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Come on.

It's real.

Where's Tim?

I'm responsible for this.

And I'm gonna find the truth and end this.

Tim?

Tim?

I sent all the footage to my dad's address.

And,

I guess, if I don't make it out of here,

I just wanna say, um.

Get down, get down, get down, get down.

Shut the light off, shut the light off.

Dad, I love you.

Jason, I love you.

Brandon, I love you.

And,

Mom, this is for you.

The Everglades,

an expansive 1.5 million acre plot of wetlands

nestled in the southernmost region of Florida.

Our story takes place in the small town of Ochopee

located at the heart of the Everglades,

where 21-year-old Samantha Johnson went missing.

I hope they, they find whoever's been doing all this.

I'm scared to walk to my car after late night shift.

So the most recent case was

of Samantha Johnson going missing.

Do you know her?

Yes.

Do you know her family at all?

Yes, we all went to the same church together.

Her Mama was a sweetheart.

Her daddy is crazy, okay?

He's got a terrible temper.

It seems to me these days that every youngster

wants to just get up and run away from home

because they don't wanna be with the old people anymore.

They don't wanna be in a place that's not doing anything.

They want ahead for the bright lights.

So do you think she was murdered?

It's a possibility.

Hey, excuse me, sir.

Hey, how can I help you?

Can we ask you a few questions on camera?

So what do you think happened to all these girls?

Oh, there's no telling what happened to these girls.

You know, there's people out here murdering people every day

and plenty of swamps in Florida to hide to bodies so.

I think that these has been a string of murders.

It don't make much sense that all these young girls

just up and skipped town.

It really seems like some kind of weird like pedophile thing

or one of them human trafficking things.

I've been seeing that all over the news.

I saw this movie once about this serial killer,

Zodiac or something.

It was about some guy in the '60s or '70s

who was going around and killing all these innocent people

for no reason, other than just to kill 'em.

I'm afraid that

someone like that lurking around our town.

I think that her daddy drove off with her,

maybe on a little ride together out to the woods.

He killed her, buried her,

and left the car there and came home.

You drive down alligator alley, someone goes missing.

They blame it on you know what?

Well, you just stay careful, young lady, okay?

You be careful.

Don't go out alone in this town.

Yeah, what, what you mean?

You know what?

The wild man.

Can you describe it for me?

How it smells, how it looks,

from what you remember?

It's kind of brown and gray

and you couldn't really see its eyes very well,

'cause there was like stuff kind of hanging off of it,

but it stunk awful.

Now the skunk ape is classified as part

of the anthropoid ape family,

meaning it's a primate having no tail, no elongated arms,

but it does have a highly-developed brain.

The skunk ape is also believed to have been

originally seen by the Seminole and Miccosukee tribes.

I don't believe in the skunk ape myself.

I don't know why anybody believes in the skunk ape,

but I have seen a UFO once.

I have seen a UFO, and they're here, okay?

They're always here.

Is there anyone around town

you could think of that could do this?

We've got a guy in town, Dale.

I mean, he believes in anything and everything.

He believes that people have been kidnapped by aliens.

He's the only person I could think of

that would fit the bill.

So what do you think of Dale,

this alleged skunk ape tracker?

He's crazy.

He's off his meds.

Can you repeat

what you had said to us in the store?

I know, Dale.

He comes in here every couple of weeks or so,

and he buys a shovel and some rope.

Yeah, you know, now that you say it,

it sounds kind of weird.

I don't really know what he needs 'em all for,

but he's keeping me in business.

Everybody in town's a little bit

afraid of Dale, aren't we?

He's got a reputation to be sure.

He's a big guy.

He could easily take out a young lady.

And we don't know what he's doing.

He could be killing those girls.

Unless you're with him 24/7,

you don't know what that man's up to.

I'm not gonna follow him around.

And obviously the police aren't interested

'cause they're not following him around either.

I mean, it seems like the police here

don't know what they're doing.

I mean, these small town cops,

they're not prepared for this kind of big thing.

Listen, Dale is just a regular good ole boy.

I mean, he's got some crazy ideas and such,

but for the most part he keeps to himself out there.

A little secretive, a little paranoid,

but he's not a killer.

There are no killers in this town, I see to that.

I hope you, they find whoever has been doing all this.

You know, these mamas can get some answers and I just,

I hope these kids are safe.

That's all you can do is pray.

Was it Samantha's father?

Was it Dale, the skunk ape tracker?

Or was it the legendary Wild Man?

Yeah, that's what I have so far.

I was editing all night.

It's great.

It's a start so.

So what next?

I wanted to dive a little bit deeper

into the Johnson's case, but you know, I called them

and they didn't answer.

I couldn't get a hold of 'em.

But I did find their address online,

so I say we should go knock on their door.

Do you think that's the best idea?

Just showing up outta nowhere?

No, Brandon, it's a terrible idea.

And I can't believe Sarah said it.

- Guys. - What the hell's wrong

with you?

Guys, trust me, okay.

It's gonna be good.

Tim?

What?

We're in the middle of an interview, come on.

Fine, It helps me stay loose,

this has been a stressful day.

Okay, yes.

What do you think about this skunk ape?

What do you think?

I, man, you know, there's like a part of me, right?

So there's like a tiny part that kind of believes

it might be real.

Like, like low key.

Like it might be real, it might not be real.

I don't know.

I mean, it'd be cool if it kind of was 'cause like it,

I mean would give something to do in this town.

Like honestly, but also at the same time, terrified.

Do I believe in the skunk ape?

No.

What do I think is going on? Tourism.

There's nothing to do here.

So I think a few good old boys probably started a rumor.

Get more people in the town,

get more money in town or something.

But no, I don't believe in the skunk ape.

The townspeople have been surprisingly welcoming.

Pretty much everyone has been willing to talk to us.

So that's been really good for footage.

So they say if there's a missing child

that you first wanna look at the people closest to them.

So I wanted to talk to the Johnson family

and see if they were there.

I found their address online and I think

we should just go knock on their door,

'cause I called them previously,

and I haven't been able to get a hold of them,

so I think we're going.

Sarah, these people haven't answered our call

like 10 times man.

Like what are we doing? - It's all right.

They don't wanna talk to us.

Whoa.

Hey.

Hi, hi Missus Johnson.

I'm so sorry to bother you,

but I'm Sarah and this is Brandon and Tim,

and we're in town doing a documentary

for a class project about the missing persons,

and we wanted to know if we could ask you

a few questions about your daughter, Sarah.

Oh, a movie?

Okay.

Sure.

- Great. - I can help y'all.

Awesome.

Great, would you mind if we set up our camera really quick?

No problem, go ahead.

Okay. Thank you.

Great.

Oh, should I get rid of the a apron?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

That'd be great.

I'll take that from you.

Thank you.

How do I look?

You look beautiful, Missus Johnson.

Thank you.

You're so sweet.

Oh, I should go get Samantha.

She loves being on camera.

Did you know that she's the head

of her journalism club at school?

Yes.

Samantha's inside?

She should be home from school by now.

I'll just go get her, just take me a minute.

Excuse me, what do you think you're doing?

Hi Mister Johnson.

I'm Sarah.

What the hell are you doing on my property?

Well we're filming a documentary and so we.

Dear, they're doing a movie

and they wanna talk to Samantha and I,

so I said I would just go inside real quick and get her.

Thank you honey.

You need to get the hell off my property.

We've been through enough press.

We lost our child, our baby.

I'm really sorry, sir.

We are not with any news station.

We just wanted to ask her a couple questions

about your daughter.

We meant no harm, really.

My daughter is dead.

She's not missing, she's dead!

Now, please leave us alone before I call the chief

and have y'all arrested for harassment.

All right, all right, let's go.

But sir it's just.

We're leaving, we're leaving.

Come on, come on, come on.

Come on, come on Tim.

Come on.

Git.

I'm out here because I wanna find the truth,

and that's why we're talking to all these people.

I think I can find it.

She really always goes for what she believes in,

and I believe in her.

She's my lady, she's my friend.

We're gonna knock this one out.

This place is creepy as hell.

All right.

We're just pulling up the white people's houses

and just asking them questions?

Thank you.

Come on, please.

This is gonna be fun.

Oh, you guys are gross, all right I'm out.

We have made it to a Ochopee, Florida,

where we are about to meet with Dale,

a self-proclaimed skunk ape tracker.

Is he really a tracker, or could this be our Wild Man?

Hello.

Hi, Mister Dale.

Can I help with something?

My name is Sarah.

You with the press?

No, sir.

We are investigating the cases of the skunk ape,

and we heard that you were the man that we had to talk to.

I don't like strangers, not on my property.

Mister Dale, this is for a documentary.

Tim, come on.

This is for a documentary,

and you might be able to help us discover

the reason why this town has so many missing persons cases.

If that's too much to ask, we totally understand.

So this is for a movie?

Yes.

All right.

Come on in.

Come on.

No, I can get the shot from over here, I'm good.

Come on.

No.

Sit down, sit down.

I'm I'm just gonna stand, man, thanks.

Appreciate it though.

Suit yourself.

You ever win?

What's that?

Oh, oh yeah.

Just you know, just a few bucks here and there,

but I know that big one's coming, he's coming.

Right, you're right, you're right.

Pretty interesting stuff up there, huh?

Yeah.

Sorry.

Yeah.

Till you think about all the big,

big moments in our country's history.

You know, area 51 and JFK, MLK,

the Denver airport, Illuminati coverup.

Any of those.

It's the government that controls

what you learn to be the truth.

They tell you what to believe in.

Oh no, not gonna fool old Dale.

You see, I devoted my life to uncovering the real truth,

so that proud, hardworking, God-fearing Americans

can sleep at night.

So the skunk ape.

Is that part of the truth?

Oh sure is, he's real.

I could prove it.

You know, this town might not believe me.

I'm gonna show 'em.

I'm gonna show them and that damn secret government.

Mister Dale, would you be open to us

getting you on camera so that

we could share your story with the world.

Thought you'd never ask.

You all wanna see it too, don't you?

See the skunk ape?

Yeah.

Yes, yes.

All right, I can take you out there.

I can show him to you.

That would be great. Absolutely.

You guys like camping?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Camping?

Well, yeah, we gotta go out in the woods, spend the night.

You know, the skunk ape hunts at night.

It's our best chance to spot him.

Okay.

Can I talk to you outside?

Okay. Yep.

Excuse us, sorry.

We'll be sure right back.

You guys want me to come for that? No.

So it's Tim, right?

Yep.

Is it true?

You know?

Hmm.

It's true.

We can't stay here.

We cannot spend the night with this guy.

We have gotta go, now.

He has pictures of the missing girls on his wall,

and an extra photo with Samantha Johnson, did you see that?

He is gonna have pictures of us on his wall

if we don't leave right now.

This guy is a weirdo, Sarah.

Oh, you guys have no idea.

He is our prime suspect.

This is all we've got got.

Come on.

Don't do it.

All right.

If we get him talking over a fire,

just for one night, one night.

But keep an eye on him.

- Yeah. - Great.

All right, this is how we die.

Ever seen Silence of the Lambs?

- Hi. - Hey man.

Hi, Mister Dale.

Let's do it.

Sounds like a party.

First things first.

Oh, you wanna get paid.

Absolutely, of course.

How much would you like?

Let's say we got supplies,

my day rate, incidentals.

How much you got?

How about $50?

- $50? - Yes.

Yeah, $50.

You see $50 for me that makes keeping you alive optional.

How about we get that to 100?

A hundred dollars?

Big money.

That's steep, but you have yourself a deal.

Do yourself a favor.

Go to Peterson's Sporting Goods store.

Pick up some tents and flash lights,

and a whole lot of bug spray.

And don't be late.

Five o'clock.

Got it.

Yes.

Let's make sure we get that bug spray, please.

Yes.

Oh.

Bye bye.

Think we can get a taser while we're at it?

Dale, crazy tracker, libertarian,

conspiracy theorist, nut job Dale.

He asked about my size.

Like who asks, like, who asks that kind of question?

Like straight up, but yes, we are a gifted people.

Dale is just,

he's just a bit awkward.

That poster board he had up of everything pinned.

I mean, Samantha Johnson was on there,

and there was a framed photo of the two of them.

How do they know each other?

If anyone knows about the skunk ape, it's him.

If ever there was a personification

of somebody who thinks they know about the skunk ape,

it would be this guy,

but he also could just be doing meth

in the back of the woods, so there's that.

Not without another lover mess.

'Cause here come the skunk ape.

No.

I'm coming to make love to you.

No.

I want your mouth.

Not over here, no.

Stop.

Come on here, gal.

I'm gonna give some skunk ape lovin'.

Yo, I did not think the skunk ape was real at all.

It's totally a cover.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

Isn't it obvious?

In this small town,

I can't just see someone just going on a rampage

and no one knowing about it.

I wanna be real, I think it's Dale,

on some Scooby-Doo nonsense.

100% rubber masking it, out in the woods,

'cause he is lonely and bored.

No Dale, it's not.

Dale's interesting.

I feel like he knows more about this town.

More, what?

Yeah, I feel like he knows something we don't know.

Don't you feel that?

All I know is that that old creepy redneck

needs to get laid.

He needs booty worse than I do.

That's so gross.

Well that works 'cause he's definitely into you, so.

You know what ever since you got with that white girl,

you ain't been right.

Take a lap, take a lap.

Go.

Whatever, you know I'm right.

Be gone.

Your mama told you better than I could.

Be gone.

Whatever.

You don't belong here.

Don't bring the Lord into this.

Ain't no Lord in this town.

God left here a long time ago.

Hey, y'all the ones shooting that movie?

Oh yeah, we are.

A real movie?

Yeah, what are your names?

Well, you know what I think is

you should get your shit packed up

and get the hell outta here.

What do you think of that?

What, what did you just say?

We were coming to the main parking lot,

and out of nowhere these dudes are talking to us about,

oh we're making a movie.

Of course, we're gonna say yeah, let's do an interview.

Okay, I'm sorry.

Hey hey hey hey, chip.

- Guys, guys, come on. - Y'all better git,

before we make you git.

Hey, Officer Whitman sends his regards.

Guys.

We got it all on camera.

Baby, are you okay?

Brandon, get your butt inside.

- Guys, I'm so sorry. - I don't, we don't have to.

Let's go back inside and clean up and stuff.

- We gotta get outta here. - Are you okay?

Relax.

You all right, Tim, are you okay?

We need to go home.

We need to go home.

We need to be done with this.

He was an ignorant, self-entitled, straight up asshole.

And I would report him,

but it won't make a difference,

because they don't want us here.

I mean that was a threat.

That means we're on to something.

Ah, right on time.

You kids ready for the grand tour?

We're ready when you are.

Well, got a few ground rules to throw out before we start.

All right?

Number one, you follow where I go.

You do not wander off from the group.

Number two, you do what I tell you.

I've been at this a long time, all right?

I don't have any time for your whiny-ass belly-achin',

if I tell you to do something.

Number three, under no circumstance

should you ever raise your voice.

No hootin', no hollerin', no nothin'.

We don't wanna spook this thing.

All right, roger that good buddy.

You think this is some kind of joke, son?

We understand.

All right.

Let's go.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute.

You see that?

See that right there, that's him.

That's him.

I don't see what you're talking about.

Right there, right here.

See, although the skunk ape is very large,

he's very light in his feet.

Barely leaves a trace.

How big did you say this thing was?

I didn't.

He stands a towering seven and a half to eight feet tall,

weighs in at over 500 pounds.

Just when I thought Dale couldn't get any weirder.

Sometimes I get down low,

get down all fours,

and I'd crawl two miles at least,

'cause the closer you are to the ground,

you can find little tufts of fur.

You can feel the indentions,

and you know that he's nearby.

Get down, get down if you want to.

The closer you are,

the closer you are to him.

Like.

All fours, all fours.

It's for the cameras.

I feel like you're making fun of me.

Shut up, shut up.

He's been here recently.

Big guy gets his name

from the sulfur-like smell he gives off.

That smell is everywhere down here.

This one is different.

Okay.

He's nearby, I'm telling you.

Let's go.

Right here, right here.

What are you seeing? What are you seeing?

You see this.

That's urine.

Oh yeah.

So y'all know each other.

He stood right here, he stood right here.

That's something.

Smell it, you wanna smell it?

Yeah, golden shower skunk ape.

Yeah, that's it.

That's what we're looking for.

What'd you get there, Sarah?

What'd you get there?

This is good. This is good.

There's some fur on there, it's gotta be.

It's gotta be him.

I tell you when you see him, you just,

you're gonna die.

Have you ever taken any of that fur

into a lab to get tested or.

What they gonna tell me that I don't already know?

Hey hey, everybody freeze.

What, did you see something?

Get ready.

Damn!

Damn? What what?

Why damn?

Damn what?

The bait's still here.

Come on. Is.

Is that blood?

Yeah.

Yeah, I set these things up all around here.

Got 'em run up here and there, everywhere.

Load 'em with bait trying to catch the son of a bitch.

What exactly is in it?

Bit of leftover meat and some lady blood.

Come again.

Oh sorry.

Road kill to be exact, I volunteer for the county.

I pick up the little-

No, no.

The little dead critters you know.

You said, you said female, lady blood?

Yeah, just you know, period blood.

Menstrual blood, sorry.

I hate that word, it's called menstrual blood.

Yeah, for some reason it brings 'em out.

It brings 'em out, I don't know why.

All right guys.

Why are are we still here?

We need to keep moving on.

Be careful.

Okay, so,

I guess the first thing I wanna ask is why the skunk ape?

Oh lady, I've been,

I've been after that skunk ape for over 25 years now.

I was working at the rail yard back in 1995.

I was out on a break.

I remember seeing something in the woods.

I figured it was a bear or something.

It just didn't make sense.

So I got closer,

and then it hit me.

Worst smell you can imagine, rotten eggs.

Then I saw it.

It's the biggest ape I'd ever seen.

I just saw his yellow eyes.

He's got these yellow eyes that just glow.

It was shining bright in the mangrove staring back at me.

I looked behind me.

I wanted to see if there was anyone with me to see this too.

And it was just me out there.

And when I looked back over at him,

he was gone.

And I've been hunting him ever since.

You keep referring to it as a he.

Are they always male?

How do you know that?

That's what people don't know, you know,

the skunk ape's always male

because there aren't any females.

Not, not anymore.

I mean, the species is dying.

I can't let that happen.

I won't let that happen.

Wow.

I gotta prove he exists.

I gotta get him on the wildlife protection list,

you know, preserve his habitat.

The species, it deserves to live.

So you just wanna protect it?

Well yeah, I mean, sure.

I wanna be the guy that found the skunk ape, you know.

He's my great white buffalo.

He's my, my winning horse,

my lottery ticket.

So if the skunk ape really exists,

then why is there no documented proof?

But there is, don't you see?

The government, they hide that stuff.

They've been doing it for years.

Case in point, in 1973,

President Richard Nixon took actor Jackie Gleason

to a military base in Homestead, Florida

to show him an alien.

There's documented proof.

How far is homestead from here?

It's about 75 miles.

I'll tell you, all the answers are right there.

All the secrets.

If I can just get that out to your people.

That's my legacy.

Did you know Samantha Johnson?

What about you, huh?

What brings you out to little old Ochopee?

We're making the documentary.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, you told me that already.

Come on, there's there's lots of things

you could be pursuing,

you know, a little closer to home.

I guess I just wanna find the truth.

I grew up in a,

a small town like this one,

and I lost my older brother when I was 10 years old.

He,

he went missing, for a couple days,

and the whole town looked for him.

It was the policemen, the firemen, I mean everybody.

And then four days

after my dad reported him missing, the search team,

they found his body at the bottom of the lake

just a couple miles from our house.

He was 16.

He was weighed down by 300 pounds and

just dropped to the bottom of lake.

And to this day,

the police don't know who did it or why.

And so I guess I just heard about all of these missing girls

and the families without answers.

And I know how that feels.

I guess I just, I wanted to help.

I don't.

I don't know.

Well I am,

I am sorry to hear that.

What do you say we go out there and get some answers?

Thanks, yeah.

What was that?

What in the hell is?

Oh, hell no.

Nope, got me out here in this Scooby-Doo nonsense.

Yo.

Yo, Sarah?

What?

Sarah bring it.

Don't you hear that?

What?

That's just another coyote.

See? Ain't no damn coyote.

Get out here.

What was that?

Dale was, was that?

He's here.

I've never heard an animal sound like that.

It was kind of terrifying.

I mean, could Dale be really telling the truth?

Is the skunk ape actually real?

So,

I heard you and Dale

talking last night.

I didn't know about your brother,

and I've been giving you a lot of shit

this whole time and, and I'm,

I'm sorry, Sarah.

I really am.

Yeah,

my brother,

he wasn't put at the bottom of a lake.

He lives in Michigan with his wife.

What the hell?

Sarah no, seriously.

Who does that?

- Hold on. - Are you really?

Hold on, hear me out.

First rule of interrogation, okay?

You find a way to relate to your subject.

So you open up,

you share a personal past trauma,

and then maybe they will open up

and tell you what's really going on.

So.

That is sick.

That is cold. - Maybe.

So last night at camping,

I really felt like Dale was warming up to us.

He was gonna start reveal what's really going on.

I mean, I think my story worked.

Okay.

So tonight I say we go back out there

and we get actual footage of it, yeah?

Are you out your damn mind?

Oh you're making a joke, you're hilarious.

Okay, you're making a joke,

'cause that's why you and Brandon got together,

'cause you're funny.

'Cause you were hilarious, 'cause I thought I heard you say

you wanted to go back out in the woods with crazy-ass Dale.

How about I just sit here?

How about I eat breakfast?

You guys take the damn camera.

I'll sit in the air conditioning, real cool like.

This is where I'm gonna be, right here, me and my sandwich.

I mean, we got the howl on camera,

and I really think that could be useful and.

Don't do it.

Don't do it, brother.

She wants to go camping again.

Hell no, absolutely not.

That's bullshit.

I will stay right here, she can go take the camera.

We just have to get footage of it,

and then we're out.

Then we're out.

All right so, you get to call it man.

As soon as we get footage, I mean,

actual footage, man.

You get to call it.

- I get to call it? - Yes.

How about I call, we stay here.

How about that?

That sound dope, good?

Come on Tim.

I get the eyes now, I get it, yeah.

- Please? - Yeah.

Bitch.

We still have to get things done today.

Hey Logan.

Hey y'all.

Thanks again for meeting.

Yeah.

Good to see you again.

All right, Logan,

what do you think happened to your sister?

And I've been thinking about it every day since she left.

I reckon she just had enough and decided to leave.

You do know that they found Samantha's car off of 41.

What do you think of that?

Easy.

I mean, somebody picked her up and she left it.

I mean, if you're trying to disappear,

you don't ride around with a license plate

that tells the police who to bring you back to.

I would've done the same thing.

Samantha was,

is real smart.

Logan,

do you think there is any chance

that Dale could have done something to Samantha?

Dale was, Dale was more of a father figure to Samantha

than our own dad.

Do you think Samantha's gonna see this?

Yeah.

I was invested in Samantha Johnson's case

before we met anyone.

And after meeting Logan,

it just makes this more important.

He was so vulnerable with us.

Thank you.

You let me know if you find something out there.

Yeah.

We're gonna find the truth, I promise.

Crazy situation, I can't imagine losing someone like that,

just not having any answers, and

your sister?

That's gotta be crazy.

It makes, it makes me wanna do this even more,

to really, really figure it out for this documentary,

but God, for him.

Day whatever,

we get back to the hotel and all our stuff is trashed.

Look at it.

And you want to stay here with these people.

Brandon, we gotta go home, man.

This has gotta be done, this is done.

It doesn't seem like anything's stolen.

I mean, we have all of our, we have our equipment with us.

Are y'all both crazy?

Are y'all both out of your minds?

Sarah, Sarah,

Sarah! - What?

I am begging you, all right?

This has gotten out of hand, we need to leave.

We can't even go to the cops.

I can go.

I'll go and I'll tell 'em to report

an attempted break in.

An attempted break in?

No, attempted break in?

You don't get it, all right?

The people in this town, they don't want us here.

All right, they know where we stand.

Well guess what, guess what?

That means we're finally onto something.

Oh no, I get it.

I get it now, you lost your damn mind, all right?

This is getting dangerous,

and you don't see this clearly anymore.

Wow, I see this very clearly.

We are so close.

So close? Fine. I'm not gonna be your part anymore.

Here you take the camera, I'm done.

Oh God, Tim, Tim.

This is the story, we have to press on.

We have to double down.

I mean, we're right there and God,

I need you guys.

Okay?

I need you, we're so close.

I can feel it.

And just please just give me

one more day.

Just one more day.

I don't wanna die in the middle of Florida, Sarah, do you?

No, no.

One more thing happens and we'll just go,

but we cannot let these people run us out of town.

For what?

We're so close to the truth.

You know that.

One more day, one more day Sarah, that's it.

One more day and I'm taking my camera and my black ass,

and I'm getting the hell outta Dodge, you understand?

Yes, thank you.

Do you understand?

Yes.

I get it, I wanna help the people here too.

It's very sad what's going on,

but I don't wanna die doing it.

That's not what I signed up for.

They got into our room.

They got into our room, they went through our stuff,

and the cops don't give a damn,

can't even go to 'em, they might be in on it.

It seems that somebody was looking for something,

and they didn't find it.

All our stuff was here,

but obviously they do not want us here.

That was really scary.

That was really scary.

But, they're just bullies.

They're just, they're just trying to scare us away.

And this story is too important.

I'm sure he is here.

Why don't we just go around the back?

He's probably just outside.

Sarah?

Come on.

I'm sure he's just outside.

Dale?

Dale?

Oh, hey y'all.

I guess last night wasn't enough for you, huh?

I even told you he was real.

Yeah.

We wanted to ask if you take us back out again, tonight.

Yeah.

Thought you'd never ask.

Is your money's still green?

Yes. Yes.

We can pay you again.

Well, this is the thing, at a hundred bucks,

ain't gonna be enough right now.

What?

I need something more.

I'm gonna need to see a bullseye little lady.

I'm not really good with guns.

Yeah right, and I ain't the best

skunk ape tracker in town.

Come on.

I knew you could do it.

You're a little hustler. Do it again, do it again.

There's a case of beer in there for you on me.

What?

I knew it.

Who are you?

Here we are, out in the middle,

got some nonsense on another night,

looking for the skunk ape, haven't seen anything.

Take it away, Dale.

You gotta be patient.

You can't rush things like this, you know.

The skunk ape, it's part of nature, there's no timetable.

Just gotta be patient.

We've done everything, we've set the traps.

We've loaded them with bait.

We just have to,

we just gotta wait now.

You know, I've been,

been wanting to tell you guys that,

you know, I appreciate you hanging out with me.

You know, most folks just steer clear.

I guess they're tired of old Dale and his crazy beliefs.

It gets kind of lonely.

Well, we've been having fun getting to know you.

Yeah man, cheers.

Yeah man, other than that

ugly, stinky couch back at your place,

you're all right, man.

You've been grown on me, I'm serious.

Tim, I'm glad to hear that.

I'm sorry about that thing earlier.

I was just trying to break the ice with you.

No, it's all good.

I'm sure it's hilarious where you come from.

You know,

Sarah.

Yeah?

I know what it's like to lose someone close to you.

When you told me about your brother,

it meant a lot to me.

It's never easy losing anyone,

but when you don't have answers, it's just so much harder.

But yet,

you remind me of her so much.

You're a sure shot just like she was.

Yeah, yeah,

it's tough.

It's really tough.

You just gotta keep moving and,

keep pursuing her dreams.

Is there any chance that you would tell us

who you lost, and how?

Dale?

Dale.

Hey.

And we lost him.

What we lost was another a hundred bucks.

Dale, Dale, Dale.

Dale, it's your trap.

Your trap, your trap went off.

It went off?

Yes.

Grab your camera.

This is most beautiful thing ever.

Okay, let's go.

Son of a bitch.

Faulty trap.

God damn it, Dale.

When are you gonna learn how to tie a frigging knot?

It's all right, you got a lot more traps.

You'll get him.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, I will.

I'll get him.

Oh my God!

Come on.

It's real, it's real.

Dale was right, it's real.

Oh my God.

Sarah.

It's real, guys.

It's real.

Where's Tim?

Oh my God, it's real.

It's all crazy right now.

Get down, get down, get down.

Shut the light off, shut the light off.

It's all true.

It's all true.

Let's go.

It's Dale.

Freeze!

Jesus Christ, what the hell?

What happened?

He, he tried to get me.

He, he, he was just scared.

He was, I, I, I startled him.

I'm all right, I'm all right.

Where is it at?

He went up that that way, they tried to follow him.

They're trying to find him now.

Are you alone?

Yeah.

Take him down.

What?

Oh shit!

Oh my God.

Oh my God, that could be Tim, come on.

Shit.

What the hell is that?

Who are these guys?

Keep our eyes open boys.

Remember the orders, not here to kill it.

Jesus.

These things really do smell like shit.

All right boys, that's it.

Wrap him up.

They're taking it.

Let's get him the hell outta here. Mission accomplished.

No, we gotta go, we gotta go.

Tim might be at the car.

Come on, come on.

Oh, oh no, go, go.

Tim!

Tim!

It's the camera.

What?

It's the camera.

He could still be out here.

He might be at the car, he might be the car.

Oh yeah. Oh no, we gotta go.

Come on, let's go to the car.

Let's get the camera.

We gotta go.

We gotta go, come on.

Tim's still missing.

He could be dead.

We don't know.

I mean, I'm doing everything that I can.

It's been

three days

since the woods,

and we got a new motel room

and we paid with cash.

So we're completely under the radar,

and I've been posting on the internet,

and some of our footage and,

and just looking, looking for anything.

And I think I'm,

I think,

I think I'm losing him,

Brandon.

And I can't seem to make anything better.

And I need him.

I really need him.

I have posted a lot of our footage on the internet,

asking questions and we've gotten a lot of messages,

but right now we're talking to someone called,

Albert Least the Truth.

And he's messaging us back right now.

Homestead?

Homestead, didn't Dale mention Homestead, Florida?

He wants to meet up.

We'll be there.

I think we have something.

So we are going to meet a guy that messaged me

about my footage that I posted online.

Brandon thinks I'm crazy,

but I really think this facility could have our answers,

and Tim has to be alive.

And if he is, he is there in that facility.

And I was the one to ask him to stay one more day.

And I was the one to ask Dale to go out again.

So,

we have to find Tim,

and the truth,

or all of this was for nothing.

Okay.

We ready?

Sarah, wait.

What?

This is not a good idea.

What are you talking about?

This, this is just not smart.

Well, this is all we have.

This is it.

This is the only, the only thing we have to find Tim.

You're not acting rationally right now.

This is just,

you're acting crazy. - Oh my God.

Okay yeah, call me crazy, go ahead.

Go ahead, call me crazy.

But what else are we gonna fucking do?

Do you wanna find Tim or not?

This is the only thing we have, man.

Brandon, come on.

Let's go.

Do you wanna find Tim, or you want your story?

Did you really just ask me that question?

Exactly, come on.

Are you coming or not?

If he doesn't have anything, we're done, okay?

Yes.

Obviously.

Okay.

Let's go.

Can we film this?

Hmm, sure.

Why not?

We've allowed cameras into our hands,

pockets, and homes already haven't we?

What's one more?

What's your name?

X.

X?

Uh huh.

Kind of like how you call yourself Sarah, right?

And Brandon Lattimore.

Oh, I'm sorry, did I let the cat out of the bag?

See my boy and I here did a little research,

had to find out who we were dealing with here in Homestead.

And we did.

And we can do that,

because you have masters, corporate fictions.

You've got social security numbers.

You're all over the place with records.

How the hell do you expect to get anything done

when you're a slave to someone else?

See the government, the very word, the government,

- your masters, but listen. - Okay.

Hey hey, where are you going?

Where are you going?

Come on, sit down, sit down, sit down.

Sit.

I got something you want.

Y'all got something I want.

We're doing business, we're doing a deal.

Yes we are.

All right then, now hear me out, 'cause this is important.

The government it's Latin, the word government.

Govern, to control, -ment, the mind,

mind control.

Y'all need to know that going into this,

because you've been coddled into a system of belief

that is false, all right?

What puts us in a unique position here,

is that we are free men.

We do not have masters.

We are not on the radar.

We walk freely among the animal kingdom, among all animals.

We are not, we are not superior

to any living being on this planet.

I don't care who you are and what you think

because of your intelligence as a human being,

you do not hold any sort of dominion.

And to put anything in a cage is wrong,

to think you're better than it is bullshit.

You know that, I know that, you know that,

and Ronnie knows that.

Ain't that right, Ronnie?

Yep.

Now Ronnie here is a man of very few words,

but he is a man of his word.

Ain't that right, Ronnie?

Yep.

Okay.

So, so can you,

or can you not get us into the facility

that I mentioned online?

I cannot.

But he can.

But first we need to know the footage, the photos,

the things you put online, are they fake, doctored, edited.

Are they fabricated in any way?

No.

Do not waste my time.

Well, don't waste mine.

Can you get us inside?

Have you seen it?

Have you been inside?

Yes, we can get you inside.

No, we have not been inside.

And the only reason for that is because

this is not the type place that's giving tours.

You catch my drift?

We get in there, there's a very good chance

of we're not getting out.

We'll take you there.

We'll get you inside, he's got a contact.

How soon can he get us out there?

Tomorrow night?

Okay.

Looks like we got ourselves a deal.

Yep.

Let's get to work.

Sarah.

What?

This is enough, I have to call Tim's parents.

What? No.

We don't have any answers.

No.

We have to leave.

We have to get out of this town.

Sarah?

Sarah?

No.

Dale is dead,

and Tim is missing.

We're not leaving.

The cops are just as dangerous as anyone in this town.

And who knows what else is out there?

What if it was you?

What?

What if it was you that went missing and not Tim?

Wouldn't you want us to figure out

what happened and find you?

Do not turn this on me.

Well, no one else is gonna finish this, Brandon.

Nobody else is going to finish this, can't you see that?

And it's all connected.

It's all connected.

And Dale knew about the corrupt police department, right?

And he knew that there was more to the missing girls.

He knew literally about the skunk ape, Brandon.

And he wanted to figure out what happened to Samantha

just as much as we do.

And, and you saw that thing.

You saw those men,

and we can find Tim.

We're so close.

And I know that you don't like it,

but we are a part of this story now.

So you just have to deal with it.

Enough about your story.

We got our best friend killed, and an innocent man.

I love you.

But that's something we're gonna have to live with

for the rest of our lives.

I can't keep blindly following you.

It's a miracle we're still alive.

Brandon, we have our next lead,

and we can get in there and we can find Tim.

The psycho from the bar?

If you believe anything that he said, you are delusional,

you are just as crazy as he is.

Great, well I have to try.

We have to try Brandon.

No,

don't do this.

Please, come with me.

Brandon, you know I can't leave.

Come baby.

Please.

Don't leave me here.

We have to finish this.

No, I'm sorry.

I can't do this anymore.

I can't.

You're really gonna just give up?

You're just gonna go home?

I'm done.

I cannot do this anymore.

But seriously?

Brandon, come on.

You can't just walk away from this.

Brandon!

Okay.

I'm making this video because I'm about to go meet with X.

Alone, because Brandon is gone.

And,

I might not make it out.

So I sent all the footage to my dad's address.

And,

I guess if I don't make it outta there,

I just wanna say,

Dad, I love you.

Jason, I love you.

Brandon, I love you,

and

Mom, this is for you.

I'm responsible for this,

and I'm gonna find the truth and end this.

I promise.

Okay.

I'm ready.

I'm ready.

Hey, doll face.

You're filming this too?

Looks like you're a soul short.

He's not coming.

Why don't you tell us where he is?

I said he's not coming.

Calm down, firecracker.

I like this girl.

Let's get this show on the road then, huh?

Hop on in.

Sorry, the front.

Yeah, it only seats two.

Got nothing worry about.

Hey lover boy.

Welcome back.

We were just about to track you down.

No need.

I'm here.

All right.

Now it's a party.

Come on, hop on in.

Hurry, hurry, step right up.

In you go.

Let's have a good time.

Oh, don't hurt yourself now.

You'll be all right.

We'll take care of you.

You two behave yourselves.

Let's go.

You came back.

Thank you.

Let's get this show on the road baby, come on.

Let's rock and roll.

This kind of reminds me when,

when we met and our friends threw us in the back of a van,

like 10 of us, going to Luke's party.

I basically had to introduce myself

while sitting on your lap.

You remember that?

Yeah, I remember.

Happy you did.

I'm sorry about earlier.

It's okay.

I've been through a lot these last few days.

But,

I'm ground back.

I don't think I could do this without you.

So thanks.

That wasn't so bad, huh?

We're here.

Hey little lady, do me a favor.

Hand me them bolt cutters.

Thank you kindly.

Let's go.

Where is it?

We'll get you there.

It's about a mile or so.

Two.

Pretty familiar, aren't you?

We've been waiting to get inside this place

a long, long time.

Long time.

It's about 100 yards up this way, right?

Quiet and low, let's go.

- Okay. - Yeah.

That's my guy.

Let's go.

Okay, get in.

Are we good?

Yeah, if you wanted to disappear, you're ghost now,

so enjoy your new life.

How will I know it's done?

Oh, you'll know.

Where do we go?

There's a door around the corner that I left unlocked.

And just remember, you don't know me.

Of course.

Ready?

Let's go.

Go, go, go, go, go.

All right guys.

Listen up, this place, it's massive.

So we're gonna have to split up and cover more ground.

No, no, no, I think we stick together man,

power in numbers.

No, no.

We spread out and then as soon as one of us

gets that footage, we get the hell out.

All right, you're the boss.

All right.

Now you guys.

You got your walkies?

Sure.

Okay.

Right, stay on channel four.

We spot 'em, radio in.

Hey, can I talk to you for a second?

- Right now? - Yes.

Okay.

We should do this now.

Look, I ain't gotta think for your lady

if that's what this is about,

but I think she's got a thing for me.

Listen, I don't like you,

and I don't trust you,

but I need to know what's your angle here?

Same as you.

And why did you contact us?

Why did you bring us along

if you could get in here without us?

I have to keep Sarah safe.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah.

I get it, okay.

More the merrier.

That's what I always say.

Look, we're here to do the same thing, all right.

Worry about you.

No screwing around.

We find it, we film it.

We get the hell out of here.

There are no qualms with you, brother.

As far as I'm concerned,

we're here to do the same thing.

Now we're done with this?

Can we get back to work?

Cool.

Cool.

You guys settle that?

Listen up.

All right, you two go upstairs.

And me and you, we hit the bottom floor out the side door.

You got it?

- Got it. - All right.

- Okay. - Be careful.

It's clear.

Okay.

We find out what happened to Tim.

We filmed the skunk ape.

Here we go.

Then we get the hell out of here.

Yes.

I love you.

I love you too.

Okay.

Stay down.

Copy that, over.

Come out, hands up!

Keep your hands where I can see them.

We're unarmed.

Game's over, let's go.

Sir, listen.

Shut up and move.

Move.

Sir.

I'm impressed.

So what exactly did you think

you were going to do when you got here?

We were just the camping,

and we ran into this place.

No one just stumbles on this facility.

Now you're obviously determined,

you believe in something,

and you're on a mission, and I can admire that.

I'm here to expose you.

You really think that you can just

waltz in here with your camera and,

where's the other one?

Sir?

The other one.

This is your captain speaking.

We've reached an altitude of 10,000 feet.

You're welcome to enjoy all electronic devices

and record literally everything.

X, they found us, you-

Surrender son.

You're in way over your head.

He's in cell 188, sir.

Looks like I have the upper hand here, Dad.

Pick him up, John.

Sir.

You wanna play games?

Okay.

We can play games.

Yes, let's play.

Let's play.

What will you do when you're manipulating wanna be God,

secret-keeping, sorry asses have to explain this

to the world when we release the truth, huh?

Hold on to your butt.

The game is called, who is truly the dominant species?

Good luck, Captain.

Emergency shutdown procedure,

emergency shutdown procedure, cell block 188.

All personnel evacuate, all personnel evacuate.

Captain, he's released the subject.

This is not a drill.

Take that goddamn camera.

Put them into a secure area and keep your on 'em.

What the hell happened?

Dude, that's a wild man, brother.

No, we're not equipped to handle this.

We need to keep retreating. - No, look at it go, man.

What do you mean retreat?

This is what we came for.

This is why we're here.

This is what we train for men, containment protocol.

We do not shoot to kill.

Repeat, do not shoot to kill.

Now, let's go.

Yes sir!

Where are you taking us?

To the choke, Captain's orders.

What's the choke?

Keep moving.

Jake, give me floors A, B, and C.

Captain.

Captain.

Your tranquilizers.

I'm sorry, but they're not going to work.

They won't subdue this subject.

These tranqs will take down a three-ton elephant,

and they certainly it worked the first time, Doctor.

Listen, let me tell you.

This subject is evolving.

He won't respond to your tranquilizers anymore.

I got a direct order from Washington to keep it alive.

So that's final.

Captain, I'm begging you.

We are doing this my way.

And if you don't like my way, get the hell outta here.

Go.

Blue team, take floors A, B, and C.

Green team, take the rest.

The first one to spot the target,

radio in the coordinates and we will subdue it.

Silverman, watch our six.

Copy.

Green team's on the move.

Let's go, move move.

Clear.

You guys smell that?

Shit!

You guys can't go below.

Don't shoot it, don't kill it.

Blue team come in.

Blue team come in.

Green team on our way.

Don't shoot.

Issue the termination order.

Sir, we're losing men left and right out there.

I'm watching on the goddamn monitor.

Look, sir, we've contained it to this floor.

He's not going anywhere.

It's an animal.

Sir, are we gonna put this thing down?

No, we're gonna put that goddamn monkey back in his cage.

Roger that.

- I can new one. - Shut up!

This is blue team.

LT's down, LT is down!

The tranqs are not working.

Captain, Captain, the tranqs aren't working.

They're all dead.

Let us go, please.

We're gonna end up just like Dale.

Your redneck friend from the woods?

What did you just say?

I killed your friend.

Well, I gave the order, and then I killed your friend.

Why? He didn't do anything?

I killed him because I wanted to.

Hey, we gotta go, man.

We gotta go.

Good God.

What I could do with a platoon of these things.

Captain.

This thing.

Save your strength, soldier.

Silverman, load conventional rounds in your weapon.

Yes, sir.

We're gonna put the asset down.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

This was not supposed to happen.

This is exactly what was supposed to happen, man.

You knew what this was.

That's the enemy, that's the enemy.

What do you care about them?

I am them.

What the hell are you talking about, man?

What do you think?

You think you're off the radar?

Nobody's off the radar.

We've been tracking you for years.

Yeah, then why don't you stop me, huh?

If that's the case,

then you're just as responsible for all of this as I am.

What do you think?

You think I wanted to kill you?

Freeze,

stop right there.

We're unarmed, please don't shoot.

Tim!

You're alive.

Yeah.

I've been seeing some shit, y'all. Come on.

What happened to you.

After, after Dale got attacked, I just took off.

I didn't know you guys weren't behind me

until I turned around,

and y'all weren't there.

Found Dale after looking for y'all forever, alive.

And there was some guys with guns and he, they.

They shot him?

Yeah, how'd y'all know?

We found your camera.

These are the men that also tranquilize the skunk ape

and brought it here.

Yeah they, they had me chained

in the back of the van with the damn thing.

- What? - Yeah.

Chained to it, they brought us here.

Threw me in a cell.

They started asking us questions about everything.

Dale, everything, who I was with, all of you guys.

How did you get out?

I don't know.

The lights just started flickerin',

and then all the doors opened.

Here I am.

X.

What the hell's an X?

He got us in here,

and he also is the one that let the skunk ape out.

No shit.

We gotta go.

Come on, this way.

Tim, where are we going?

No idea.

It's coming!

Move move move!

There he goes.

Why the hell did you bring me here?

I hate you guys, I hate you guys.

No, we just came from there.

Where's Ronnie?

He didn't keep his word, Ronnie's dead.

What, what did you do?

What did you do?

Oh hey hey hey, What do you mean, what did I do?

I did what we came to do, man. He's free.

You know how many people are dead because of you?

Because of me? I didn't put that thing in a cage, man.

Well you didn't have to let it out.

No, no, no.

You don't get it, Brandon.

He didn't just open one cage.

He opened all of them.

Even the one with me in it.

He saved me.

I'll do you one better.

There.

There's your proof right there.

You like me now?

Get us outta here.

Let's do it.

Sarah, come on.

I'm coming.

Hey, watch out!

Take him down, take him down, take him down!

Let's go, go go go.

What the hell?

We're screwed.

What?

Who are you?

It's all coming out.

I warned them.

I told them this would happen.

That test subject needs to be destroyed, yeah,

but we have the samples.

We can rebuild on the research.

Samples?

His DNA.

It's his genetic code that we're after.

We can recreate it, learn to control it.

But, but that one needs to be destroyed.

It's far too dangerous.

You, you sound like a real danger here, man.

Why do you it's DNA?

The DNA is more for molecular cloning purposes.

It's just gamuts that we're after, all right?

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,

wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Samantha.

How did you acquire these and why?

We don't ask those questions,

but we do need eggs from a species

that's genetically similar to the specimen,

and like it or not,

humans are a 99.8% DNA match, all right?

You're crossbreeding the skunk ape?

You guys don't know?

The skunk ape is the missing link between apes and humans.

But that test subject out there has a DNA

that's far more advanced.

It's able to respond and adapt to threats,

both innate and environmental,

at a pace far faster than I've ever imagined.

We just need to learn to control it.

But we need that genetic code.

Humanity needs that genetic code.

And to get that genetic code,

we've gotta crossbreed, and to crossbreed,

we need eggs, young, fertile eggs.

You're a sick bastard!

God damn it.

Hey, hey hey hey, you got that?

Yeah.

You recorded all of that, huh?

Yeah.

No matter what, you get that out there.

Hey, how the hell do we get out of here?

I've opened up a part of the facility

in hopes that the skunk ape would escape,

but it just doesn't seem interested in leaving.

I'll tell you what,

we're pretty damn interested in leaving. Where do we go?

Will you show us the way.

No, no way.

I'm not moving an inch, man.

Are you sure you don't wanna come with us?

No way.

Then tell us where to go.

Take the stairway to the left and just make your way,

make your way to the top.

He's close.

All right, fine.

I'm gonna buy y'all some time.

- What? - I'm gonna buy you some time.

What, you want me to spell it out for you?

Just get out.

Get it out, get it out.

Release the truth, man.

Get out.

What are you doing?

No!

Oh God, they're all here.

Who?

All the missing girls.

You saw that test tube with Samantha's name on it.

These are the people that have been taking these girls

and killing them for years.

And the skunk ape has nothing to do with it.

We have our story.

Tim.

You get to call it.

Let's get the hell up out of here.

Come on.

Look who it is.

You let him out.

Shh.

Shut up!

You killed my friends.

You fire that thing and he's gonna hear you.

I'm gonna end this once and for all.

Come on.

Go go go go.

Come on, in.

Take it easy, easy.

Here it comes.

Three intruders exiting the building, terminate.

They kept the goddamn camera.

Where is it?

Behind us.

Get behind me.

Move, move.

There it is, there it is!

Get his gun, get the gun!

Get the gun!

Shoot him, shoot him!

I can't.

Okay.

Shoot him, Sarah shoot him.

Be free.

We're not gonna hurt you.

No!

Tim, are you okay?

Why didn't you shoot it?

Can't you see?

It's not the real monster, they are.

Come on.

Oh my God.

All right, so your mother was your inspiration?

Yes.

She taught me everything that she knows,

that she knew, I'm sorry.

My mother was a woman of principle.

This town's just kind of creepy, man.

It's got like something right underneath the surface.

Yeah.

Like everyone keeps looking at us.

That's kinda the point, right?

There's something unsolved, so that's why we are here.

She, she really raised me and my brother right.

She always said that your word is your bond.

14 Unsolved cases.

Yeah, and the last one was Samantha Johnson.

And you're gonna solve this case?

We are gonna solve it, yeah.

All truths are easy to understand once they're discovered.

The point is to discover them.

We made it.

Most of us made it, and we have the footage,

and the world is finally going to know the truth.

The skunk ape is real.