Behind the Scenes on 'The Blair Witch Project' Page #2

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It also has our system.

Nah, it has meters. Look.

But it's an American camera.

All those are meters.

What about the brown ones?

They're feet.

The brown ones are on there, right?

Yeah, but the white

ones are obvious.

-Didn't you use this camera before?

-Yeah. Once before.

How was today, guys?

I learned a lot, man.

About Mary Brown?

No, I learned a lot about. . .

. . .about shooting, just

shooting documentaries.

-We kicked some ass today.

-Cheers.

Very good day.

Excellent day.

Very good first day.

Let's do an equipment check,

after I call my mom.

-I got a bag of Utz and a beer.

-We don't need that on film.

So I guess you're covered then.

Could you run it a little

to check it's okay?

Sure.

I just want to check it's loaded

properly so we can shoot. . .

Okay, that's good, that's good.

That's good, thank you.

Let's relax, because we've got

a long day tomorrow.

Today's been easy.

We're gonna have to do a lot

of hiking, carry a lot of weight.

We're preparing.

Shut up, smartass.

Pour me a shot, please.

-I'm freaking out.

-You can't, you're the director.

I f***ing have to do this now,

okay? Do we have any weed?

Here I go.

Drink! Drink!

I hate f***ing scotch.

There's my friend Josh.

How are you?

I'm hurtin'.

I'm not ready for that thing yet.

I know you don't like it.

Hello. Welcome to day two.

The trail is along here.

It should be pretty obvious.

You guys heard of

the Blair witch?

I heard the myth. I don't

really believe much in it.

The myth?

That's all I think it is.

What'd you say, sir?

-I said damn fool kids never learn.

-Shut up.

Damn fool kids never learn?

That's what I said.

Why do you say that?

First of all, can I

have your permission. . .

. . .to use your image on a

video documentary?

I don't care about that, but. . .

You have to say yes or no, sir,

-Watch it.

-I'm sorry.

Yeah, sure, okay.

Some girl, in the late 1 800's. . .

. . . Robin Weaver, I

believe her name was, . . .

. . .supposedly wandered

off into the woods.

No "supposedly" about it.

She wandered off!

-Okay, wandered off.

-And got lost.

She got lost.

Wasn't no "supposedly".

Three days later. . .

. . .she appears back on her

grandmother's porch.

And everybody's mystified.

-She was babbling something. . .

-Her story.

Babbling something about. . .

. . .an old woman whose feet

never touched the ground.

I saw. . just by that

tree up the creek. . .

. . . about a hundred yards,

I saw a white misty thing.

Can't tell you what it was.

Like grey vapor rising

out of the trees.

Right out of the water.

Right out of the water?

Up the side of the trees,

Then it disappeared.

You're full of it.

I'm not. And I wasn't

drinking that day, either.

Sure you weren't.

How is that related to the

story of Coffin Rock?

It all ties in to the

story of Coffin Rock.

How's that?

Anybody round here. . .

. . . knows that the old woman has

haunted this area for years.

That's bullshit.

These woods are thick.

You excited?

You got it.

I hope he's not shooting a

whole shitload of stock.

I could help, but I'd

rather record.

Okay.

Packs on, we're ready to go.

We gotta go up to the shack?

Yeah.

My God, this is a very heavy pack.

Off to Coffin Rock.

I know exactly where we are now.

Mikey, give me the video camera.

I wanna get her going across, man.

I see a dirty behind.

Good jump.

Thank you.

There it is. See?

That's Coffin Rock.

"They went into the woods

ready to find death. . .

. . . but what they found

was inhumane. . .

. . .at the site called Coffin Rock.

. . . up on the rock, the torture. . .

. . .suffered by these five

brave men was obvious. . .

. . .they were tied up, one man's

hands tied to the next man's feet. . .

. . .forming a solid

human structure. . .

. . . blood indicated that

it had happened. . .

. . .while they were

alive and resisting. . .

. . .their intestines had been

crudely torn out. . .

. . .and on each of their faces there

was indecipherable writing. . .

. . .cut into their flesh

with precision. . .

. . .the men, shocked by

what had happened. . .

. . .went to find the sheriff. . .

. . .without sketching the writing

or touching the bodies . . .

. . .they returned to see

vultures at the rock.

But the bodies had been

removed by persons unknown. . .

. . .the stench of death

was still thick. . .

. . . but the bodies had been

taken in a matter of hours. . ."

That happened here

at Coffin Rock.

Let's rush, because I want

to camp, and it's 4:52.

It's late. We're gonna be

losing light soon.

But I can use the shot

without me in it. . .

. . . because I recorded sound

while reading the whole thing, . . .

. . . so I'm sure I can edit

it together somehow.

It's starting to rain.

Did you rent this thing?

Yeah. I don't have a

tent for three people.

Just wondering. . .

I don't usually travel with two men.

It is pouring with rain.

Can't even light a fire.

Show us what the stick is for.

Look. We've got our

very own leaning post.

If it smells of farts

too much in the night. . .

Okay, so I can't have a

cigarette in the tent, . . .

. . . but he can fart as

much as he wants?

No, I never gave Mike

a fart allowance.

You heard noises last night?

-I did.

-Problem is, I sleep like a log.

There were two separate noises. . .

. . .coming from two

areas over here. . .

. . .one of them could

have been an owl. . .

. . . but the other was a cackling.

No way.

It was a cackling, man.

If I heard a cackling,

I would've sh*t myself.

Where did we start yesterday?

Off the map.

I knew where we were going.

There was some confusion, but today. .

Wait, . . . say that again.

I said I knew where

we were going.

Wait, . . .was that a

full of sh*t statement?

No, it wasn't.

-So that wasn't bullshit?

-I knew where we were going.

You got us lost, man.

For a very short period of time.

Just don't get us lost today.

Yeah, seriously.

No. These places are

very well documented.

You happy with the documentary?

Yes, I am.

I'm very pleasantly surprised

by our little Mikey.

"Our Little Mikey?"

Our Little Mikey. . .

. . .a very spirited young man.

What do you think about the

witch? You think she exists?

I don't know.

Heather, I really hope

you find us a trail.

There's a trail up on

this hill. Don't worry.

We like shortcuts, don't we?

We like level shortcuts.

Not mountain shortcuts.

It's the first time we've

seen Mike's chest.

It's really hard to film on video.

He has really sporadic hair

patterns on his chest.

Like symbols.

It's like blank. . . hairy. .

. . . blank. . . hairy.

You should see my ass.

Look, here's f***ing Uruguay.

-And there's Paraguay.

-Yeah.

I think I see Bolivia.

What killed this

mouse? Witchcraft?

How 'bout God?

Is that the Blair Witch?

No. I think it's Heather,

taking a piss.

You know, I

really have to go.

Ohhh. . . go!

We're near the cemetery

trail. It should only be . . .

-What?

-Says who?

Says me, of course.

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