Clawed

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(LIQUID TRICKLING)

(EERIE MUSIC)

(DOG BARKING)

(HEELS CLACKING)

(TENSE MUSIC)

Okay, testing,

one, two, testing.

Puh, puh.

Buh, buh.

Alright.

(CLOCK TICKING)

(SIGHS)

Welcome to Shadowlands,

where the veil

between reality and

myth is pulled aside,

leaving only the truth.

Today is my hundredth

episode and to celebrate

this milestone, I am on location

with a very special guest.

Across from me is

a legendary lawman,

the Sheriff of Bear Claw County

for almost five years,

Randall Reynolds.

Welcome, sir.

Miss.

I'd like to jump

right in, both feet,

just go for it.

Is that cool with you?

That's what we're here for.

Fans of the show

know that 10 years ago,

the Bear Claw Mountain

Wilderness Area

was the site of one

of the bloodiest

events in paranormal history.

12 people were

brutally mutilated

in what the press dubbed

The Bear Claw Massacre.

How does it feel,

Sheriff, to be one

of the few lucky survivors?

I lost my right hand.

My pelvis was crushed.

I almost bled to death

crawling to the local highway

after my encounter with that

thing.

I don't know if I'd

call that lucky.

I'm sorry for all you

suffered through, Sheriff,

but I'm a little confused.

In your official police

report, you claimed that

all the murders were

committed by a rabid

grizzly bear which you

dispatched with your firearm.

I claimed no such thing.

But isn't this your report?

That is some piece

of sh*t fairy tale

written up by the

Mayor's Office.

But that's your signature.

I stuck to the truth

as long as I could

until they threatened to ship me

to the state mental

hospital in Warm Springs.

Nobody believed me.

I was beat to hell

and I was just

so tired of fighting.

(SIGHS)

So, in the end, I went

along with their little plan

because I fought too

hard to keep my pension

and to stay out of the

booby hatch for years.

So, why open up now, Sheriff?

Aren't you still afraid of

what they might do to you?

The Mayor and all

his little cronies

behind the cover up,

they're all long gone.

Also, the town has

had time to heal,

and everyone there

needs to finally know

what really happened

during that time,

but more than anything,

I need to warn

your uh, more curious listeners.

They need to

understand one thing.

Stay away from

Bear Claw Mountain.

Well, Sheriff, the

mike is all yours.

Tell my thousands of

Shadowland subscribers

your eyewitness account.

Well, the trouble started

about fifty years ago.

All the locals knew to keep away

from the south side

of the mountain,

where there was this

unnatural black spring

that flowed through

this toxic waste

and then went out

into the deep woods.

Some charlatan came to

town and had a great idea

to make a couple of

bucks, so he claimed

that the waters actually had

miraculous healing powers.

Well, when people

heard about that,

that's when all the

desperate showed up.

When you got no hope,

you got no fear.

(BIRD CAWS)

(WATER RUSHING)

(COUGHING)

(TENSE MUSIC)

(EVIL MOANING)

No, no.

Katy, please.

(THUDS)

(GROANS)

Trust me.

It's the only way.

(WHIMPERING)

(SCREAMING)

No, please, no.

(RETCHING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(EERIE MUSIC)

Katy, no, that's enough.

No!

(SCREAMING)

(ROARING)

(CRUNCHING)

(BIRD CAWS)

Everyone suspected where those

Orderly sisters were headed,

so my Granddad quickly

gathered up a search party,

to cut the girls

off before they,

they could get that evil place.

But they were too late.

(BIRD CAWS)

Eyes to the ground,

folks, eyes to the ground.

Katy!

[MAN] Elizabeth!

Katy!

[MAN] Katy!

(EERIE MUSIC)

Sheriff!

(WHOOSHING)

We need to get back

to the trail head

in an orderly manner.

Sheriff?

(SCREECHING)

Alright, everybody,

now move on out!

(SCREAMING)

Oh, sh*t!

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(SCREAMING)

(THUDS)

(SCREAMING)

(TENSE MUSIC)

(SCREAMING)

(GROWLING)

(SCREAMING)

(DRAMATIC OMINOUS MUSIC)

(THUNDER BOOMING)

(CREAKING)

(EERIE MUSIC)

[DOCTOR] Morning, Jim.

How 'bout we cut the

sh*t and you tell me

why it is I'm here?

Okay, the results

aren't what we expected.

It's spread to your

lymphatic system.

What about all this

radiation treatment?

You said it would work.

I said chances were good.

You have a very aggressive

malignancy, Jim.

We thought we caught

it early enough

where the treatment could work.

So, this whole thing?

All the money I spent,

it was for nothing?

I can understand your anger.

No, you can't.

I'm gonna die, and there's

nothing you can do about it.

Nothing.

(ENGINE ZOOMING)

(TENSE MUSIC)

(COUGHING)

Afternoon, sir.

Hey.

Got a lot of supplies, there.

You headin' on up to

one of the cabins?

Is there a problem, officer?

No, just you got a

lot of food, there,

and bears always like food,

so you should just be careful.

Thank you.

Bears bad.

(TENSE MUSIC)

(CRICKETS CHIRPING)

(EERIE MUSIC)

(COUGHING)

(SLURPING)

(TENSE MUSIC)

(SLURPING)

(GURGLING)

(COUGHING)

(GURGLING)

(SLURPING)

Ah!

Ah!

(CRASHING)

Oh sh*t.

Oh sh*t.

(CLINKING)

(THUDS)

(EERIE MUSIC)

(TAPPING)

(CRICKETS CHIRPING)

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

(GASPING)

(GROANING)

(RETCHING)

(GAGGING)

(EERIE MUSIC)

(BIRD CAWS)

(RUSTLING)

(CHATTERING)

Yes.

No, I promise you.

We're almost there,

you guys, calm down.

(CHATTERING)

Morning, people.

Welcome to Bear Claw Mountain.

Park officials called the

U.S.G.S. Geological Service

after the earthquake

created surface fissures

and several newly

formed pockets of this,

as yet to be

determined discharge.

Excuse me, but if this

stuff is of an unknown origin,

shouldn't we be issued

some kind of hazmat gear?

(LAUGHING)

Hazmat gear?

This f***in' guy.

[MIKE] Yeah, it's actually

gear that protects you

from hazardous materials.

Rubber gloves and goggles'll

do just fine for now.

We'll be stationed

down at campsite five.

Well, see you all in

few hours, people.

It's that way.

Let's go, Red.

Get on down to the campsite.

Come on, baby, let

me help you with that.

Okay.

Thanks.

Oh, sorry.

Its all good, uh, George.

Amber.

Nice to meet you.

Hotties first.

(ENGINE ROARING)

(FOOTSTEPS)

[GARY] Good morning.

I'm so sorry I'm late.

No, it's okay, you're fine.

Come on.

It's not that bad.

[WOMAN] Okay.

(EERIE MUSIC)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(VACUUM CLEANER WHIRRING)

Who's there?

(TENSE MUSIC)

Jim?

Oh.

Jim.

[JIM] I don't wanna

hear it, alright?

[TAMARA] Jim?

I gave up on remission

a long time ago.

Can't you just let

me die in peace?

Your body is

telling you something.

Tam, if I want a

drink or a cigarette,

it's my business.

I don't need a

f***in' babysitter.

[TAMARA] Honey.

What?

You're standing.

Ah!

Oh, it's a miracle!

(LAUGHING)

(EERIE CHIMES)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

- (TENSE MUSIC)

- Great. Bite your lip for me.

Little more.

Alright.

I gotta go.

(INDISTINCT)

(EERIE MUSIC)

Gary?

Hello?

(GASPING)

It's okay, calm down.

It's alright.

(SQUEAKS)

(FOOTSTEPS)

(WHOOSHING)

(SCREAMING)

(TENSE MUSIC)

(SCREAMING)

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