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The world, within the last few years...
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...has become more and more aware
of the population explosion.
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We think of it
in terms of human beings...
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...of how many will be able
to survive on Earth.
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Will they have enough
clean air to breathe...
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...or any air, for that matter?
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Will there be enough room
to live in...
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...and enough food to feed
an ever-increasing number of mouths?
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Nature, up until now, has maintained
a carefully planned balance.
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But conditions often change this pattern
and tip scales against the plan.
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This imbalance also takes place
in the animal world.
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This film, which our researchers
have gathered together...
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...was shot in Australia in 1954...
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...where a plague of rabbits has been,
and still is, a threat.
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Rabbits so numerous
they threaten man's existence...
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... by devouring his crops,
killing animals, and destroying property.
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Has man the right
to defend himself...
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... against an enemy that threatens
his life and property?
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If so, how?
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By poison? By traps?
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And in so doing, what does he do
to the rest of the animal and insect life...
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... necessary to his existence?
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Rabbits, which seem
so cuddly as pets...
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... can become a menace.
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They were first shipped to Australia...
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... hoping they'd be a valuable
addition to the food supply.
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Instead, they proved to be a disaster.
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Rabbit drives and roundups have been
called barbarous and cruel...
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... but some way must be found
to curb their invasion.
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Australia is not the only place
to have been overrun by rabbits.
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All over the American West
there have been similar outbreaks...
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... and the same battle lines
have been drawn.
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Science is doing all it can to help control
this population explosion.
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But when this effort fails,
nature's balance gets out of hand.
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Right now, a new plague of rabbits
has broken out in the Southwest...
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... as shown in these color films just
received from our news team in Arizona.
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It's difficult to conceive
that such an innocent, furry rabbit...
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... scientifically known as Lepus...
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... can be so destructive.
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And as they multiply, so does
their demand for food increase.
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Can this population explosion
be contained?
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Where's Ranger, Dad?
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Stepped in a rabbit hole, son.
Broke his leg. I had to shoot him.
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Frank, take the truck straight out
about a mile and a half...
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...and pick up my saddle, will you?
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Mildred?
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Get me President Elgin Clark
at the college in Ajo.
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What?
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I'm sorry I snapped at you,
but I got me a feud going on here.
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Yeah, Elgin Clark.
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I tell you, Elgin...
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...these rabbits are eating me
out of house and home.
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Well, I've arranged to have
Professor Taylor meet us in my office.
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Now, wait a minute. Not that guy.
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Why not? He got rid
of your coyotes for you.
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Well, he's just a bit too good.
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I haven't heard a coyote yapping
around there for over a year.
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Now, that's terrific news for the rabbits,
but it's lousy for me.
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There's a balance to these things, Elgin.
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- It's tricky.
- Yeah, I know it is.
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Look, there's a young couple here
from the East on an exchange program.
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Their name's Bennett.
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They're looking for ways to control insects
without killing everything else.
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I have rabbits, not bugs.
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There's nothing left
for a bug to live on.
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Well, you trust me, Cole...
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...they won't go around killing
everything in sight.
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I'll get up to see them right away.
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We've sure stirred up a lot of bats
just for these few specimens.
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Did you get it?
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- There we go.
- Okay.
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Now we got this one.
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- Okay, honey. I think we got enough.
- Oh, all right.
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- Go out here.
- Yeah.
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- Cute little guy, huh?
- Oh, there you go.
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Yeah, I think I'll put him
right in there.
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- Okay.
- There we are.
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What are you doing that for, Daddy?
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I'm trying to record
their sound. Now:
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Here comes Mr. Clark...
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...so why don't you girls
go down and meet him.
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Okay, okay. Our daughter expresses
a precocious interest in zoology...
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...and all you can say is:
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Actually, your father was playing
the overture from Hair.
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You know how bats love Hair.
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Now, you go play, sweetheart.
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- Hi, Uncle Elgin.
- Hi, Amanda.
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- How are you, Gerry?
- Fine. How are you?
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Fine, thank you.
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Good morning, Roy.
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You hear it? That's the cry of fear.
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Now, if we can just chase them away
with that sound of fear...
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...we'll be able to control
their entire flight.
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Say, what do you plan to do
with them then?
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By introducing them into areas
infected with mosquitoes...
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...they'll be able to do
the same job that DDT does...
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...without the side effects.
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I see. Well, that brings me
to a favor, Roy.
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Cole Hillman, he's a rancher
about 50 miles north of here...
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...he rather put AandM on the map...
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...that is, at least in football
back in the '40s.
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And he does some scouting
and fundraising for us.
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Well, he's really got a problem.
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A rabbit explosion.
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Now, he's fighting like the devil
to keep them out of his irrigated land...
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...but they've already eaten the range
right out from under his cattle.
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Rabbits aren't exactly Roy's bag.
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Cole Hillman's on your side, Roy.
He's trying to avoid poison.
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Well, good for him.
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But once those rabbits spread out...
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...the other ranchers will bomb
this whole country with cyanide.
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All right, then. We'd better take
a run up there this weekend.
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I'd rather you did it today.
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Mommy.
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I like rabbits, Mommy.
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Out here in the Southwest
they're called Sylvilagus.
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These are all different.
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There's a fella that lives
south of here about 10 miles...
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...he used to raise domestic rabbits.
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But he had a fire, and a couple
a hundred of them got away.
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So these are mongrels.
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They have plagues of rabbits
down in New Zealand and Australia.
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Now, how'd they get rid of those?
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They've used poison, for one thing.
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But the poison killed the birds...
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...and that resulted in a plague
of grasshoppers, just as bad as the rabbits.
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If I sprayed poison, I'd have to pull
my cattle off the range...
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...and dump them on the market
at the worst time of the year.
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Might be another way
to whip this problem, Cole.
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- How?
- Hormones...
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...which would interrupt
their breeding cycle.
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Or a disease that would affect
only the rabbits.
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How long can you hold out
before using the cyanide?
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Six or eight weeks,
until the young ones show up.
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I'll tell you what I'd like to do.
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I'd like to get about a dozen
of these adults and run some tests.
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That's simple.
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Just open the back of your camper
and they'll hop right in.
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- Can I have these?
- You bet.
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Wish I had my own pony.
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My dad gave him to me.
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You can ride him sometime,
if you want to.
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I'd like that.
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What happened?
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A rabbit bit me,
that's what happened.
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You don't have to punch any holes
in that can, as far as I'm concerned.
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Better have that finger looked at.
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The bite of the Lepus, that's the
Latin word for rabbit, can be dangerous.
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Well, Dr. Dirkson, I certainly appreciate
your interest in this particular problem.
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Well, I'm interested
in your experiment.
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- Keep me posted.
- I certainly will.
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Poor thing.
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- Mommy.
- What, hon?
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What's a control group?
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Well, they get the same care as the others,
but they don't get any of the medicines.
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Roy.
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Step aside, darling.
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What's the matter with him, Mommy?
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Well, we were trying to make...
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...Jack a little more like Jill
and Jill a little more like Jack...
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...so they wouldn't keep having
such large families.
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Simply can't shoot them
full of hormones...
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...without setting
their nervous system into shock.
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It can mean months developing
the right lab procedure.
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Well, nothing seems to work.
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On the other hand...
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...here's something I know
they've never been exposed to before.
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Dr. Dirkson from
the Public Health Department...
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...sent it over this morning.
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- Would you get me a clean rabbit?
- Oh, yeah.
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I wish I knew what the effects
of this serum would be.
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Let's hope it works.
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Not that one, Mommy.
It's my favorite.
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Apparently, this is the villain...
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...in certain birth defects.
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Causes hereditary changes.
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- Will it transmit to other rabbits?
- Well, I should hope so.
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It's difficult to inject
10 to 15,000 wild rabbits.
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Right.
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Now, this substance...
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...if we could affect
the blood of 50 rabbits...
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...it wouldn't take long for this change
to take place in the entire population.
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Hello, Cole.
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No. Not yet. I'm sorry.
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Just a minute.
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Gerry.
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Yes, Cole.
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We're trying a new serum.
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We hope to inject 50 or so rabbits.
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If it works on them, it wouldn't take long
before it would infect thousands.
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Yeah. Sure.
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Yeah?
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Cole says the rabbits
are getting meaner and hungrier.
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We could use another dozen here.
He's got them ready to go.
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Would you mind
picking them up for me?
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Of course not.
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Thanks, honey.
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You see, Cole, we have to keep
a tight control on these test rabbits.
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Heaven help us if any of them
should get away...
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...before we know
the effects of this new serum.
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Sure, Cole.
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Gerry will be by this afternoon.
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Fine, Cole. I'll talk to you later.
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- I'll take Amanda with me.
- Good.
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Amanda, would you please leave
those rabbits alone?
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You said I could have one.
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Can I? Before you kill them?
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- One from the control group?
- Well, all right.
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She seems to be the only one
that gets along with them.
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Thank you, Daddy.
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Rub his foot while you're at it, honey,
and see what kind of luck that brings us.
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As a matter of fact,
rub all four of them.
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The damn rabbits.
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Pardon me, ma'am.
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- The rabbits are getting pushier and meaner.
- Every day.
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- Romeo's not a bad rabbit.
- I don't care.
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Get him out of here
or I won't be your friend.
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I won't do it.
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Get! Those darn rabbits
killed my chickens.
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I'm sorry, Amanda.
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Don't tell my mom he ran away.
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Okay. You can say
I'm keeping him for you.
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- Come on.
- Okay.
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Since the injection,
this rabbit has increased in size.
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If it keeps up,
we'll have to get larger cages.
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One more week
and these won't be babies anymore.
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Neither will the ones
up at Cole Hillman's.
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The young will be coming out
of their holes...
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...any day and starting
their new generations.
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Well, I guess you ought to call Cole.
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If he's gonna poison those fields,
he'd better do it now.
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I'm going to warn him.
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If he poisons the rabbits,
he's going to kill off all the other animals.
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And it won't be long, he'll have nothing
left but unredeemable wasteland.
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Well...
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If this don't work, Cole, I swear
I'll send my planes over your land.
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This is the place to spray,
the place to stop them.
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In two months from now...
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...everything north of here
will be eaten out.
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In the meantime, there'll be
a burned-out strip nearly a mile wide.
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Between my property
and everything south...
242
00:16:32,690 --> 00:16:36,990
...there won't be a bush, a blade of grass
or a drop of water.
243
00:16:37,562 --> 00:16:39,223
All right, Frank, when you and Jud...
244
00:16:39,397 --> 00:16:42,059
I still think poisoning's
the better way to do it.
245
00:16:42,233 --> 00:16:44,394
Yeah. Well, say thank you instead.
246
00:16:44,569 --> 00:16:47,561
Cole here is sacrificing his land
to starve them out natural.
247
00:16:47,872 --> 00:16:50,739
Any help you need replanting
or anything, you call on me.
248
00:16:50,908 --> 00:16:53,775
I appreciate that, Arlen.
Any time you're ready, light it.
249
00:17:15,166 --> 00:17:17,134
Sure hope it works.
250
00:17:41,259 --> 00:17:46,697
Oh, Roy, this was the first rangeland
to get eaten clean.
251
00:17:47,531 --> 00:17:50,022
So I figure it might be
the first one to come back.
252
00:17:50,201 --> 00:17:52,260
Instinctively, that's what they do.
253
00:17:52,436 --> 00:17:54,097
They'll come right back here.
254
00:17:54,272 --> 00:17:55,739
Roy.
255
00:17:57,208 --> 00:17:59,335
What kind of a track is that?
256
00:18:05,716 --> 00:18:08,685
I don't know.
I've never seen anything like that before.
257
00:18:08,853 --> 00:18:10,582
How about you, Cole?
258
00:18:11,555 --> 00:18:13,216
I don't know.
259
00:18:14,158 --> 00:18:15,785
Got a couple of cow tracks in it.
260
00:18:16,994 --> 00:18:19,292
From the size of that imprint,
the depth of it...
261
00:18:19,463 --> 00:18:23,365
...I�d say it was...
Weighed maybe 100, 150 pounds.
262
00:18:23,534 --> 00:18:25,559
Could it be a mountain lion?
263
00:18:26,037 --> 00:18:29,666
Well, it could be, but we haven't had
any of those around here in a long time.
264
00:18:35,212 --> 00:18:37,180
Getting tired?
265
00:18:37,348 --> 00:18:39,543
- Wanna do some more riding?
- Okay.
266
00:18:39,750 --> 00:18:42,514
I'd like you to meet
a friend of mine, Captain Billy.
267
00:18:42,687 --> 00:18:45,087
He's got a gold mine over
in those hills back there.
268
00:18:45,256 --> 00:18:48,123
I asked your ma,
she says it's okay.
269
00:18:48,292 --> 00:18:50,089
A real gold mine?
270
00:18:50,261 --> 00:18:52,024
Well, he hasn't found much yet...
271
00:18:52,196 --> 00:18:54,596
...but he says he's going to. Come on.
272
00:18:55,599 --> 00:18:57,089
Come on.
273
00:19:21,192 --> 00:19:22,659
Billy?
274
00:19:28,933 --> 00:19:31,060
Are you here, Captain Billy?
275
00:19:37,408 --> 00:19:39,273
Captain Billy?
276
00:19:41,412 --> 00:19:43,710
You go into the tunnel,
see if you can find him.
277
00:19:43,881 --> 00:19:45,314
I'm gonna look around out here.
278
00:19:45,483 --> 00:19:47,178
- Okay.
- Go on.
279
00:19:53,224 --> 00:19:54,816
Captain Billy?
280
00:19:55,593 --> 00:19:59,188
Captain Billy? Captain Billy?
281
00:19:59,697 --> 00:20:01,961
Where are you, Captain Billy?
282
00:20:02,900 --> 00:20:05,528
Are you in here, Captain Billy?
283
00:20:21,819 --> 00:20:22,945
Captain...
284
00:20:46,677 --> 00:20:48,474
Amanda!
285
00:20:50,581 --> 00:20:53,345
Amanda! Amanda!
286
00:20:56,220 --> 00:20:59,451
Daddy, help me! Help!
287
00:20:59,957 --> 00:21:00,946
Daddy!
288
00:21:03,027 --> 00:21:04,858
Oh, Daddy, help!
289
00:21:07,731 --> 00:21:10,222
Daddy, Daddy!
290
00:21:13,471 --> 00:21:15,166
Doctor?
291
00:21:15,339 --> 00:21:18,069
She'll be all right.
Just a case of mild shock.
292
00:21:18,242 --> 00:21:20,301
- Just let her rest.
- Are you sure?
293
00:21:20,478 --> 00:21:24,608
I'm sure. But if anything new develops,
please call me.
294
00:21:25,416 --> 00:21:27,316
- Thank you.
- Right.
295
00:21:28,352 --> 00:21:29,979
Thank you for coming over, doctor.
296
00:21:30,154 --> 00:21:32,054
- Good night, Mr. Bennett.
- Good night.
297
00:21:32,323 --> 00:21:35,224
You were in the miner's shack
when you heard her screams?
298
00:21:35,392 --> 00:21:37,724
- Yes, sir.
- Then what?
299
00:21:38,195 --> 00:21:39,958
I ran out and got her.
300
00:21:40,130 --> 00:21:42,428
She was just coming out
of the mineshaft...
301
00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:44,192
...yelling bloody murder.
302
00:21:44,368 --> 00:21:46,859
Did you see anything?
Anything at all?
303
00:21:47,271 --> 00:21:49,569
I can't say I did, Mr. Bennett.
304
00:21:49,740 --> 00:21:53,039
Although, there might have been
something moving around...
305
00:21:53,210 --> 00:21:54,939
...just inside the shaft.
306
00:21:55,112 --> 00:21:57,910
I couldn't be sure.
Everything happened too fast.
307
00:21:58,649 --> 00:22:00,810
Well, something scared her
half to death.
308
00:22:00,985 --> 00:22:03,385
She just didn't imagine it.
Amanda's too sensible.
309
00:22:04,421 --> 00:22:07,254
Daddy! Daddy!
310
00:22:09,193 --> 00:22:12,094
Everything's gonna be all right, honey.
Oh, my poor baby.
311
00:22:13,130 --> 00:22:15,496
I'm gonna talk to Dr. Dirkson.
312
00:25:08,505 --> 00:25:10,803
Well, now, what's so urgent?
313
00:25:10,974 --> 00:25:13,033
Over there, sheriff.
314
00:25:35,099 --> 00:25:37,727
- What did they use on him? An ax?
- Beats me.
315
00:25:37,901 --> 00:25:39,630
I never seen anybody cut up like that.
316
00:25:39,803 --> 00:25:42,203
Sheriff, for you.
317
00:25:44,108 --> 00:25:47,271
Put a call through. Get some lab men
out here and give them a hand.
318
00:25:47,478 --> 00:25:49,605
- Yes, sir.
- Cody.
319
00:25:50,581 --> 00:25:52,105
What?
320
00:25:53,984 --> 00:25:55,952
Bring the body into town.
321
00:25:56,120 --> 00:25:58,953
Get Doc Wilson to do
a post on him right away.
322
00:25:59,123 --> 00:26:01,648
I'll meet you at the office
in 20 minutes.
323
00:26:04,094 --> 00:26:05,686
Well...
324
00:26:07,264 --> 00:26:09,755
Looks like we got
another one on our hands.
325
00:26:09,933 --> 00:26:13,960
An old prospector. Lived up in the hills
near the Hillman ranch.
326
00:26:14,304 --> 00:26:16,295
Found his body in a mineshaft...
327
00:26:16,473 --> 00:26:18,202
...hacked to pieces.
328
00:26:19,143 --> 00:26:22,635
Just like that truck driver.
329
00:26:24,148 --> 00:26:27,811
In the smallest of objects,
one can often find a world of discovery.
330
00:26:27,985 --> 00:26:30,385
A microscopic view of a surface
of a blunt weapon...
331
00:26:30,554 --> 00:26:33,318
...can lead to the arrest of a man
halfway around the world.
332
00:26:33,490 --> 00:26:37,085
But, Mr. Leopold,
where do those tin cans lead us?
333
00:26:37,494 --> 00:26:40,588
Well, for one thing,
they were not opened with an ax.
334
00:26:40,764 --> 00:26:42,197
Something punctured the metal.
335
00:26:42,366 --> 00:26:44,926
Not too fast, but with great strength.
336
00:26:45,602 --> 00:26:48,469
And the crates on the truck
weren't broken either.
337
00:26:48,639 --> 00:26:50,732
- They've been gnawed.
- What?
338
00:26:50,908 --> 00:26:52,842
Gnawed, chewed, bitten.
339
00:26:53,010 --> 00:26:56,411
In addition, traces of dried saliva
were found on the cans...
340
00:26:56,580 --> 00:26:59,048
...the boxes and the victims.
341
00:27:04,655 --> 00:27:07,055
So, what have we got here?
Vampires?
342
00:27:07,224 --> 00:27:08,555
Possibly.
343
00:27:08,725 --> 00:27:11,455
Well, frankly, sheriff,
off the top of my head...
344
00:27:11,628 --> 00:27:14,756
...the only thing that could have caused
this sort of destruction...
345
00:27:14,932 --> 00:27:17,901
...would have been
a saber-toothed tiger.
346
00:27:18,068 --> 00:27:20,093
As a matter of fact, a lot of them.
347
00:27:20,470 --> 00:27:23,462
Sheriff Cody, come in.
This is Officer Hightower.
348
00:27:23,674 --> 00:27:27,405
I'm at the picnic grounds three miles
east of the Hillman ranch.
349
00:27:27,578 --> 00:27:30,342
I've never seen
anything like this before.
350
00:27:30,514 --> 00:27:32,311
There's a family of four here...
351
00:27:32,482 --> 00:27:34,347
...a man, a woman and two children...
352
00:27:34,518 --> 00:27:36,008
...horribly mutilated.
353
00:27:36,186 --> 00:27:38,677
I'm standing by
until the coroner arrives.
354
00:27:38,856 --> 00:27:40,255
Over.
355
00:27:48,165 --> 00:27:53,000
I've studied abnormalities
and birth defects all my life.
356
00:27:53,170 --> 00:27:55,502
It's come pretty close to home for me.
357
00:27:55,906 --> 00:27:57,601
I see them all the time.
358
00:27:57,908 --> 00:28:00,934
Naturally, I'd like to believe
they don't exist.
359
00:28:01,111 --> 00:28:03,170
Unfortunately, they do.
360
00:28:03,347 --> 00:28:07,875
But, doctor, rabbits as big
and as ferocious as wolves?
361
00:28:08,051 --> 00:28:09,916
It is inconceivable.
362
00:28:10,087 --> 00:28:12,681
The genetic code
of every living thing...
363
00:28:12,856 --> 00:28:15,654
...is contained in each cell
of that organism.
364
00:28:15,859 --> 00:28:22,230
Now, assuming inadvertently we introduced
defective cells into that one rabbit...
365
00:28:22,399 --> 00:28:24,697
...it's conceivable
that we could've created...
366
00:28:24,868 --> 00:28:26,859
...the seeds for a mutated species.
367
00:28:27,037 --> 00:28:30,666
Amanda saw huge rabbits.
It's just... It's just too hard to believe.
368
00:28:30,841 --> 00:28:33,776
And I don't think I'll be able to,
not until I've seen one.
369
00:28:33,944 --> 00:28:36,242
All we have to go on is
what Amanda had to say...
370
00:28:36,413 --> 00:28:39,473
...and that track
that was trampled all over with.
371
00:28:40,317 --> 00:28:42,251
Well, the only thing we can do...
372
00:28:42,419 --> 00:28:46,150
...is gather our group together, take another
look around that area tomorrow.
373
00:28:46,323 --> 00:28:48,086
Shouldn't we bring Sheriff Cody along?
374
00:28:48,258 --> 00:28:50,192
I don't agree, Gerry.
I don't think so.
375
00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:53,693
Imagine the kind of publicity that would
bring down on the university...
376
00:28:53,864 --> 00:28:55,354
...if it became generally known.
377
00:28:55,532 --> 00:28:58,194
We shouldn't tell anybody
until we know what the score is.
378
00:28:58,368 --> 00:28:59,494
I think you're right.
379
00:28:59,670 --> 00:29:01,331
Honey, you call up Hillman.
380
00:29:01,505 --> 00:29:03,234
Tell him to expect us in the morning.
381
00:29:03,407 --> 00:29:06,137
Have him get ready some poisoned feed,
cyanide, dynamite...
382
00:29:06,310 --> 00:29:08,403
...and anything else he can think of.
- Okay.
383
00:29:08,578 --> 00:29:10,307
Have him get ahold of Jud and Frank.
384
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:13,005
- They may as well go along tomorrow.
- Okay.
385
00:29:13,183 --> 00:29:14,946
I don't suppose there's a chance...
386
00:29:15,118 --> 00:29:17,985
...that you can bring back
one of those rabbits alive?
387
00:30:04,001 --> 00:30:06,401
More of those tracks we saw
at the water hole.
388
00:30:06,570 --> 00:30:09,334
They certainly weren't made
by human beings.
389
00:30:12,943 --> 00:30:14,672
How far in does it go?
390
00:30:15,012 --> 00:30:19,608
Oh, about two miles due north
of the opening of the tunnel here.
391
00:30:20,183 --> 00:30:22,242
Any other way into it?
392
00:30:22,419 --> 00:30:26,913
Well, there's a vertical shaft at the other
end, but it's been closed up for years.
393
00:30:27,758 --> 00:30:30,283
Elgin, why don't you and Frank
get half the dynamite...
394
00:30:30,460 --> 00:30:31,791
...and take a look up above.
395
00:30:31,962 --> 00:30:35,056
- See if there are any other holes.
- Right.
396
00:31:04,227 --> 00:31:06,957
Jud, you run the hoses for the gas
inside the tunnel...
397
00:31:07,130 --> 00:31:09,189
...and I'll set the charges.
398
00:31:18,108 --> 00:31:20,804
Hello, Gerry. Gerry, Elgin here.
399
00:31:22,712 --> 00:31:24,179
Yes, Elgin. Over.
400
00:31:24,347 --> 00:31:27,407
I'm up on top.
Let me speak to Roy. Over.
401
00:31:27,617 --> 00:31:29,107
Just a minute.
402
00:31:34,758 --> 00:31:37,522
- Yes, Elgin, what did you find?
- There are three holes here.
403
00:31:38,895 --> 00:31:41,693
Look around and make sure
there aren't any others.
404
00:31:43,733 --> 00:31:45,132
Right.
405
00:31:47,871 --> 00:31:50,339
Hold on just a second, Roy.
406
00:32:18,268 --> 00:32:19,530
Listen.
407
00:32:35,785 --> 00:32:37,582
Do you hear that?
408
00:32:41,658 --> 00:32:43,558
We sure do.
409
00:32:44,361 --> 00:32:45,851
Set your dynamite.
410
00:32:46,596 --> 00:32:48,860
We'll let you know
when we're ready down here.
411
00:32:49,466 --> 00:32:53,232
We'll set off the charges
at the same time. Out.
412
00:32:54,604 --> 00:32:56,094
Well, we got our hands full.
413
00:32:56,806 --> 00:32:59,536
We can't plug these up
quick enough for me.
414
00:32:59,709 --> 00:33:01,836
Well, we got three holes to blow.
415
00:33:02,012 --> 00:33:04,776
- You think we got enough dynamite?
- Yeah, we'll make it.
416
00:33:05,148 --> 00:33:08,345
While you're setting up, I'll look around,
see if there are any more.
417
00:33:08,518 --> 00:33:10,247
Let me take this.
418
00:33:13,256 --> 00:33:15,349
Honey, I'm going in there.
419
00:33:15,525 --> 00:33:17,789
- You can't do that.
- I haven't got a choice.
420
00:33:17,961 --> 00:33:20,429
But why? We're gonna
blow it up right now.
421
00:33:20,597 --> 00:33:24,897
Whatever's back in there's a mystery.
If we cave it in, we'll never know.
422
00:33:25,068 --> 00:33:26,865
I'm gonna try to pull
one of them out...
423
00:33:27,037 --> 00:33:29,301
...so I can analyze its blood
and check its cells.
424
00:33:29,472 --> 00:33:31,667
If I can't, at least
I'll take a picture of it.
425
00:33:31,841 --> 00:33:33,331
Wait a minute.
426
00:33:33,810 --> 00:33:36,176
Give me the rifle. Okay, let's go.
427
00:33:36,346 --> 00:33:39,782
Stay on the radio to Elgin
and tell him we're going in there.
428
00:34:06,142 --> 00:34:07,769
Elgin. Come in, Elgin.
429
00:34:39,843 --> 00:34:41,743
That seems to be the lot of them.
430
00:34:41,911 --> 00:34:43,173
- You about ready?
- Yeah.
431
00:34:43,346 --> 00:34:45,314
Just give me a couple more minutes.
432
00:34:47,284 --> 00:34:49,184
Mrs. Bennett called.
433
00:34:49,352 --> 00:34:51,912
Bennett and Hillman
have gone into the mine.
434
00:34:52,622 --> 00:34:54,055
Oh, no.
435
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,992
Hello, Gerry. Come in.
Come in, Gerry.
436
00:35:07,937 --> 00:35:09,996
- This is Elgin.
- Yes. Over.
437
00:35:10,540 --> 00:35:12,974
Look, we've got three holes
about set to dynamite.
438
00:35:13,143 --> 00:35:15,236
Have they come out
of there yet? Over.
439
00:35:16,179 --> 00:35:19,637
No. Not yet. I hope it's soon.
440
00:35:26,756 --> 00:35:28,348
We must be in a half a mile by now.
441
00:35:30,327 --> 00:35:32,192
And they seem
to be moving away from us.
442
00:35:56,386 --> 00:35:59,219
They should be coming out
any minute. Over.
443
00:35:59,422 --> 00:36:01,617
I'll be standing by. Over.
444
00:36:21,411 --> 00:36:24,278
How many tunnels
do you suppose there are?
445
00:36:24,447 --> 00:36:28,076
We should've marked our way,
in case we have to get out in a hurry.
446
00:36:33,923 --> 00:36:36,517
Sounds like they're
right around that corner.
447
00:36:36,726 --> 00:36:38,353
Don't shoot.
448
00:36:38,528 --> 00:36:40,723
The whole place
might come down on us.
449
00:37:00,683 --> 00:37:02,514
They're as big as wolves.
450
00:37:03,186 --> 00:37:05,518
They look just as vicious.
451
00:37:08,525 --> 00:37:10,425
Nobody will believe this.
452
00:37:10,593 --> 00:37:13,960
Could this have been caused by the serum
you injected in that one rabbit?
453
00:37:14,130 --> 00:37:17,122
I'm sure of it. It only takes one.
454
00:37:17,300 --> 00:37:19,700
Probably thousands of them.
Must be their breeding ground.
455
00:37:19,869 --> 00:37:21,666
Let's get the hell out of here.
456
00:37:28,478 --> 00:37:30,105
Left or right?
457
00:37:32,982 --> 00:37:34,347
Right.
458
00:37:41,591 --> 00:37:43,718
I got the detonator set.
459
00:37:43,893 --> 00:37:46,589
I'm ready to release the gas
as soon as they come out.
460
00:37:46,763 --> 00:37:48,196
Okay.
461
00:39:18,655 --> 00:39:21,055
Jud. Jud, now, calm down.
462
00:39:21,224 --> 00:39:23,886
Calm down. He's gone.
The rabbit's gone.
463
00:39:31,234 --> 00:39:33,168
Ma'am, we got to get out of here.
464
00:39:33,336 --> 00:39:35,429
They ain't coming out
of that mine alive.
465
00:39:35,605 --> 00:39:38,096
Oh, yes, they are. Oh, yes.
466
00:39:38,241 --> 00:39:40,471
And we're not going anywhere.
467
00:40:07,971 --> 00:40:09,598
Oh, Roy.
468
00:40:10,573 --> 00:40:12,097
Blow it!
469
00:40:12,976 --> 00:40:14,568
Blow it!
470
00:40:45,708 --> 00:40:48,472
Oh, Roy. Oh, darling. Thank God.
471
00:41:09,766 --> 00:41:13,702
- How in the world was that possible?
- Well, you heard what Dirkson said.
472
00:41:13,870 --> 00:41:16,236
What's his position
on releasing these photographs?
473
00:41:16,406 --> 00:41:17,839
The same as mine and Gerry's.
474
00:41:18,007 --> 00:41:20,168
We feel that the facts
have to be made public.
475
00:41:20,343 --> 00:41:23,506
Now, if you want, I'll tell them it was
an unauthorized experiment.
476
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:26,274
No way, Roy. I got you into this.
That wouldn't be right.
477
00:41:26,449 --> 00:41:29,282
I think we have to bring
Sheriff Cody into this now.
478
00:41:29,786 --> 00:41:31,720
We'll go out to the mine
in the morning...
479
00:41:31,888 --> 00:41:34,118
...check, make sure
we got rid of all of them.
480
00:41:34,290 --> 00:41:36,315
We'll take Sheriff Cody with us.
481
00:41:36,859 --> 00:41:39,293
- I'll get in touch with him now.
- Fine.
482
00:41:41,197 --> 00:41:45,657
Well, honey, when this story breaks,
we'll have newspapermen from all over.
483
00:41:46,235 --> 00:41:50,968
You and Amanda ought to go someplace
where they won't hound you to death.
484
00:41:52,208 --> 00:41:55,268
You're right.
Amanda's been through enough.
485
00:41:56,846 --> 00:42:00,441
Suppose we drive up to Woodale
and stay at the lodge...
486
00:42:00,616 --> 00:42:02,481
...and you join us as soon as you can.
487
00:42:02,652 --> 00:42:04,779
Good. Good idea.
488
00:42:05,922 --> 00:42:08,049
I love you very much.
489
00:42:08,324 --> 00:42:09,552
And if we have to...
490
00:42:09,726 --> 00:42:12,058
...I'll even be happy to go
and work with you in...
491
00:42:12,228 --> 00:42:14,162
...Timbuktu.
- Timbuktu.
492
00:44:18,955 --> 00:44:21,480
Get Jackie up and get him dressed
into something warm.
493
00:44:21,624 --> 00:44:22,886
And you too, all right?
494
00:44:23,059 --> 00:44:25,118
Let's hurry.
495
00:45:02,598 --> 00:45:04,156
Easy. Easy, now.
496
00:45:12,541 --> 00:45:13,906
What's going on?
497
00:45:25,855 --> 00:45:29,222
Whoa, boy. Easy, easy.
498
00:45:29,425 --> 00:45:30,983
Better watch out there, Frank.
499
00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:33,185
Jud, take it easy.
500
00:46:30,853 --> 00:46:33,185
Jud. Hey, Jud.
501
00:46:34,957 --> 00:46:37,255
You ain't gonna stop him, Mr. Hillman.
502
00:46:37,426 --> 00:46:39,724
Not after what happened today.
503
00:47:19,702 --> 00:47:21,101
Dorothy.
504
00:47:22,571 --> 00:47:25,870
You and Jack should
get in that cellar and stay there.
505
00:47:31,947 --> 00:47:34,609
Frank, don't lock me out.
I'm gonna make a phone call.
506
00:47:34,784 --> 00:47:36,149
Right.
507
00:47:49,065 --> 00:47:50,362
Mildred?
508
00:47:51,133 --> 00:47:52,293
Now, listen closely.
509
00:48:01,277 --> 00:48:02,642
Mildred?
510
00:48:02,945 --> 00:48:05,243
- Mildred?
- Mr. Hillman?
511
00:48:06,782 --> 00:48:08,272
Mildred!
512
00:49:00,970 --> 00:49:03,302
Sounds like a cattle stampede.
513
00:51:22,111 --> 00:51:24,909
Every line north of Cole Hillman's house
just went off.
514
00:51:25,080 --> 00:51:26,411
Well, lightning got it maybe.
515
00:51:26,582 --> 00:51:29,574
- He was mighty agitated.
- That's 115 games for you, 110 for me.
516
00:51:29,752 --> 00:51:31,242
We were cut right off.
517
00:51:31,420 --> 00:51:33,320
You wanna take a run up
Hillman's way?
518
00:51:33,489 --> 00:51:34,751
No, not at this hour.
519
00:51:34,923 --> 00:51:37,824
I'm gonna get the truck turned in,
get home and get some sleep.
520
00:51:37,993 --> 00:51:40,655
- When does Connie spell you?
- About midnight.
521
00:51:40,829 --> 00:51:43,389
Well, I'll see you up at the house.
522
00:51:48,537 --> 00:51:50,437
Hey, Les. Wait up.
523
00:51:50,606 --> 00:51:52,506
Come on, I'm not gonna wait.
524
00:51:52,675 --> 00:51:55,166
Drop me off up at the house, will you?
525
00:51:55,344 --> 00:51:56,777
Good night, Les.
526
00:51:57,212 --> 00:51:59,043
- See you in a little bit.
- All right.
527
00:53:58,634 --> 00:54:02,536
- Okay. Good night, Les. Thanks a lot.
- All right. Good night. See you tomorrow.
528
00:55:29,424 --> 00:55:31,517
- Find him?
- Yeah, I found him.
529
00:55:31,693 --> 00:55:33,320
What was left of him.
530
00:55:35,097 --> 00:55:38,624
Well, the horses won't be back
for a week. Spooked too bad.
531
00:55:38,800 --> 00:55:41,928
Why don't you stay with Dorothy
and Jackie while I hike into town.
532
00:55:42,104 --> 00:55:43,435
All right.
533
00:55:46,441 --> 00:55:48,170
Don't worry. We'll be in before dark.
534
00:55:48,343 --> 00:55:50,675
You call me about 6:00 from Woodale.
535
00:55:50,846 --> 00:55:53,178
I'll either be here
or over at Sheriff Cody's.
536
00:55:53,348 --> 00:55:55,145
- Okay.
- Bye, Daddy.
537
00:55:55,317 --> 00:55:56,682
Bye, honey.
538
00:55:57,019 --> 00:55:59,112
I'll see you, sweetie.
539
00:56:01,223 --> 00:56:02,747
See you later.
540
00:56:07,162 --> 00:56:09,027
- See you later.
- Okay.
541
00:56:28,984 --> 00:56:29,973
Where is Sheriff Cody?
542
00:56:30,152 --> 00:56:32,143
Just got back
from the crime lab in Phoenix.
543
00:56:32,321 --> 00:56:34,050
He'll meet us at the airport.
544
00:56:44,700 --> 00:56:46,930
Sheriff, we have something
horrible to tell you.
545
00:56:47,102 --> 00:56:49,900
Your frantic call wouldn't have
anything to do with rabbits?
546
00:56:50,072 --> 00:56:51,164
How did you know?
547
00:56:51,340 --> 00:56:54,309
They tell me that's what killed
Captain Billy and that driver.
548
00:56:54,476 --> 00:56:56,034
Rabbits with teeth that long.
549
00:56:56,211 --> 00:56:58,873
Crime lab's been double-checking
their tests all morning.
550
00:56:59,047 --> 00:57:01,174
We'll tell you about it on the way, sheriff.
551
00:57:55,437 --> 00:57:58,406
- You sure we shouldn't stop?
- I'm picking up no strangers, Susan.
552
00:57:58,573 --> 00:58:01,041
I said that when we left Denver and
I'm sticking with it.
553
00:58:01,209 --> 00:58:03,040
Especially a man carrying a gun.
554
00:58:03,211 --> 00:58:05,771
- Mom, can we stop soon?
- Yeah, Mom, can't we?
555
00:58:06,515 --> 00:58:09,643
Howard, could we stop at that town
up there? The children are thirsty.
556
00:58:09,818 --> 00:58:11,149
Sure.
557
00:58:20,929 --> 00:58:23,090
You won't find
anything in that store, Susan.
558
00:58:23,265 --> 00:58:25,893
This is what they call
a ghost town out here.
559
00:58:34,176 --> 00:58:37,202
Daddy would've liked our picnic, Mommy,
don't you think?
560
00:58:37,379 --> 00:58:39,574
Yes, sweetheart, I do.
561
00:58:39,748 --> 00:58:42,478
I'm hoping he'll be able
to join us by tomorrow.
562
00:58:44,419 --> 00:58:46,887
How much farther to Woodale?
563
00:58:47,322 --> 00:58:49,620
Well, there's the turnoff
right up ahead.
564
00:59:12,514 --> 00:59:14,141
What was that?
565
00:59:14,783 --> 00:59:18,514
I almost scraped the bottom of the car.
Daddy wouldn't like that.
566
00:59:31,466 --> 00:59:33,331
What are we gonna do, Mommy?
567
00:59:33,502 --> 00:59:36,335
Don't you worry, sweetheart.
We'll be all right.
568
01:01:40,528 --> 01:01:43,588
Evidently, some survived and got out.
569
01:01:55,076 --> 01:01:56,566
They've gone.
570
01:01:56,745 --> 01:01:58,975
Must be holed up somewhere else.
571
01:01:59,147 --> 01:02:00,409
Yeah.
572
01:02:00,582 --> 01:02:02,140
But where?
573
01:02:02,350 --> 01:02:03,977
How many?
574
01:02:04,386 --> 01:02:06,286
It gets dark at 5:30.
575
01:02:07,022 --> 01:02:10,822
That gives us a couple hours to find them
before they start moving again.
576
01:02:13,194 --> 01:02:15,492
Patch me in to my office.
577
01:02:19,734 --> 01:02:22,259
Get in touch with the governor
and the National Guard.
578
01:02:22,437 --> 01:02:24,530
We have an emergency here.
579
01:02:34,749 --> 01:02:35,738
What's the trouble?
580
01:02:35,917 --> 01:02:37,942
If I told you,
you'd think I'd been drinking.
581
01:02:38,119 --> 01:02:40,019
- But I need your help.
- Well, get in.
582
01:02:40,188 --> 01:02:41,746
Thank you.
583
01:03:02,844 --> 01:03:06,177
Circle the area. Let us know
if you spot any of them.
584
01:03:15,156 --> 01:03:17,647
- What did the governor say?
- Major White spoke to him.
585
01:03:17,826 --> 01:03:19,521
He said to use the National Guard.
586
01:03:19,694 --> 01:03:21,457
What about the aerial photos
and maps?
587
01:03:21,629 --> 01:03:24,154
- Everything's at the station.
- Let's go.
588
01:03:44,586 --> 01:03:47,282
I'm in the sheriff's office.
I'll be here if you need me.
589
01:03:47,455 --> 01:03:49,423
Thanks, operator.
590
01:03:50,258 --> 01:03:51,919
I can't get Cole Hillman.
591
01:03:52,093 --> 01:03:53,924
The switchboard in Galanos is dead.
592
01:03:54,095 --> 01:03:56,893
Well, there's nothing in Galanos
but a few stores and houses.
593
01:03:57,065 --> 01:03:58,692
Are there any mines south of here?
594
01:03:59,100 --> 01:04:02,126
Or any place at all where
they could hole up for the day?
595
01:04:02,303 --> 01:04:04,498
Well, I'm not sure.
596
01:04:04,739 --> 01:04:07,139
Jason, you know that territory
better than I do.
597
01:04:07,308 --> 01:04:11,642
Well, sheriff, to the best of my knowledge,
I've never heard of any mines that far south.
598
01:04:13,048 --> 01:04:14,515
Cody.
599
01:04:15,150 --> 01:04:16,378
Well, put him on.
600
01:04:17,585 --> 01:04:20,452
Hello, sheriff?
It's me, Cole Hillman.
601
01:04:20,622 --> 01:04:23,113
Where are you?
I've been trying to get ahold of you.
602
01:04:23,291 --> 01:04:24,280
Now, listen to this.
603
01:04:24,459 --> 01:04:27,087
The rabbits attacked the ranch
last night and killed Jud.
604
01:04:27,262 --> 01:04:28,923
Also Mildred, her husband and Les.
605
01:04:29,130 --> 01:04:31,462
They move at night
and are heading your direction.
606
01:04:31,633 --> 01:04:32,964
All right.
607
01:04:33,134 --> 01:04:36,331
Stay right where you are.
I'll have a car pick you up.
608
01:04:36,971 --> 01:04:38,336
What's that all about?
609
01:04:38,506 --> 01:04:42,203
Cole just came through Galanos.
Said they're holed up in the buildings there.
610
01:04:42,377 --> 01:04:45,073
Then we've got them.
We'll hit the whole town with rockets.
611
01:04:45,246 --> 01:04:48,477
I've got two fighter-bombers
on the runway in Tucson right now.
612
01:04:48,650 --> 01:04:51,778
Just a minute, major.
What about survivors?
613
01:04:51,953 --> 01:04:55,320
It'll be dark before I get there
with enough men to handle the situation.
614
01:04:55,490 --> 01:04:58,288
When it gets dark, you won't be able
to handle the situation.
615
01:04:58,460 --> 01:05:02,658
Sheriff, when those rabbits start coming,
they could be here in a couple of hours.
616
01:05:02,831 --> 01:05:05,356
Will that give you enough time
to evacuate the town?
617
01:05:05,533 --> 01:05:06,761
Not all of it.
618
01:05:06,935 --> 01:05:09,699
There are a lot of trailer courts
and ranches spread around.
619
01:05:09,871 --> 01:05:11,896
Many of them without telephones.
620
01:05:12,207 --> 01:05:17,804
You know, what we need is a fence
about 10 miles long and 20 feet high.
621
01:05:19,347 --> 01:05:20,814
Let's evacuate the town.
622
01:05:20,982 --> 01:05:23,951
Major White, let me have
my command post. I'll wait.
623
01:05:24,119 --> 01:05:26,212
I should've been hearing
from Gerry by now.
624
01:05:26,387 --> 01:05:29,220
Jason, are those lines
to Woodale still open?
625
01:05:29,390 --> 01:05:31,187
As far as I know, sir.
626
01:05:31,860 --> 01:05:35,296
I didn't want the girls here
when the reporters came around.
627
01:05:35,530 --> 01:05:39,159
Well, don't worry. Woodale's a good
25 miles west of those rabbits.
628
01:05:39,334 --> 01:05:41,859
She'll be safer there
than she would be in town.
629
01:05:42,337 --> 01:05:43,929
I hope you're right.
630
01:06:34,489 --> 01:06:37,890
National Guard Alpha Company reports
the rabbits are near Four Corners...
631
01:06:38,059 --> 01:06:39,151
... killing as they come.
632
01:06:39,327 --> 01:06:42,091
Other companies are setting up
machine guns outside of Ajo.
633
01:07:40,021 --> 01:07:41,613
- A complete standstill.
634
01:07:42,090 --> 01:07:45,218
All traffic will be diverted to Stone Canyon.
635
01:07:45,393 --> 01:07:48,157
Buses leaving the square
are filled to capacity.
636
01:07:48,329 --> 01:07:52,493
Advise all motorists to drive
with caution, with windows up.
637
01:07:52,667 --> 01:07:55,227
Volunteers desperately needed
at the hospital...
638
01:07:55,403 --> 01:07:57,200
... to assist in evacuating patients.
639
01:08:14,989 --> 01:08:17,685
Lopez calling. Come in, sheriff.
640
01:08:18,793 --> 01:08:20,090
Cody here.
641
01:08:20,261 --> 01:08:23,230
We're on the road,
about 15 miles south of Galanos.
642
01:08:24,132 --> 01:08:25,531
They're right behind us...
643
01:08:25,700 --> 01:08:28,100
...spread out on both sides of the road.
644
01:08:28,670 --> 01:08:30,695
Looks like there could be
hundreds of them...
645
01:08:30,872 --> 01:08:33,136
...coming at you on a front
maybe 2 miles wide.
646
01:08:33,308 --> 01:08:36,334
At the speed they're going,
I'd say you've got about 40...
647
01:08:37,545 --> 01:08:39,069
...50 minutes. Over.
648
01:08:40,448 --> 01:08:41,813
All right, Lopez.
649
01:08:41,983 --> 01:08:45,817
We're headed for the station.
We'll see you there. Let's go.
650
01:08:57,432 --> 01:08:59,662
Here to here.
651
01:08:59,867 --> 01:09:03,803
Now, if they're coming across a front
that wide, I can't possibly stop them.
652
01:09:03,971 --> 01:09:06,565
I just don't have enough men.
653
01:09:06,741 --> 01:09:10,302
When morning comes, they'll hole up.
We'll have better chance to handle them.
654
01:09:10,478 --> 01:09:13,914
The city will be a disaster area
by that time. They only move at night.
655
01:09:14,082 --> 01:09:16,107
You were saying something
about a fence.
656
01:09:17,018 --> 01:09:20,920
Yeah. A fence about 2 miles long
and 20 feet high.
657
01:09:21,422 --> 01:09:25,825
Clark, how far do you think
those rabbits travel with each stride?
658
01:09:25,993 --> 01:09:30,521
Oh, judging from the tracks we've seen,
I'd say, oh, four, maybe five feet.
659
01:09:30,698 --> 01:09:32,859
Think that railroad dispatcher's
still on duty?
660
01:09:33,101 --> 01:09:35,126
He should be,
unless he's been evacuated.
661
01:09:35,303 --> 01:09:36,634
Get him on the telephone.
662
01:09:36,804 --> 01:09:39,272
We'll funnel them into
a half-mile area at the tracks.
663
01:09:45,380 --> 01:09:49,146
Unless you tell me those rabbits
are good at climbing ladders...
664
01:09:49,317 --> 01:09:52,286
...I got no intentions
of budging out of this place.
665
01:09:52,787 --> 01:09:55,255
Now, what can I do for you?
666
01:09:55,423 --> 01:09:56,481
According to the map...
667
01:09:56,657 --> 01:10:00,354
...the railroad line north of town
cuts clear across, east and west.
668
01:10:00,528 --> 01:10:03,463
Is there any way we can isolate
a stretch of track...
669
01:10:03,631 --> 01:10:06,156
...at least 2 miles long
between us and Galanos?
670
01:10:06,334 --> 01:10:09,064
Well, there's a siding
five mile east of here.
671
01:10:09,670 --> 01:10:12,696
I'll switch the one
to the east right now.
672
01:10:18,079 --> 01:10:21,014
I got the tracks to the east
cut off from the rest of the line.
673
01:10:21,382 --> 01:10:22,747
There's a freight on the line.
674
01:10:22,917 --> 01:10:25,477
I can stop it,
throw the switch if you want.
675
01:10:25,653 --> 01:10:27,678
No, it won't work with
a train on the track.
676
01:10:28,222 --> 01:10:30,816
- What won't work?
- A fence, major.
677
01:10:30,992 --> 01:10:34,120
A fence between the rabbits
and the city. An electrical fence.
678
01:10:34,495 --> 01:10:36,759
We'll electrocute them
on the railroad tracks.
679
01:10:36,931 --> 01:10:39,161
As soon as that train
clears that other switch...
680
01:10:39,333 --> 01:10:42,029
...I want you to throw it open
the same way. You got that?
681
01:10:42,203 --> 01:10:43,932
Right, right.
682
01:11:13,768 --> 01:11:16,066
Attention, attention.
683
01:11:16,237 --> 01:11:18,205
Ladies and gentlemen, attention.
684
01:11:18,372 --> 01:11:20,772
There is a herd of killer rabbits
headed this way...
685
01:11:20,942 --> 01:11:22,807
...and we desperately need your help.
686
01:11:22,977 --> 01:11:24,342
Roll up your windows.
687
01:11:24,879 --> 01:11:28,975
Turn on your lights and follow the police car
at the entrance of the theater.
688
01:11:29,150 --> 01:11:32,415
Please keep calm
and cooperate with the authorities.
689
01:11:32,587 --> 01:11:34,612
Do you read me?
690
01:11:36,858 --> 01:11:39,156
All right, move out.
691
01:11:42,864 --> 01:11:45,856
Come on. Move it up, move it up.
692
01:11:46,033 --> 01:11:48,866
All right, folks. Come on, let's go.
Move it up, move it up.
693
01:11:49,036 --> 01:11:51,300
Come on, folks. Move out.
694
01:11:51,472 --> 01:11:55,602
Please, let's cooperate. Let's go, folks.
Everyone together, now. Please.
695
01:11:55,776 --> 01:11:57,710
Keep going, keep going.
696
01:11:57,879 --> 01:11:59,403
Okay, that's it. Move out.
697
01:12:07,588 --> 01:12:10,284
Jason, take Major White
to his command post.
698
01:12:10,458 --> 01:12:13,188
Then go to the power station,
wait for orders.
699
01:12:13,361 --> 01:12:14,919
Get back into the car, Hillman.
700
01:12:15,096 --> 01:12:17,155
We're going to the railroad tracks.
701
01:12:26,507 --> 01:12:31,604
Sheriff, would you check with your office
and see if they've heard from my wife?
702
01:12:31,779 --> 01:12:33,940
Sheriff Cody calling. Come in, please.
703
01:12:34,482 --> 01:12:37,747
- Clark here.
- Clark, have you heard from Gerry?
704
01:12:37,919 --> 01:12:40,820
No. I've called Woodale several times.
She hasn't arrived yet.
705
01:12:41,556 --> 01:12:44,889
- Let me know when you hear of something.
- I sure will, Roy.
706
01:12:46,093 --> 01:12:48,186
I'm starting to worry, sheriff.
707
01:12:48,362 --> 01:12:51,058
I should have heard from Gerry
and Amanda an hour ago.
708
01:12:52,567 --> 01:12:55,593
Will you have that chopper meet me
at the railroad siding?
709
01:12:55,770 --> 01:12:57,260
Why, sure.
710
01:13:17,725 --> 01:13:19,750
As soon as that train
clears the switch...
711
01:13:19,927 --> 01:13:22,088
...throw all the power you can
into both rails.
712
01:13:22,263 --> 01:13:24,697
We know. Get in that chopper
and find your family.
713
01:13:24,865 --> 01:13:26,560
That's right. Here, take this.
714
01:13:54,362 --> 01:13:56,455
Leave your lights on.
715
01:13:56,631 --> 01:13:58,496
Line your cars up.
716
01:13:58,666 --> 01:14:01,191
Follow instructions
from National Guardsmen.
717
01:14:01,369 --> 01:14:04,133
All right. Line your cars up
as close together as you can.
718
01:14:05,006 --> 01:14:06,496
Move it up closer.
719
01:14:06,674 --> 01:14:09,438
- Go faster, please.
- Closer. Up a little farther. That's it.
720
01:14:09,610 --> 01:14:12,602
- Leave your lights on.
- Come on, come on, move it.
721
01:14:12,780 --> 01:14:14,714
- Get in there.
- Over here.
722
01:14:14,882 --> 01:14:17,112
- Closer.
- More to your right, come on.
723
01:14:17,284 --> 01:14:18,546
Leave those lights on.
724
01:14:19,053 --> 01:14:21,521
- Good.
- That's it. Good.
725
01:14:21,889 --> 01:14:24,722
Good. Faster. Let's go.
726
01:14:24,892 --> 01:14:27,452
Don't kill your motor yet.
Keep it going.
727
01:14:27,628 --> 01:14:29,619
All right. Come on, come on.
728
01:14:30,197 --> 01:14:33,030
Easy, easy. Okay, okay.
729
01:14:33,200 --> 01:14:35,725
Let the other car by, please. Come on.
730
01:15:18,079 --> 01:15:19,671
Scared.
731
01:15:20,014 --> 01:15:21,914
It's all right, sweetheart.
732
01:15:31,792 --> 01:15:34,522
Now, I want you to get
inside the camper...
733
01:15:34,695 --> 01:15:37,687
...and I want you
to lock the door. All right.
734
01:16:35,856 --> 01:16:39,223
Mommy, watch out! Be careful!
735
01:16:53,774 --> 01:16:56,504
Mommy! Mommy!
736
01:17:25,272 --> 01:17:27,240
Mommy.
737
01:17:41,088 --> 01:17:43,056
Mommy! Wait!
738
01:17:43,224 --> 01:17:45,954
Mommy! Oh, no, Mommy.
Watch out!
739
01:17:46,126 --> 01:17:47,718
Mommy.
740
01:18:17,791 --> 01:18:20,419
It's all right, honey. Daddy's here.
741
01:18:26,000 --> 01:18:28,161
Daddy, Daddy!
742
01:18:28,836 --> 01:18:31,634
- Are you all right?
- Oh, honey.
743
01:18:35,576 --> 01:18:37,441
Let's get out of here.
744
01:19:30,030 --> 01:19:32,021
How much longer
are you fellas gonna be?
745
01:19:32,199 --> 01:19:34,793
We're working
as fast as we can, sheriff.
746
01:19:34,969 --> 01:19:37,199
Sheriff, I have the dispatcher.
747
01:19:40,307 --> 01:19:43,037
Sheriff Cody here.
Now, what happened to that train?
748
01:19:43,210 --> 01:19:45,838
Sheriff, I told you,
there's a slow freight on the line.
749
01:19:46,046 --> 01:19:48,037
And there's nothing I can do about it.
750
01:19:48,515 --> 01:19:49,539
Well, where is it now?
751
01:19:49,717 --> 01:19:51,878
Five minutes
before it crosses that switch.
752
01:20:00,661 --> 01:20:03,357
Ladies and gentlemen,
reports from headquarters confirm...
753
01:20:03,530 --> 01:20:06,431
...that the horde of killer rabbits
is getting closer to town.
754
01:20:06,600 --> 01:20:09,797
High voltage has been turned on
into a section of the railroad tracks.
755
01:20:09,970 --> 01:20:13,167
And it is your car lights we hope
will funnel the rabbits onto them.
756
01:20:13,340 --> 01:20:16,935
There will be machine-gun and rifle fire
to kill and divert these monsters.
757
01:20:17,111 --> 01:20:18,806
Do not panic.
758
01:20:19,346 --> 01:20:21,610
Sergeant, see if they understand
my instructions.
759
01:20:21,782 --> 01:20:24,580
And, sergeant, make sure
they all roll their windows up.
760
01:20:25,419 --> 01:20:27,853
Please roll your windows up.
761
01:20:28,022 --> 01:20:31,048
Roll your window up and listen
for further orders from the major.
762
01:20:31,225 --> 01:20:32,590
Here they come.
763
01:20:32,760 --> 01:20:34,489
Look at the size of them.
764
01:20:35,195 --> 01:20:37,129
I can't believe it.
765
01:20:42,803 --> 01:20:46,967
Rabbits sighted approaching
Harrison Road, still heading toward Ajo.
766
01:20:50,978 --> 01:20:52,912
Okay, we're ready to connect here.
767
01:20:56,550 --> 01:20:59,178
Bennett called. His family's safe.
They're on their way.
768
01:20:59,353 --> 01:21:02,186
He said he spotted thousands
of rabbits headed our direction.
769
01:21:02,356 --> 01:21:04,324
Lopez, tell them to cut the power.
770
01:21:05,225 --> 01:21:06,692
Cut the power.
771
01:21:08,595 --> 01:21:11,155
Station five, sheriff.
The ones coming from the north...
772
01:21:11,331 --> 01:21:14,960
... have been joined by thousands of others
coming from the west of town.
773
01:21:17,404 --> 01:21:19,463
They're a mile past
the Jackson trailer park.
774
01:21:19,640 --> 01:21:23,508
Understand five people dead
and the area in complete shambles.
775
01:21:44,598 --> 01:21:46,793
- How are they?
- Fine. They're in the chopper.
776
01:21:46,967 --> 01:21:48,298
Are you all right?
777
01:21:48,469 --> 01:21:49,993
Fine, thanks.
778
01:22:37,184 --> 01:22:38,879
Have them turn the power on.
779
01:22:39,052 --> 01:22:41,418
Calling Jason. Calling Jason.
780
01:22:41,588 --> 01:22:43,112
Come in, Jason.
781
01:22:43,490 --> 01:22:46,050
- Jason here.
- Turn on the power.
782
01:22:52,799 --> 01:22:54,266
There they are.
783
01:22:54,434 --> 01:22:55,765
Fire.
784
01:22:55,936 --> 01:22:57,164
Fire!
785
01:22:58,705 --> 01:23:00,297
Fire.
786
01:23:00,474 --> 01:23:01,736
There's some more.
787
01:23:05,412 --> 01:23:07,312
Outpost sector reporting.
788
01:23:07,881 --> 01:23:09,371
More keep coming.
789
01:23:09,816 --> 01:23:11,716
Best we can do
is funnel them toward you.
790
01:23:24,198 --> 01:23:26,462
Detour all traffic from Highway 83.
791
01:23:26,633 --> 01:23:28,794
In direct path of oncoming horde.
792
01:23:46,887 --> 01:23:48,377
Helicopter reporting.
793
01:23:48,722 --> 01:23:51,885
They're headed straight towards
the tracks. It won't be long.
794
01:24:04,338 --> 01:24:05,319
The horde is entering your perimeter.
795
01:24:05,354 --> 01:24:06,301
The horde is entering your perimeter.
796
01:24:06,473 --> 01:24:09,931
They're heading straight toward you,
between the cars and the track.
797
01:24:18,285 --> 01:24:19,912
Here they come!
798
01:25:16,943 --> 01:25:18,672
Clark, behind you.
799
01:26:38,892 --> 01:26:40,792
- Hi, Cole.
- Hi, Roy.
800
01:26:40,961 --> 01:26:43,293
- Gerry, Elgin.
- How's everything been at the ranch?
801
01:26:43,463 --> 01:26:45,055
Well, it set me back a few years...
802
01:26:45,232 --> 01:26:48,565
...but at least there's a new pack
of coyotes yapping up in the hills...
803
01:26:48,735 --> 01:26:50,703
...and my boy said he saw
a deer and a fox.
804
01:26:50,871 --> 01:26:52,771
Oh, great. And the rabbits?
805
01:26:53,373 --> 01:26:57,173
Jackie said yesterday he saw some new
rabbit burrows north of the water hole.
806
01:26:57,677 --> 01:26:59,201
But nothing like they used to be.
807
01:26:59,379 --> 01:27:01,973
Well, survival of the fittest.
808
01:27:02,149 --> 01:27:03,741
- That's only fair, I suppose.
- Yeah.
809
01:27:04,217 --> 01:27:06,742
Say, why don't you and your wife
come out to the ranch.
810
01:27:07,020 --> 01:27:08,647
- We'd like that.
- Good.
811
01:27:08,822 --> 01:27:10,380
- We really would.
- You got a deal.
812
01:27:10,557 --> 01:27:13,390
- Okay. Bye-bye.
- Bye.
813
01:29:13,391 --> 01:29:16,191
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