Freshwater Page #5

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I swear I.

Here.

You don't see the similarities?

Where's this?

Atlanta.

You were called in for a

gator attack in Atlanta?

Exactly, even you know they're

not suppose to be up there.

Yeah but you were

called in because there

was a gator attack.

Yes, there's evidence

of gator involvement.

And he was found?

Sorta, yeah, yeah, he was but.

Jeez, Brenda this is like

serial killer porn.

You know what Sam, there's

something going on alright.

There's something at play

that's more than just a gator.

If you could stop being a fat head,

just open your eyes for a second.

Fat head?

Really?

I'm sorry I called you fat head.

But you,

you have to trust me.

Alright.

Let's take a look.

Thank you.

See this.

I mean.

Wait, do you see this?

No, what is it?

I don't know.

You think you can get it?

Explain that, Sam.

I'm really sorry about that, guys.

Well deputy, it seems

you just might be right.

What do you mean?

He means we are going back to the lake

to find out exactly

what happened to Jamie.

Alright but I'm never

getting in that water again.

Okay you know what Clyde,

you have more chance

of being struck by lightning

than being bit by a gator.

There's still an investigation

about 30 miles from

here on a lightning strike.

[Clyde And Brenda] Not helping.

Yeah well.

You kids have fun out

there on the water.

I'm gonna stay back here

and see how long it takes

to get a full report back on this.

You know I said I'd never

go in the water again

but I never said anything

about going on it.

Oh yeah that's a nice head, Clyde.

Yep.

(beeping)

What are you even doing out here?

Kim was crying out for Travis

so I came out to get him.

Come on we gotta go.

Are you just gonna leave him out there?

JASON:
Yeah.

We heard screaming, what happened?

Where's Travis?

He's.

He's.

(sobbing)

He's dead.

He's dead.

CLAUDIA:
Okay what

the hell is going on?

Okay, okay we can't just,

we can't just stand here,

we need to calm down

and figure out what to do.

There has to be an

emergency phone right?

Someway to get in touch

with the mainland?

Yeah you would think, Matt.

I've never seen anything like that.

(crying)

This has gotta be a dream.

It's gotta be a dream.

It's not a dream.

It's not a dream buddy.

Hey, hey, hey!

I need you to focus, okay?

I need you to focus and

help me figure out a way

to get off this god damn island.

You're right I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry I snapped at you.

Say what we do is we just

bunker down for the night.

Nobody else leaves, nobody goes outside.

Maybe in the morning

the phones will be up

and we can call somebody to come get us.

Yeah that's our best bet,

we'll just stay here, look it.

At least in this room

we still got the lights.

(crying)

Well f***.

CLYDE:
Now what do we do

if this gator attacks?

BRENDA:
Well if you're feeling

brave you could whack it

on the ears and the shock

will send it running.

CLYDE:
How do you know

where the ears are?

BRENDA:
Well I know because

I'm the gator expert.

Shouldn't we have a bigger boat?

I mean this is a pretty big

gator we're looking for, right?

Yeah.

But you know what he shouldn't

be hungry for at least

a week or so.

Oh, well that makes me

feel so much better.

Do you want me to head

back towards the dock?

Nope.

I wanna stay here along

the shore for a bit.

I can handle being close to shore.

You know.

You don't seem much

like a DUI kind of girl.

Well.

Sometimes dead bodies

are hard for me too.

And the assault charge?

You got a boyfriend who likes

to punch you enough times

at some point

you wanna punch back.

How much longer do

you wanna be out here?

Wait, sh, sh, sh.

Slow down, slow down, slow down.

Okay, okay what is it?

I don't know.

It's like a log but.

You know what is this?

No, no, no, don't it's.

Oh my god it's a gator, oh my god.

Okay hold on.

BRENDA:
Deputy calm

down, deputy calm down.

You were gonna flip the boat.

But I gotta get us to.

BRENDA:
I know, I know.

Yeah but your hand, it's bleeding.

I know.

Yeah I am.

But that's okay.

That is okay, I've done this before.

Okay.

Tell you what.

That was no gator.

What was it?

No but that was not natural.

Hang on.

Alright.

Hand me that stick.

What?

BRENDA:
Hand me the stick.

What are you doing I need

to get you back to land

and to the doctor.

Sh, sh, hang on, hang on.

Got it, okay got it.

Got what?

I don't know, hang on.

Oh god.

Oh.

What is it?

It's a snare.

CLYDE:
For what?

I don't know, catching something.

Okay now just get in

the boat, can we go?

We will be fine.

We'll be fine.

(thunder crackling)

Oh god, okay we're going home.

Okay it's time to go.

We're going home, okay.

Go.

(eerie music)

Alright Jason, grab your flashlight,

we should go flip the

breaker see if we can get the

lights on in here.

Um.

I don't wanna sound like

a girl in horror flick but

I say we just stay here.

In view of each other.

K, that was probably

just the wind moving a

branch or something.

Even if it was.

We've got food, plenty

of beer, the fire.

There's no reason for

us to leave this room.

Are you afraid of the dark?

No, I'm afraid of what I

can't see in the dark, Matty.

Yeah, yeah, you're right,

there's no reason to leave this room.

Um, guys.

I have to pee.

Yeah I'm gonna say she

leaves the room for that.

Yeah.

Okay come on, I'll go with you.

No, don't leave me.

Honey, I'm only gonna be gone a second.

Matt can you just?

Yeah.

Come on.

How drunk are you?

Pretty drunk.

Is it helping?

The nightmare's a little

blurrier.

Blurrier?

Does that work?

(laughing)

No don't make me laugh,

I'm gonna pee my pants.

Where is it?

(eerie music)

Matt?

Is that you?

Hello?

(door slamming)

Who you talking to?

Thought I saw someone.

I don't see anybody.

Yeah me neither.

It's weird.

Come on.

(whistling)

What are you whistling?

It's just something I learned

in high school French class.

That's a terrible song

about skinning a bird.

It's the only one I

could think of, okay?

(thunder crackling)

Great.

Could this day get any worse?

Yeah I guess so.

(whistling)

(piano music)

You know this thing is

actually pretty fascinating.

How so?

Well the way the hinge snaps

and then drags like that

I mean that's like a real bear.

Beautiful.

When the gator attacks,

it slams its jaws shut

on its prey, dragging it

to the bottom to drown it.

Exhibit A would suggest this

is what happened to our victim.

However, something metal was used

possibly to

mimic a gator's attack.

Waiting on analysis of

metal object found in

victim's body known as exhibit B.

Oh we've got a message,

please be the Sheriff.

Careful, do you have

any tools I can use to

play around with this thing?

Where you going?

Travis Beecher and his idiot friends are

stuck out on Beecher's Island.

I gotta go get em'.

Okay, you want any company?

Nah.

You stay here, figure what

this is and who made it.

Yeah, yeah, okay.

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