE HORRIFIC ORDEAL.
Cataline: IT WAS JUST A TYPICAL EVENING SHORTLY AFTER HALLOWEEN,
AND WE DECIDED TO GO TAKE OUR DINNER DOWN TO THE PARK --
EAT IT AND TALK.
HE WAS TALKING TO HER ALL NIGHT, THOUGH.
YEAH, I SAW THAT.
WE WERE JUST KIND OF STARING INTO THE DARK WOODS.
THAT PARTY WAS OKAY.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
OUT FROM THE WOODS COMES THIS THING.
Narrator: RELENTLESSLY ATTACKING FROM EVERY SIDE OF THE CAR,
THEY COULDN'T HOLD OUT MUCH LONGER.
I SAID, "WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE,"
BUT THE DRIVER'S LEG WAS SHAKING SO BAD,
SHE COULDN'T GET THE CAR STARTED.
DRIVE. WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
WE WERE JUST GLAD TO GET OUT OF THERE WITH OUR LIVES.
'CAUSE IT WAS JUST THE MOST HORRIBLE THING YOU EVER SAW.
Narrator: THEY WANTED TO HEAD RIGHT HOME,
BUT TYRA AND HER FRIENDS FELT CERTAIN
THE ATTACK SHOULD BE REPORTED TO THE POLICE.
I'M TELLING YOU WHAT, YOU COULD PLAY QUARTERBACK BETTER THAN THAT.
THERE'S A MONSTER IN THE WOODS. YOU GOT TO GO DOWN THERE.
A MONSTER, REALLY?
[ PANTING ]
IT JUST SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE LAUGHING ABOUT IT.
HE SAYS, "OH, A MONSTER, REALLY?"
I TOLD YOU THEY WON'T BELIEVE US.
HAVE YOU BEEN DRINKING, MA'AM?
"NO, IT'S REAL. IT'S OUT THERE. YOU'VE GOT TO GO DOWN THERE.
IT'S OUT THERE, AND IT'S GONNA GET SOMEBODY."
LOOK AT THE SCRATCHES ON THE CAR!
COME ON. LOOK AT THIS.
McDaniel: SO THE POLICE WALKED OUT TO THEIR CAR
AND DID SEE PECULIAR-LOOKING SCRATCH MARKS
ALL OVER THE HOOD OF THE CAR.
LOOK ON THE BACK. LOOK AT THAT.
AND THE CAR STUNK ON THE OUTSIDE SO BAD,
IT WAS LIKE DECOMPOSED ANIMALS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO DESCRIBE IT.
McDaniel: THE SECOND GROUP OF WOMEN DESCRIBED IT THE SAME WAY
THAT THE FIRST GROUP OF WOMEN DESCRIBED IT,
AS HAVING THE GREEN FACE, THE CLAWS,
BEING ABOUT 6-FOOT TALL, BIPEDAL.
BEING THAT THESE TWO GROUPS OF WOMEN DID NOT KNOW EACH OTHER
OR KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT EACH OTHER'S REPORT
DOES BRING SOMEWHAT CREDIBILITY TO THE REPORTS.
Narrator: IN THE SMALL TOWN, THE MONSTER QUICKLY BECAME BIG NEWS.
IN 1974, HARRY McCAWLEY WAS THE EDITOR
OF THE COLUMBUS REPUBLIC NEWSPAPER.
HE'S CHASED DOWN A LOT OF STORIES
BUT NEVER ONE LIKE THIS.
WE GOT THIS REPORT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
AND THEY DESCRIBED IT IN TERMS OF KIND OF A BIGFOOT
WITH GREEN SCALY THINGS COMING OFF OF IT.
PUT IT ON THE FRONT PAGE.
Narrator: THE SIGHTINGS OF THE MILL RACE MONSTER
TOUCHED OFF A WAVE OF MOB HYSTERIA.
RESIDENTS TOOK THE NEWS LIKE A CALL TO ARMS.
COME ON, LISTEN UP.
ALL RIGHT, THEY SAID THEY SAW THIS MONSTER
DOWN HERE BY THE WATER.
McCawley: THE FRONT PAGE HELPED FEED WHAT DEVELOPED AFTERWARDS.
POLICE REPORTED THAT PEOPLE WERE COMING DOWN TO THE PARK
ARMED WITH KNIVES AND CLUBS SEARCHING FOR THE MONSTER.
Narrator: AS THE NEWS SPREAD FURTHER,
THE MONSTER-HUNTING MOB EXPANDED QUICKLY.
McDaniel: A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE FLOCKING TO THIS AREA
TO GET A GLIMPSE OF THE MONSTER.
THIS WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST MONSTER HUNTS KNOWN IN HISTORY
WHERE ALL THESE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE COMING OUT,
LOOKING FOR THIS CREATURE.
Cataline: PEOPLE WERE WALKING THROUGH THE WOODS
WITH BASEBALL BATS AND SHOTGUNS.
IT WAS GETTING TO BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION.
WANT TO SHOOT THE MONSTER.
McDaniel: SO, THE MAYOR HAD INSTRUCTED THE PARKS DIRECTOR
TO GO AHEAD AND SHUT DOWN THE PARK
FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC.
THEY WERE AFRAID THAT SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO GET HURT.
SHOW'S OVER.
FOUND THE MONSTER. HE'S BACK THAT WAY.
Man: HE CHASED US OUT!
YOU GOT TO GO SHOOT HIM!
WE AIN'T SHOOTING NOBODY TONIGHT.
Cataline: WHATEVER IT WAS, IT SCARED HIM AWAY,
PROBABLY,
'CAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN THAT PARK,
AND I'M SURE IT WASN'T GOING TO FACE ALL THOSE PEOPLE.
Narrator: IN COLUMBUS, INDIANA, IN NOVEMBER OF 1974,
A GREEN, GRIMY CREATURE ON THE LOOSE
THREW A MIDWESTERN TOWN INTO PANIC.
IN WHAT BECAME ONE OF THE LARGEST MONSTER HUNTS
IN AMERICAN HISTORY,
HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS TOOK UP ARMS
TO SEARCH A DOWNTOWN PARK.
TIME TO GO. TIME TO GO.
McCawley: YOU KNOW, WE WERE LUCKY, I GUESS.
SOMEBODY COULD HAVE BEEN HURT. SOMEBODY COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED.
YOU KNOW, WE BIT THE BULLET ON THAT ONE.
WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL FOR IT.
[ GROWLING ]
Cataline: NOBODY EVER REALLY COULD IDENTIFY WHAT IT WAS,
AND TO THIS DAY,
I WONDER WHERE IT CAME FROM AND WONDER WHERE IT WENT TO.
McDaniel: A LOT OF PEOPLE SPECULATE
THAT MAYBE THIS IS THE SAME TYPE OF CREATURE AS A BIGFOOT.
THERE'S A LOT OF SIMILARITIES TO IT.
HOWEVER, THIS CREATURE, THE MILL RACE MONSTER,
HAS A GREEN LOOK TO IT, WHICH IS UNUSUAL.
THIS IS SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT.
Narrator: JUST PRIOR TO THE SIGHTINGS,
STRANGE LIGHTS HAD APPEARED IN THE NIGHT SKY.
WAS THERE A CONNECTION TO THE MONSTER FROM THE MUCK?
McDaniel: A FEW MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS,
THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF UFO SIGHTINGS
AROUND THE AREA OF COLUMBUS AND ALL OVER THE MIDWEST.
SO, SOME PEOPLE WERE SPECULATING
MAYBE THIS WAS LEFT BEHIND BY A UFO.
Narrator: THEN AGAIN, IS THERE AN EARTHLY EXPLANATION
FOR THE GREEN COLORATION OF THE FACE AND FUR?
Cataline: I REMEMBER BACK YEARS AGO,
THERE WAS A DYE FACTORY IN THE PARK AREA.
I HEARD THEY HAD DUMPED DYES IN THAT RIVER.
Narrator: WHATEVER THE CAUSE, FOR THOSE WHO WITNESSED IT,
THIS MONSTER WAS NO HOAX.
I KNOW IT'S REAL. AND WHAT I SAW WAS NOT A JOKE.
IT WAS NOT A PERSON IN A COSTUME.
IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING THAT COULD MOVE AROUND
AND GRIMACE ITS FACE.
IT WAS GROWLING.
IT WAS VERY AGGRESSIVE.
SO PEOPLE CAN THINK WHAT THEY WANT TO.
I KNOW WHAT I SAW.
AND I SAW SOMETHING PRETTY BAD.
I CAN'T TELL YOU IF IT WAS BIGFOOT.
I CAN'T TELL YOU IF IT WAS A MONSTER, AN ALIEN.
I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS. I KNOW IT WAS REAL.
I KNOW I SAW IT.
AND I DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT TOO LONG
'CAUSE IT STILL SCARES ME TO THIS DAY.
Narrator: IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, THE TINY TOWN OF OAKVILLE
SITS WITHIN RAIN-SOAKED HARDWOOD FOREST.
IN THIS REMOTE HAMLET, SOME 600 TOWNSPEOPLE
ARE WELL-ACQUAINTED WITH THE REGION'S RELENTLESS RAINFALL.
WE PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT 275 DAYS OF RAIN.
Barclift: IT'S SOMETHING THAT, IF YOU LIVE HERE,
YOU JUST HAVE TO BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO.
Narrator: YET, ONE NIGHT IN 1994,
THE RAIN WAS ENTIRELY NEW.
[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]
Lacey: IT CAME OUT OF THE SKY SO FAST AND COVERED SO FAST.
IT WASN'T LIKE A SLOW SNOW OR ANYTHING.
IT WAS JUST LIKE IT GOT DUMPED ON YOU.
Narrator: SLIMY, GLOBULAR, AND POTENTIALLY LETHAL.
OAKVILLE RESIDENTS HAVE WONDERED EVER SINCE,
WHO OR WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE TOXIC RAIN?
IN THE EARLY HOURS OF AUGUST 7th,
SOMETHING IN OAKVILLE WAS WRONG.
SUNNY BARCLIFT WAS WORKING AT A LOCAL OAKVILLE STORE.
Barclift: ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED THAT DAY
AS WE WERE RECEIVING A TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR
IS IT LOOKED STRANGE.
THE RAIN ACTUALLY LOOKED THICK
AS IT WAS FALLING OUTSIDE THE STORE.
AND I DEDUCED THAT IT PROBABLY
WAS DUE TO A DISTORTION IN THE GLASS.
Narrator: AS SHE WOULD DISCOVER,
THIS SYRUPY-LOOKING RAIN WAS NO OPTICAL ILLUSION.
WHEN SUNNY ARRIVED HOME, HER MOTHER WAS IN THE YARD.
Barclift: MY MOTHER, SHE FOUND SOMETHING VERY STRANGE
ALL OVER THE TOP OF THE WOOD BOX.
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS HAIL,
BUT WHEN SHE TOUCHED IT, IT WAS SOFT.
SHE DID, IN FACT, PICK UP SOME OF THE GLOBULES,
SQUISHED THEM BETWEEN HER FINGERS,
SMELLED THEM TO SEE IF THERE WAS AN ODOR.
IT WAS ON THE WINDSHIELD OF MY TRUCK.
IT WAS ON THE DECK. IT WAS ON THE WOOD BOX.
IT WAS IN THE FOLIAGE.
IT MUST HAVE COME DOWN WITH THE RAIN.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
AND SO OUR ONLY CONCLUSION IS
IT HAD TO HAVE FALLEN FROM THE SKY WITH THE RAIN.
Narrator: THESE GELATINOUS LUMPS
HAD COATED SOME 20 SQUARE MILES AROUND OAKVILLE.
SUNNY HAD SOME EMT TRAINING, SO SHE AND HER BROTHER
APPROACHED THIS MATERIAL WITH CAUTION.
WE OBTAINED THE CLEANEST VESSELS WE COULD FIND,
AND WE WENT OUT ON THE FRONT PORCH,
AND WE STARTED SCOOPING THE GLOBULES INTO THE CONTAINER.
I OPTED, AND SO DID MY BROTHER, TO WEAR GLOVES
BECAUSE WE CONSIDERED THAT IT WAS AN UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE.
I TRIED FLOATING IT IN WATER AND DISSOLVING IT IN ALCOHOL.
AT ONE POINT, I EVEN TRIED BURNING IT.
AND ODDLY, IT REPELLED THE FLAME ALTOGETHER.
WHAT IS THIS STUFF?
AT THAT POINT, I WAS VERY CONCERNED.
Narrator: SUNNY WASN'T THE ONLY OAKVILLE RESIDENT
ENCOUNTERING THIS MYSTERY RAIN.
DAVID LACEY WAS A PATROLMAN MAKING THE ROUNDS
THAT RAINY NIGHT.
Lacey: IT WAS ABOUT 3:00 A.M. IN THE MORNING.
I WAS PATROLLING, AND BASICALLY, THE --
IT JUST CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.
AND JUST STARTED TO COVER THE WINDSHIELD,
SO I HAD TO FIND A PLACE TO STOP TO CLEAN OFF THE WINDSHIELD,
YOU KNOW, SO I COULD SEE WHERE I WAS GOING.
AND THAT'S WHEN I NOTICED IT WAS A GELATINOUS MATERIAL
ON THE CAR, WHICH WAS REALLY STRANGE.
I'M THINKING IT CAME DOWN AS A ROUND OBJECT, YOU KNOW,
'CAUSE THEY WOULD HIT, AND THEY WERE FLAT.
THEY HAD YELLOW SPECKS IN THEM.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY SMELL, NO TOXIC SMELL TO THEM AT ALL.
I KNEW IT WASN'T RAIN, YOU KNOW.
IT'S NOTHING I'VE NEVER COME ACROSS BEFORE,
SO IT WAS JUST A QUESTION IN MY MIND.
YOU KNOW, WHAT AM I DEALING WITH HERE?
Narrator: LACEY HAD NO IDEA THE HARM
IT WOULD INFLICT ON HIM AND THE COMMUNITY.
Lacey: EVERYBODY IN TOWN WAS TALKING ABOUT IT
AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS.
AND WE DID HAVE CATS AND DOGS DYING,
AND WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE SICK.
IT WAS A REAL MYSTERY.
Narrator: THE NEXT DAY, SUNNY BARCLIFT'S MOTHER
WAS IN THE MIDST OF A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
Barclift: I KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, AND THERE WAS NO ANSWER,
AND THAT ALARMED ME.
AND THAT'S WHY I ENTERED THE BATHROOM
AND THEN FOUND HER LAYING ON THE FLOOR.
MOM, TALK TO ME!
THAT WAS THE MOMENT WHEN I BECAME CONCERNED
THAT PERHAPS THE SUBSTANCE THAT SHE HAD TOUCHED
MIGHT HAVE MADE HER SICK.
I DECIDED TO TAKE A SAMPLE OF THE SUBSTANCE TO THE HOSPITAL.
DOCTOR?
YES?
MY MOTHER WAS HANDLING THIS.
I SPOKE WITH THE EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR,
TOLD HIM ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
SHE RUBBED IT BETWEEN HER FINGERS,
AND I THINK IT MADE HER SICK.
THE DOCTOR AGREED TO DO IT AND SENT IT TO A LAB TECHNICIAN.
Narrator: WHILE SUNNY WAS AT THE HOSPITAL
WONDERING IF HER MOTHER WOULD SURVIVE THE TOXIC RAIN,
OFFICER DAVID LACEY WAS STILL ON PATROL,
STILL TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THE PREVIOUS NIGHT'S RAIN
THAT HAD SMEARED HIS WINDSHIELD LIKE VASELINE.
I GOT CALLED OUT FOR A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE.
Narrator: FIRST THE RAIN, NOW THIS.
Lacey: THERE WERE TWO GUYS WITH HAZMAT SUITS ON,
AND FROM WHAT I COULD SEE AT THAT POINT,
THEY WERE COLLECTING THIS MATERIAL.
I ROLLED UP, AND THEY GOT IN THE VEHICLE
AND LEFT AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.
AND SO I RAN THE PLATES. THEY WERE A FEDERAL PLATE.
I THINK THE MILITARY WANTED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT BETTER LOOK
AT THE SUBSTANCE AND DO THEIR OWN TESTING.
Narrator: AT FIRST, LACEY WAS RELIEVED THE MILITARY WAS ON THE CASE.
HIS OPINION WOULD SOON CHANGE.
Lacey: I WAS THROWING UP, AND I HAD A STOMACHACHE.
I HAD A FEVER OF 102.
OH, YOU'RE BURNING UP.
TERRIBLE.
AND I WAS OUT OF WORK FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS.
THAT WAS REAL UNUSUAL.
I HAD NEVER MISSED A DAY OF WORK PRIOR TO THAT.
I STARTED TO CORRELATE IT WITH THE MATERIAL THAT HAD COME DOWN.
IT WAS A REAL MYSTERY.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN, YOU KNOW, OR WHO TO CONTACT,
AND IT'S NOT A TYPICAL POLICE INVESTIGATION.
Narrator: IN THE SUMMER OF 1994, OAKVILLE, WASHINGTON,
A SMALL TOWN IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST,
EXPERIENCED A SHOWER OF THICK, SYRUPY RAIN,
ONE THAT HAD RESIDENTS AND LOCAL POLICE PUZZLED.
THEN, PEOPLE STARTED GETTING SICK.
Barclift: MY MOM WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR THREE DAYS,
AND WHEN SHE WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL,
THEY GAVE HER A DISCHARGE DIAGNOSIS
OF SOME KIND OF VIRUS.
Narrator: AREA DOCTORS REPORTED A SPIKE IN MAJOR RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES.
A VIRUS COULD HAVE CIRCULATED THROUGH THE POPULATION,
BUT A VIRUS AFFECTING LOCAL ANIMALS, AS WELL?
Barclift: MY MOTHER'S DOGS BECAME ILL ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THE FALLOUTS.
I FOUND MY LITTLE KITTEN DEAD ON THE DOORSTEP.
WE DOUBLE-BAGGED THE KITTEN.
WE HOSED DOWN THE PORCH,
AND WE EVEN DISINFECTED IT WITH BLEACH,
AND WE THEN CARRIED THE KITTEN TO A SPOT FAR AWAY
AND BURIED IT.
Narrator: WITH ALL THE RUMORS CIRCULATING THROUGH OAKVILLE,
IT DIDN'T HELP THAT LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS
ISSUED NO PUBLIC STATEMENT ABOUT THE MYSTERIOUS RAIN.
Lacey: IT WAS REALLY FRUSTRATING,
AND WE DIDN'T GET A LOT OF HELP FROM OUTSIDE AGENCIES.
IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW,
IT'S JUST DEAD END AFTER DEAD END.
Narrator: WASHINGTON'S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
EVENTUALLY CONDUCTED AN ANALYSIS OF THE RAIN.
BUT THE REPORT WASN'T PUBLICLY RELEASED.
"MONSTERS & MYSTERIES" HAS OBTAINED A COPY OF THAT REPORT.
ITS CONCLUSIONS ARE STUNNING.
THE LAB REPORT IDENTIFIED HUMAN WHITE BLOOD CELLS
AND TWO TYPES OF BACTERIA KNOWN TO CAUSE ILLNESS.
Barclift: THE EPIDEMIOLOGIST WHO WAS STUDYING THE SUBSTANCE
CONCLUDED THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT A BACTERIA OR A VIRUS
COULD BE INSERTED INTO.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO JACK ON K.O.G.O.
Narrator: RADIO HOST CLYDE LEWIS MAKES THE CASE
THAT OAKVILLE WAS EXPOSED TO A BIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT
CONDUCTED BY THE U.S. MILITARY.
THERE ARE HISTORIES OF OPEN-AIR TESTS
BEING DONE ON AMERICAN CITIZENS WITHOUT THEM KNOWING IT.
I MEAN, CADMIUM SULFIDE DROPPED ON AN AREA OF MINNESOTA,
WHERE STILLBORNS AND MISCARRIAGES HAPPENED.
I MEAN, WE ARE TESTING THESE THINGS.
Narrator: RECENTLY, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
ACKNOWLEDGED THEY CONDUCTED
MORE THAN 100 BIOLOGICAL WARFARE TESTS
BETWEEN 1952 AND 1969.
OVER ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, AND ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,
THE ARMY SPRAYED CADMIUM SULFIDE,
A TOXIC METAL NOW KNOWN TO BE A POTENTIAL CANCER-CAUSING AGENT.
Clyde: I THINK THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING THIS BECAUSE, OF COURSE,
THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW WE WOULD REACT TO BIOWARFARE.
AND HOW BETTER TO FIGURE OUT A BIO ATTACK
THAN TO RUN BIO-ATTACK SCENARIOS ON PLACES LIKE OAKVILLE,
YOU KNOW, SMALL TOWNS THAT WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT?
Narrator: THE EXPLANATION IS BOTH BAFFLING AND POTENTIALLY CRIMINAL,
BUT FOR THE OAKVILLE RESIDENTS,
PERHAPS THE WORST PART IS JUST NOT KNOWING.
Barclift: I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT IF, IN FACT,
IT WAS THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONDUCTING A READINESS EXERCISE.
WE WERE EXPERIMENTED ON,
AND I'M STILL FEELING A LITTLE ANGRY ABOUT IT.
Lacey: EVEN WHEN I TOOK OVER AS CHIEF OF POLICE,
I CONTINUED TO INVESTIGATE IT.
IT WAS A REAL MYSTERY, AND IT DOES EAT AWAY AT ME
BECAUSE I'D REALLY LIKE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS.
WE DON'T KNOW.
Narrator: IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN,
ALONG THE SWIFT-FLOWING CHIPPEWA RIVER,
SITS A TINY SPIT OF LAND KNOWN AS MERIDEAN ISLAND.
DESPITE TRANQUIL APPEARANCES, RESIDENTS ARE CONVINCED
THERE'S NOTHING PEACEFUL ABOUT THIS PLACE.
FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT,
WHISPERS ABOUT KILLER CANINES ROAMING THE RIVERBANK.
I WAS A HUNTER, AND I WAS A MARINE,
AND I DON'T SCARE VERY EASILY,
BUT THIS WAS DEFINITELY A VERY CURIOUS EVENING.
I HEAR THE SOUND GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER.
I JUMPED INTO THE CAR AND LOCKED THE DOOR.
ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOW AND STARTED YELLING FOR CHRIS,
"HURRY UP, GET IN THE CAR."
WOULD YOU PLEASE JUST DRIVE?!
Narrator: IN THE LATE 1800s, MERIDEAN, WISCONSIN,
WAS A BUSTLING LUMBER DEPOT AND FERRY CROSSING.
EVENTUALLY, THE TIMBER BUSINESS PLAYED OUT,
LEAVING MERIDEAN A GHOST TOWN.
THEN, THE SIGHTINGS BEGAN.
Chad: WE HAVE REPORTS OF A CREATURE ROAMING THE AREA
THAT WAS TERRORIZING THE COMMUNITY
BACK IN THE EARLY 1900s,
DEVOURING LIVESTOCK, RIPPING THEM APART,
CHASING CHILDREN HOME FROM SCHOOL.
WITNESSES DESCRIBE THIS EARLY CREATURE
OF BEING THE SIZE OF A BEAR
BUT SHAPED MORE LIKE A DOG OR A WOLF, HEAVILY MUSCLED.
THE CREATURE WAS NEVER CAUGHT,
AND IT STILL SEEMS TO BE ROAMING THAT AREA.
Narrator: TO THIS DAY, REPORTS OF SUPERNATURAL CREATURES
CONTINUE TO CIRCULATE.
ALL THE SIGHTINGS CLUSTERED AROUND AN OLD BOAT LANDING
JUST ACROSS THE RIVER FROM MERIDEAN.
PEOPLE SEEM TO BE DRAWN TO THE AREA,
AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHY,
BUT ONCE THEY GET OUT THERE, THEY GET FEELINGS OF DREAD,
OF EERINESS, THAT SOMETHING'S JUST NOT RIGHT.
[ CAR DOOR SHUTS ]
Narrator: IN THE FALL OF 2005,
SHELLY TOUCHSTONE AND HER FIANCé, CHRIS WIENER,
WENT FOR A PICNIC ALONG THE RIVER.
SEE? CREEPY, RIGHT?
THEY WANTED TO FIND A SECLUDED SPOT
AND THOUGHT THE FERRY CROSSING MIGHT BE A DARING CHOICE.
LISTEN.
DO YOU HEAR THAT?
WHAT?
SILENCE. NO KIDS.
[ LAUGHS ] CHRIS, STOP TRYING TO SCARE ME.
THERE WERE STORIES OF GROWLING,
AND SOME EVEN CLAIM TO HAVE SEEN THE DEVIL DOGS.
THIS PLACE IS A LITTLE FREAKY.
I STILL BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS JUST FOLKLORE,
PEOPLE TELLING STORIES TO SCARE EACH OTHER.
WHAT IF WE LOSE OUR KEYS?
CHRIS, GIVE ME THOSE. HMM?
COME ON, CHRIS.
Touchstone: I FELT GREAT. WE HAD A NIGHT OUT.
FINALLY ALONE TIME AWAY FROM THE KIDS.
Narrator: IT'S WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN AT THE BOAT LANDING
THAT UNUSUAL ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED.
Touchstone: THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE FOG ROLLED IN.
KIND OF LOOKED AT EACH OTHER LIKE, "THIS IS KIND OF CREEPY."
WOW.
IT GOT EVEN COLDER.
THE WIND PICKED UP A LITTLE BIT.
IT WAS VERY EERIE.
AND THE NEXT THING WE KNEW...
[ RUSTLING ]
...WE HEARD MOVEMENT IN THE LEAVES.
[ RUSTLING ]
AND I LOOKED OVER AT CHRIS, AND HE GOES, "DID YOU HEAR THAT?"
Wiener: THE FOOTSTEPS WERE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER.
YOU COULD HEAR IT SNAPPING TWIGS,
SNAPPING EVEN BRANCHES, IT SOUNDED LIKE.
IT SOUNDED LIKE A GIANT WAS COMING THROUGH THE FOREST.
MY FIRST INSTINCT WAS, "IT'S A BEAR.
GET IN THE CAR. LOCK THE DOOR."
MY ADRENALINE IS RUSHING 'CAUSE I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S COMING.
LET'S GO!
BUT, YET, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.
I LOOKED FOR SHADOWS. THERE WAS NOTHING.
THERE WAS JUST THE SOUND COMING TOWARD ME.
WOULD YOU PLEASE JUST DRIVE?!
I'M IN THE CAR, AND I'M YELLING AT HIM,
"CHRIS, GET IN THE CAR. LET'S GO!"
IT SOUNDED 10 TIMES LOUDER THAN A WOLF.
I WAS FRANTIC. I WAS SHAKING. I FELT JUST TERRIFIED.
I THOUGHT, "THIS IS IT. I'M GOING TO DIE.
SOMETHING THAT I CAN'T EVEN SEE IS GOING TO TAKE MY LIFE,
AND I'LL NEVER SEE MY CHILDREN AGAIN."
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
Narrator: MERIDEAN, WISCONSIN,
AN ABANDONED FERRY CROSSING ON A LONELY STRETCH OF RIVER.
SOME SAY IT'S THE ADDRESS
WHERE A TERRIFYING PACKAGE OF PURE EVIL RESIDES --
DEVIL DOGS.
WORLDWIDE, WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF REPORTS OF THESE DEVIL DOGS
THAT SEEM TO INHABIT THESE PARANORMAL HOT SPOTS.
MANY WITNESSES WILL HEAR A GROWL RIGHT NEXT TO THEM.
THEY'LL EVEN FEEL THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THERE.
SOMETIMES THEY'VE EVEN HEARD IT BREATHING,
BUT YET, NOTHING EVER APPEARS.
SO, THESE CREATURES SEEM TO HAVE THE ABILITY
TO MAKE THEMSELVES INVISIBLE WHEN THEY WANT.
[ CREATURE GROWLS ] DID YOU HEAR THAT?
Narrator: ON A CRISP OCTOBER NIGHT IN 2004,
AT THE MERIDEAN BOAT LANDING,
SHELLY TOUCHSTONE AND HER FIANCé, CHRIS WIENER,
WERE HAVING A ROMANTIC TIME TOGETHER.
LET'S GO!
SOMETHING INTRUDED.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
Touchstone: AS I HEARD THE NOISE, I COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
IT SENT A CHILL DOWN MY SPINE.
[ GROWLING CONTINUES ]
CHRIS IS STILL OUTSIDE, AND I'M TERRIFIED FOR HIS SAFETY.
AND I TELL HIM, I SCREAM AT HIM,
"WOULD YOU PLEASE JUST GET IN THE CAR?
I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU."
IT WAS JUST THE WORST GROWL YOU COULD IMAGINE POSSIBLE.
SO DEEP AND SO FRIGHTENING.
IT SENT CHILLS ALL THROUGH MY BODY.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
MY KEYS!
LET'S GO. PLEASE, HURRY UP!
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
MY GOD!
Narrator: EVEN IN THE CAR, THEY'RE SEEING NO ESCAPE.
WE TURN BACK ONTO THE ROAD TO GO UP THE HILL,
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS THING IS RUNNING UP THE HILL
RIGHT NEXT TO THE CAR.
IT SOUNDED LIKE A HUGE DOG, JUST A MASSIVE DOG,
SOMETHING HUGE JUST RUNNING RIGHT NEXT TO THE CAR.
AT THAT VERY MOMENT, I THOUGHT, "WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON?
I'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE. I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO DIE."
Narrator: SHELLY AND CHRIS REACH THE TOP OF THE HILL,
CERTAIN THIS MOMENT WOULD BE THEIR LAST.
WE GET TO THE TOP OF THE HILL, AND THE NOISE STOPS.
[ GROWLING STOPS ] [ SIGHS ]
Touchstone: THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.
OKAY, CHRIS, LET'S GO.
BUT SOMETHING WAS GROWLING, SOMETHING WAS CHASING US.
WHAT ELSE COULD IT BE? IT HAD TO BE THE DEVIL DOGS.
Narrator: ENCOUNTERS LIKE THIS ONE HAVE FASCINATED CHAD LEWIS FOR YEARS.
AS AN AUTHOR AND PARANORMAL RESEARCHER,
LEWIS BEGAN INVESTIGATING THE CHIPPEWA RIVER AREA,
DETERMINED TO FIND THE CAUSE.
IT USED TO BE MORE OF A THRIVING COMMUNITY,
BUT TODAY, IT'S JUST THE REMNANTS
OF PEOPLE WHO WERE ONCE THERE,
PEOPLE WHO ARE GROWING OLDER AND REFUSE TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA.
Narrator: MERIDEAN ISLAND DOESN'T YIELD ITS SECRETS EASILY,
YET AT SOME POINT,
CHAD REALIZED THE ANSWER WAS STARING HIM IN THE FACE.
MERIDEAN.
AS HE'D DISCOVER, THE NAME IS ACTUALLY "MARY DEAN."
Chad: THE LEGEND STARTED BACK IN THE 1800s
WHEN A YOUNG WOMAN BY THE NAME OF MARY DEAN
DID, IN FACT, DROWN IN THE RIVER.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW OLD MARY DEAN WAS WHEN SHE DIED.
ALL THE NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS DIFFER,
BUT SHE DEFINITELY HAS TAKEN ON THE ROLE OF A MURDEROUS SIREN.
MARY.
DETECTIVE.
YOU ALMOST MADE IT TO CANADA.
WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO HANDSOME?
[ GRUNTS ]
[ SCREAMS ]
[ WATER SPLASHES ]
Chad: HER SPIRIT SEEMS TO BE TRAPPED
IN THE PLACE WHERE SHE MET HER FATE,
AND THAT'S WHY SHE CONTINUES TO HAUNT THE PLACE.
Narrator: WHAT'S MORE, MARY DEAN'S DEATH
SEEMS TO HAVE ATTRACTED A MONSTER.
THE CREATURE SEEMS TO INHABIT THAT AREA.
WHETHER IT'S DRAWN TO MERIDEAN
BECAUSE IT'S A PARANORMAL HOT SPOT,
OR IT'S ATTRACTED BY ALL THE PEOPLE THAT GO THERE,
OR IT JUST LOVES THE SECLUSION OF THE AREA,
WE'RE NOT CERTAIN, BUT SINCE THE LATE 1800s, EARLY 1900s,
MERIDEAN HAS BEEN ITS HOME.
Narrator: IN THE FALL OF 2014, JEREMY STARK AND MIKE BAGOZZI,
YOUNG MEN WITH AN AVID INTEREST IN SUPERNATURAL LEGENDS,
DECIDED TO CHECK OUT THE NOTORIOUS BOAT LANDING
FOR THEMSELVES.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE SHARED THEIR STORY.
Bagozzi: WE'VE BEEN TO CEMETERIES.
WE'VE BEEN INSIDE HOUSES THAT ARE LEGITIMATELY HAUNTED.
WE'VE BEEN TOUCHED. WE'VE BEEN CHASED OUT.
BUT THERE WAS NOTHING AS SCARY AS THAT NIGHT.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
BEING CHASED BY A DOG LIKE THAT
WAS THE MOST TERRIFYING THING I'VE EVER HAD.
JUST A FEAR OF, AM I GONNA GET OUT OF THIS ALIVE?
Narrator: ON THE ISLAND OF MERIDEAN IN THE CHIPPEWA RIVER IN WISCONSIN,
DEVIL DOGS ARE RUMORED TO LURK.
DEVIL DOGS ARE PROBABLY ONE OF THE WORST THINGS
A PERSON CAN COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH.
IN ALL OF MYTHOLOGY, ALL OF PARANORMAL, ANYTHING,
THEY'RE LITERALLY FERAL DOGS FROM HELL,
AND THEY'RE GONNA DO WHATEVER THEY CAN
TO GET YOU DOWN TO HELL WITH THEM.
Narrator: MIKE BAGOZZI AND JEREMY STARK,
RESIDENTS OF NEARBY GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN,
HAVE FORMED THEIR OWN TRUTH SQUAD
DEDICATED TO HUNTING DOWN SUPERNATURAL LEGENDS.
ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 9, 2014,
THEY SET OUT TO CHALLENGE THE DEVIL DOGS
TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE,
AN ADVENTURE THAT WOULD BECOME
MUCH MORE THAN THEY BARGAINED FOR.
Bagozzi: THE PATH THAT WE DROVE DOWN TO GET THERE
WAS VERY WINDY, A VERY ROCKY DIRT ROAD.
ABOUT FIVE MILES AWAY FROM THE BOAT LANDING,
I STARTED TO GET REALLY, REALLY ANXIOUS,
JUST THAT FEELING THAT YOU GET WHILE YOU'RE THERE
THAT JUST SAYS, "WE SHOULDN'T BE HERE."
YOU COULDN'T SEE MORE THAN 10 FEET INTO THE WOODS.
I REFUSED TO TAKE THE TRUCK OUT OF DRIVE.
I HAD THE WHEEL TURNED ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT
SO WE COULD MAKE A QUICK TURNAROUND TO GET OUT OF THERE.
I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE ANY CHANCES.
I'M GONNA GO CHECK IT OUT. JEREMY.
JEREMY, HOLD ON!
Stark: IT WAS SO STILL OUT THERE.
THEN I'M LOOKING DOWN THE SHORE,
AND I SEE THIS FOG START TO ROLL IN.
I TOLD HIM, "SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT WITH THAT FOG.
THAT'S MAKING ME UNEASY."
AND I START WALKING BACK.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
I HEAR THIS VERY LOUD GROWLING.
[ GROWLING CONTINUES ]
JUST THIS REALLY DEEP, LOW GROWL,
NOTHING LIKE I'VE EVER HEARD.
IT MADE ME FREEZE IN MY TRACKS.
Bagozzi: I SAW SOMETHING MOVE IN FRONT OF THE CAR.
LIKE, VERY LOW, JUST RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HOOD.
Narrator: THE LEGEND WAS UNFOLDING RIGHT BEFORE THEIR EYES.
HEY, MAN, CUT THE LIGHTS.
THE DARE FOR MERIDEAN ISLAND IS,
IF YOU PARK YOUR CAR AT THE BOAT LANDING
AND SHUT OFF YOUR HEADLIGHTS COMPLETELY,
THEN DEVIL DOGS WILL APPEAR IN FRONT OF YOU.
Narrator: DESPITE THEIR GROWING ALARM,
THE GUYS ARE TOO CLOSE TO THE TRUTH TO TURN BACK NOW.
DUDE, COME ON.
Bagozzi: I TURN THE LIGHTS OFF COMPLETELY,
AND THIS REALLY THICK FOG WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR TRUCK.
Narrator: THE THICK, INSTANTANEOUS FOG WAS UNNERVING.
WHAT THEY SAW NEXT WAS EVEN SCARIER.
WHAT IS THAT?
Bagozzi: IT LOOKED JUST LIKE THE SHAPE OF A PERSON,
A VERY THIN FIGURE WALKING THROUGH THE FOG.
AS SURE AS I'M SITTING HERE, I SEE A WOMAN STANDING,
AND SITTING IN FRONT OF HER IS THE MOST VICIOUS-LOOKING,
RAGGEDY-DOG-LOOKING THING I HAVE EVER SEEN.
AND THEN SHE JUST POINTS AT OUR TRUCK.
THAT DOG TOOK OFF SO FAST AFTER US.
I SAID, "THAT'S IT, WE'RE OUT OF HERE."
AND I WAS GOING PROBABLY 30, 35, ALMOST 40 MILES AN HOUR
GOING UP THIS ROCKY HILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WOODS.
AND JEREMY'S TELLING ME TO GO FASTER.
[ CREATURE GROWLS ]
Stark: AND THAT DOG WAS KEEPING RIGHT UP WITH US,
NO MORE THAN FIVE FEET AWAY FROM THE BUMPER
THE WHOLE TIME WE WERE DRIVING OUT OF THERE.
AS SOON AS WE GOT OFF THE DIRT ROAD
AND OUT OF THE WOODS AND BACK ONTO PAVEMENT,
THE DOG JUST UP AND DISAPPEARED.
IT JUST -- IT WASN'T THERE.
Bagozzi: THE STORIES ABOUT THIS PLACE ARE TRUE.
MARY DEAN IS THERE. DEVIL DOGS ARE THERE.
WE SHOULDN'T BE.
Chad: WE DON'T KNOW WHY THE DEVIL DOGS ARE THERE,
WHAT THEIR MOTIVATION IS, WHAT THEIR ULTIMATE END GAME IS.
MANY BELIEVE THEY'RE HERE TO DO THE DEVIL'S BIDDING,
TO CAUSE FEAR AND PANIC,
AND THEY SEEM TO BE DOING A GOOD JOB AT THAT
BECAUSE EVERYONE WHO SEES THEM IS SCARED BEYOND BELIEF.