Bad Moon Page #2

You had quite a long relationship

with your boyfriend.

We were together for three years.

Three years.

Come on! Let's go!

You love baseball.

Where are you going?

Thor! Don't do that!

Come here, Thor.

Get over here, you knucklehead.

That wasn't very nice.

We interrupt this program

to bring you a special news bulletin.

Hunters and police are patrolling

a 50- mile square area in Timberline...

... as the curfew enters its third day.

Police revealed today the discovery

of a fifth dead hiker...

... in the woods near Timberline.

The five men and women were mutilated

by what authorities think is an animal...

... possibly a grizzly bear.

Hunters and bloodhounds are patrolling

a 50- mile square area...

... and a curfew is now in effect

on Timberline.

This is Sarah Williams reporting for KBDL.

Hi, Thor.

Come on, Thor.

Let's go.

Good morning.

Good morning, sis.

Why didn't you tell me

about the curfew up in Timberline?

The hikers who were killed?

That crazy animal that's loose up there?

I just saw it on TV.

There were police everywhere.

Oh, that.

I was going to tell you about it

this morning.

I guess this means you'll have to stay

until they lift the curfew.

I guess.

You want some breakfast?

Yeah, great.

In good time, old boy.

In good time.

It's not funny.

He's turning into the Wolfman.

I'm sorry, it's the full moon part.

In movies, the guy only turns

into a werewolf during a full moon.

That's the way it works.

When there's a full moon,

he turns into a werewolf.

Everyone knows that.

Why only the full moon?

Why not any moon?

Because that's the way a werewolf works.

You have to shoot him with a silver bullet.

I bet if you blew his head off

with a shotgun it would do nicely.

Don't you know anything

about werewolves?

I know you turn into one

if you get bit by one.

But the full moon part...

It's been my experience

that any moon will do the trick.

Werewolf-wise.

Have you ever met a werewolf?

I've been acquainted with a few.

And you?

Come on. Everybody knows

there's no such thing as werewolves.

Well...

There you go.

Will you take the trash out

before breakfast, please?

Aw, Mom.

Don't "Aw, Mom," me. Go.

So, what happened last night?

I don't know really.

Thor thought he heard something

in the woods, woke up the whole house.

Lucky you were in the Airstream.

Anyway, I finally let him out.

He ran into the woods

and he didn't come back.

I called him with that dog whistle

but he kept barking.

So?

What did he find?

Nothing.

What do you think it was all about?

I don't know. I'm not worried.

He barks at practically anything.

I don't know, Janet.

Big predators can travel long distances

if their habitat runs dry.

Though there hasn't been

anything dangerous here recently...

...doesn't mean it'll always be safe.

If I were you,

I wouldn't let Brett play out there until...

Until what?

There weren't supposed to be wolves

up where I am.

Look what happened to those people.

They said it was a grizzly bear.

Wolves, grizzly bears, same difference!

You have to be a little more cautious.

Take the dog more seriously

and don't let him play out there.

Don't you think you're overdoing it?

Thor isn't helpless.

How big is that dog?

Get this, he's 105 pounds.

Do you know how big a gray wolf gets?

Try 200 pounds!

Give me a break, Ted.

The dog barks at night...

...and suddenly you've got

a 200-pound wolf at the door!

Are you feeling okay?

Piss off.

Take your dog in the house, please!

I'd like to go for a run.

Come on.

Come on, it's bedtime!

Come on.

Come on!

Thor, come on!

It's bedtime!

Come on in.

Come on, come on. Good boy!

Come here.

What's up with you?

You be a good dog.

You be a good dog.

Be a good dog. Yeah, I love you, too.

Good night.

What's wrong, boy?

You want to go out?

Hey, buddy.

Come here.

Come on.

What happened to you?

Who cut you?

Oh, baby, who did this to you?

Come on, let's go clean you up.

Come on, it's okay.

It's all right. Come on, sweetie.

It's okay, come on.

This is Janet Harrison, 43 Oak Creek Lane.

Hi, Sheriff.

Are you in there?

You in here?

Nice, Ted.

December 28, 1995.

Stateside.

Saw a doctor here.

Had blood test.

Doctor couldn't identify strain.

Some infection that isn't in the books.

Had another blackout last night.

Woke up in the woods.

December 29, 1995.

Blacked out again. Woke in the woods.

Blood on me.

Not mine.

May 18, 1996.

I have tried all medical solutions

to no effect.

There is no known cure in medicine...

... but maybe...

... just maybe, there's hope for me.

Janet and Brett came up to the lake today.

To see her again did my heart good.

She has invited me to stay with her.

Perhaps if I spend time with her,

with my family...

... this disease will go into remission.

Medicine will not stave off this disease.

Perhaps love...

... its restorative power...

... family love...

... will save me.

It's my last chance.

Nobody...

...makes a f***ing fool out of me.

Here, doggie.

Here, poochie, poochie.

Come here, you frigging stupid dog.

Nice doggie.

Where have you been?

Is this the man who approached

your place last month?

Yes, it is.

He's dead.

His name is Jerry Mills.

We found him a couple hundred yards

from your house.

He bore the marks of an animal attack.

He's been torn open

by a big animal like a wolf or...

Or a dog, is that it?

Yes, ma'am.

I do recall you told me the last time

Thor almost took a bite out of him.

Maybe last night when Mills came back,

Thor attacked him again.

Thor got in a fight last night...

...with something or...

...someone.

He's got cuts all over him.

I see.

You know about these slayings

up in the Timberline area...

...those hikers that were killed?

Yes, Janet.

That wouldn't be the same animal.

It would've had to travel 200 miles

from Timberline to get here.

That's not what I mean.

My question is...

...is it possible that...

...they were committed by a human being?

No chance at all, Janet.

They were done by a big animal.

No man could tear a person apart

the way that beast butchered those people.

The same with Mills last night.

Wolves are the probable culprits.

Very big wolves, but not a man.

Not humanly possible.

Why did you ask?

I don't know.

I reckon that's all for now, Janet.

I'll be in touch.

Thanks.

One thing.

I know you love Thor.

If he tore up Mills,

he was doing so to protect you.

Once a dog becomes a biter, gets a taste

for blood, he becomes dangerous.

I suggest you consider shopping

for another hound.

Good morning, big guy.

How are you doing this morning?

Want to go outside, Thor?

Want to go outside?

Right to the Airstream.

Where were you last night, Ted?

I went for a run.

All night?

You didn't see anything?

Hear anything?

Get him off me!

No! Don't!

Get in the trailer!

Get him off!

Thor, get off!

Get in the house! I can't hold him back!

Come on! Come on!

Thor, come on! Bad dog! Bad dog!

Stop it! Come on! Calm down!

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