Monster Beach Party Page #2

WE WERE ON TOUR.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO PLAY IN

JACKSONVILLE TONIGHT.

THERE'S A HURRICANE DOWN

THERE.

YEAH, WE HEARD.

THAT'S A DRAG.

SO, WHERE YOU SUPPOSED TO

PLAY?

JACKSONVILLE.

NO, I GOT THAT.

WHAT BAR?

SOME PLACE CALLED

JACK'S DAIRY BAR.

YEAH, I KNOW THE PLACE.

THAT'S A TOUGH CROWD.

OH, YEAH.

THAT'S THE TOUR WE'RE ON.

IT'S THE HURRICANE-SEASON,

DIVE-BAR, TOUGH-CROWD TOUR.

NOT ANYMORE, WE'RE NOT.

WHERE ARE YOU HEADING, JOHN?

UH, MERRIVILLE ISLAND.

OH, WE JUST CAME FROM THERE.

WELL, I'VE GOT A FRIEND THA OWNS A GARAGE.

HE'S GOT A TOW TRUCK.

HE CAN GET YOU BACK ON THE ROAD.

THAT IS GREAT. THANKS.

WOW.

SO -- SO, JOHN, YOU LIVE HERE?

NO -- FLORIDA.

MY -- THE COPS CALLED ME IN TO

EXAMINE SOME ENIGMATIC DEBRIS ON

THE BEACH.

IT'S GOT AN ABERRANT ODOR, THEY

SAID.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

THE, UH -- WELL, SOMETHING

WASHED UP ON THE BEACH, AND THE

COPS DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

ALL THEY SAID WAS THAT I SMELLED.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL THEM?

I'M A BIOLOGIST AT THE

UNIVERSITY.

MY FATHER-IN-LAW IS A COP HERE.

WELL, MY EX'S FATHER, ACTUALLY.

SO, YOU'RE DIVORCED?

YEAH.

UH, SO, WHAT'S THE NAME OF YOUR

BAND?

THE VIOLAS.

WOULD I HAVE HEARD OF YOU?

EVER HEARD THE SONG

"BACK OFF MY BABY"?

NO.

HOW ABOUT "SHE CRIED"?

NOPE.

OKAY. WELL, NOW THAT YOU'VE

HEARD THEM, CALL YOUR LOCAL

RADIO D.J. AND REQUEST 'EM.

[ CHUCKLES ]

TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO DO THE

SAME.

MAYBE I'LL BE ABLE TO SAY,

"I KNEW THEM WHEN..."

THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU'RE ALL SET.

DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE PARTY --

TOMORROW NIGHT.

WE WOULDN'T MISS IT.

WE'LL SEE YOU LATER, THEN.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

HEY, THANKS.

OH, YEAH, THANKS FOR THE

RIDE.

HEY.

UH, GOOD LUCK -- WITH THE CAR

AND -- AND THE TOUR.

THANKS.

[ KEYS CLACKING SLOWLY ]

YOU GOT THAT MISSING-PERSONS

REPORT DONE YET?

JUST ABOUT.

[ CLACKING CONTINUES ]

WHERE IN THE HELL IS THA BOB?

I SWEAR TO GOD.

[ DOOR OPENS ]

HEY, LOOK AT THIS.

IT LOOKS LIKE SOME KIND OF

GORILLA FOOT, DOESN'T IT?

[ SIGHS ] GREAT.

YEAH.

YOU THINK WE HAVE SOME KIND OF

GORILLA ON THE LOOSE?

NO.

JUST GO PUT IT ON THE TABLE WITH

THE OTHER EVIDENCE, BOB.

ONE OFFICER DEAD, TWO MORE

PEOPLE MISSING.

IT JUST DON'T MAKE NO SENSE.

WHAT KIND OF HOMICIDAL MANIAC

WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

ACTUALLY, SHERIFF, I CHECKED

WITH THE PICKENS COUNTY MENTAL

HOSPITAL.

ALL THE PATIENTS ARE ACCOUNTED

FOR UP THERE.

I THINK WE'D HAVE BEEN

NOTIFIED IF THERE HAD BEEN AN

ESCAPED LUNATIC.

ALL RIGHT.

WHAT ABOUT THAT LITTLE GIRL?

SHE'S OUR ONLY WITNESS.

WE GOT TO GET HER TALKING.

AH, NO CHANGE AS OF THIS

MORNING.

I'LL CALL DR. JO AGAIN.

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

[ DOOR OPENS ]

HELLO?

HEY, JOHN.

[ Chuckling ] TILLIS.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

BOB.

SHERIFF.

THANKS FOR COMING UP ON SUCH

SHORT NOTICE.

OH, ABSOLUTELY.

TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS

MYSTERIOUS BEACH DEBRIS.

I'M AFRAID THERE'S A LITTLE

MORE TO IT THAN WHAT I TOLD YOU

ON THE PHONE.

WHAT IS IT?

WHY THE LONG FACES?

FRANK KINCADE IS DEAD, JOHN.

HE WAS KILLED LAST NIGHT.

OH, MY GOD.

WHAT HAPPENED?

SOMEONE OR SOMETHING TORE HIM

APART.

WE FOUND HIS BODY, OR WHAT WAS

LEFT OF IT, IN THAT DEBRIS ON

THE BEACH.

ANYONE SEE ANYTHING?

WE'RE NOT SURE.

WE FOUND A LITTLE GIRL ON THE

BEACH WHERE FRANK WAS KILLED.

WE THINK HER PARENTS DISAPPEARED

THERE LAST NIGHT.

SHE'S OVER AT DR. JO'S IN A

STATE OF SHOCK.

SHE HADN'T SAID ANYTHING SINCE

WE FOUND HER.

HOW CAN I HELP?

WE WERE HOPING YOU COULD I.D.

THAT DEBRIS.

THAT'D BE A START ON FIGURING

THIS THING OUT.

AND THERE'S THIS.

OH, MY GOD.

IT LOOKS LIKE A BIG GORILLA

FOOT, DOESN'T IT?

[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]

[ RECEIVER PICKS UP ]

MERRIVILLE POLICE.

OH, HEY, DR. JO.

THIS IS BOB.

OH, YEAH.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BE RIGHT OVER.

DR. JO HAS FRANK'S AUTOPSY

REPORT READY.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.

BOB, YOU TAKE JOHN TO THE CRIME

SCENE.

TILLIS, YOU'RE WITH ME.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THE GIRL, IF

I COULD.

YOU JUST DO WHAT I --

BOB, GO TO THE BEACH, GET A

PIECE OF THAT DEBRIS, BRING I TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE.

SURE THING, TILLIS.

GREAT.

I'LL GET MY THINGS OUT OF THE

CAR.

GOOD.

[ SIGHS ]

I AM IN CHARGE HERE.

SURE, DOUG.

YOU'RE THE SHERIFF.

[ SIGHS ]

HELLO?

HEY!

ANY IDEA WHAT THE PROBLEM IS?

BATTERY'S DEAD!

DOESN'T SOUND SO BAD.

WELL, IT'S DEAD 'CAUSE YOUR

ALTERNATOR KILLED IT.

THAT DOESN'T SOUND SO GOOD.

DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO

FIX IT TODAY?

YEAH.

GREAT.

IF I HAD AN ALTERNATOR.

WHEN WILL YOU BE ABLE TO GE ONE?

TOMORROW.

WE HAVE TO BE IN JACKSONVILLE

TONIGHT.

[ CLICKS TONGUE ]

THAT'S UNFORTUNATE.

IS THERE ANOTHER GARAGE IN

TOWN?

THIS TOWN?

YEAH, THIS TOWN.

NO.

CAN I SPEAK WITH THE OWNER?

THAT'S ME.

I'M HECTOR.

SO, WE'RE STUCK HERE?

I'M AFRAID SO.

GREAT.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TOWN.

I'M SURE IT IS.

HAPPENED ON A NIGHT I COULD

ALWAYS REMEMBER:

HAPPENED ON A NIGHT I COULD

NEVER FORGET:

YOU WERE AT OUR SHOW LAS NIGHT.

HIS ARMS WERE SO WARM, AND

HIS LIPS WERE SO TENDER

SEEMED SO RIGHT EVEN THOUGH

WE --

I PUT THE TIME OF DEATH

AROUND 9:
00, 9:30 P.M.

THERE WAS SEVERE TRAUMA TO THE

KIDNEYS, THE BLADDER, THE

SPLEEN, FOUR BROKEN RIBS, THREE

BROKEN VERTEBRAE, CRACKED

SKULL, SEVERE LOSS OF BLOOD DUE

TO LACERATIONS OF THE NECK AND

CHEST.

LET'S CUT TO THE VERB, DOC.

WHAT KILLED HIM?

ANY ONE OF THOSE THINGS COULD

HAVE KILLED FRANK.

THE CONSTELLATION OF INJURIES --

THE BITE MARKS, THE CLAW MARKS,

THE DEVASTATION OF THE TORSO --

SEEM TO POINT TOWARD SOME KIND

OF ANIMAL ATTACK, BUT NOT ANY

ANIMAL I'VE EVER SEEN.

AND THE SMELL,

DR. LAWRENCE -- IS THAT THE BODY

DECOMPOSING?

NO, AND I CAN'T IDENTIFY IT,

EITHER.

THANKS. THANKS, DR. JO.

COULD WE SEE THE GIRL NOW?

I THOUGHT SHE'D BE MORE

COMFORTABLE IN HERE.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT, HONEY?

WE'RE GONNA YOU HOME SOON.

HOW LONG HAS SHE BEEN LIKE

THIS?

EVER SINCE WE FOUND HER LAS NIGHT.

AND YOU SAID THAT THERE'S

NOTHING PHYSICAL TO ACCOUNT FOR

THIS?

NOTHING I CAN FIND.

WELL, CAN'T YOU GIVE HER

SOMETHING, DOC?

WE GOT TO GET HER TALKING.

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

PARDON ME, DR. JO.

OHH.

OHH.

I'VE GOT THAT BRANCH FROM THE

BEACH.

JESUS, BOB!

SORRY -- POLICE BUSINESS.

UGH.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT THE

SQUAD CAR SURE AS HELL REEKS OF

IT.

SKUNK APE!

SKUNK APE!

SKUNK APE!

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

SKUNK APE!

SKUNK APE!

SKUNK APE!

IT'S THE BRANCH.

IT'S THE DEBRIS FROM THE BEACH.

COME ON.

LET'S GET IT OUT OF HERE.

SKUNK APE!

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

SKUNK APE!

NOW, WHAT IN THE HELL WAS ALL

THAT ABOUT?

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW.

[ SCOFFS ]

THEN WHY THE HELL ARE YOU HERE,

KID?

SHE SEEMS TO HAVE CALMED DOWN

SOME.

DR. JO WILL TAKE GOOD CARE OF

HER.

NO.

NO, IT CAN'T BE.

WHAT IS IT, JOHN?

DID IT SOUND LIKE SHE WAS

SAYING, "SKUNK APE"?

SURE DID.

"SKUNK APE"?

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID.

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING

ABOUT?

I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER TOLD

YOU THIS STORY, TILLIS.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING I LIKE TO

TALK ABOUT MUCH.

WHAT IS IT, JOHN?

SPIT IT OUT, SON.

WHEN I WAS A KID, UP UNTIL I

WAS 10 YEARS OLD, MY PARENTS

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