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and get him.

We have to go out and get Johnny.

He's out there.

Please, don't you hear me?

We've got to go out and get him.

Please!

We have got to go get Johnny!

Please help me!

Look, don't you know what's going on out

there? This is no Sunday school picnic.

Don't you understand?

My brother is alone.

- Your brother is dead.

- No! My brother is not dead!

Radio:
Because of the obvious threat

to untold numbers of citizens,

and because of the crisis

which is even now developing,

this radio station will remain

on the air, day and night.

This station and hundreds of other

radio and TV stations

throughout this part of the country

are pooling their resources

Through an emergency network hookup

to keep you informed of all developments.

At this hour, we repeat,

these are the facts as we know them.

There is an epidemic of mass murder

being committed by a virtual army

of unidentified assassins.

The murders are taking place

in villages, cities,

Rural homes and suburbs with no apparent

pattern or reason for the slayings.

It seems to be a sudden,

general explosion of mass homicide.

We have some descriptions

of the assassins.

Eyewitnesses say they are

ordinary looking people.

Some say they appear to be

in a kind of trance.

Others describe them as being...

So, at this point there is

no really authentic way for us

to say who or what to look for

and guard yourself against.

...reaction of

law enforcement officials

is one of complete

bewilderment at this hour.

Police, sheriffs' deputies,

and emergency ambulances

are literally deluged

with calls for help

The scene can best be described

as mayhem.

Mayors of Pittsburgh,

Philadelphia, and Miami,

Along with the governors of several

eastern and midwestern states

have indicated the national guard

may be mobilized at any moment,

but that has not happened as yet.

The only advice our reporters have been

able to get from official sources

is for private citizens to stay

in their homes behind locked doors.

Do not venture outside,

for any reason,

until the nature of this crisis

has been determined

and until we can advise

what course of action to take.

Keep listening to radio and TV

for any special instructions

as this crisis develops further.

Thousands of office and factory

workers are being urged

to stay at their places of employment,

not to make any attempt

to get to their homes.

However, in spite of this

urging and warning,

streets and highways are packed

with frantic people

trying to reach their families,

or apparently to flee just anywhere.

Repeat:
The safest course of action at

this time is simply to stay where you...

Ladies and gentlemen,

we've just received word

that the president has called

a meeting of his cabinet

to deal with

the sudden epidemic of murder

which has seized the eastern

third of this nation.

The meeting is scheduled

to convene within the hour.

Members of the presidential

cabinet will be joined

by officials of the FBI and the joint

chiefs behind closed doors.

A White House spokesman,

in announcing this conference,

says there will be

an official announcement

as soon as possible

following that meeting.

This is the latest dispatch

just received in our newsroom.

Latest word also from national

press services in Washington, D.C.,

that the emergency presidential

conference which we've just mentioned

Will include high-ranking scientists

from NASA.

Radio and TV stations across

the eastern part of the country

including the one

to which you are listening

have joined their facilities

in an emergency network

to bring you this news

as it develops.

We urge you to stay tuned

to radio and TV

and to stay indoors at all costs.

Late reports

reaching this newsroom

tell of frightened people

seeking refuge

in churches, schools

and government buildings.

Demanding shelter

and protection

from the wholesale murder

which apparently

is engulfing

much of the nation.

Law enforcement officials

are at a loss to explain or,

even at this hour, even to theorize

about the reasons

for this wave of murder...

Chief T.K. Dunmore of Camden, North

Carolina, is quoted as saying, quote,

"Tell the people, for God's sake,

to get off the streets. "

"Tell 'em to go home and lock

their doors and windows up tight. "

"We don't know what kind of murder-happy

characters we have here. " End quote.

That's chief Dunmore of Camden,

North Carolina.

So far the only descriptions,

the only clues,

anyone has of the killers

come from frightened witnesses.

These eyewitness accounts

variously describe

the murderers

as "ordinary looking people,"

"Misshapen monsters. "

"People who look

like they're in a trance. "

And "things that look like

people but act like animals. "

Some eyewitnesses tell

of seeing victims

who look as though

they had been torn apart.

This whole ghastly story

began developing two days ago

with the report of the slaying

of a family of seven...

Since then, reports

of some senseless killings

began snowballing

in a reign of terror

which has hopscotched...

...keep track of

the murder reports

by the placing of markers on a map

seem to indicate

a general spreading

from the extreme southeastern

and states north and west.

Our newsmen,

who have been on the telephone

talking with officials

of other cities

have determined that none

of this kind of mass murder

has yet been reported west of

the Mississippi river,

except in the extreme

southeastern portion of Texas.

Similar killings

have been reported

around the Houston

and Galveston areas

but nothing like the...

I found a gun

and some bullets out there.

Oh, and these.

This place is boarded up

pretty solid now.

We ought to be all right here

for a while.

We have a gun and bullets,

Food and the radio,

Sooner or later, someone's bound

to come and get us out.

So again, we join

with law enforcement agencies

in urging you

to seek shelter in a building.

Lock the doors and windows

securely.

Hey, that's us.

We're doing all right.

Be cautious

of any suspicious strangers,

and keep tuned to your

radio and television

for survival instructions

and further details

of this continuing story.

Look, I don't know

if you're hearing me.

But I'm going upstairs now.

If anything should try to break in,

I can hear it from up there.

I'll be down to take care of it.

Everything is all right for now.

I'll be back to reinforce

the windows and doors later.

But you'll be all right

for now, ok?

Ok?

Radio:
Civil defense

officials in Cumberland

have told newsmen

that murder victims

show evidence of having been

partially devour by their murderers.

Consistent reports from witnesses

to the effect that people

who acted

as though they were in a kind of trance

were killing and eating

their victims.

Prompted authorities to examine

the bodies of some of the victims.

Medical authorities in Cumberland

have concluded that in all cases

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