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of Borneo and new Guinea. This secret

and primitive ritual, um... I just can't believe it. We vvere

very privileged to photograph it. The 30 men,

each from the two villages, lay side by side

on their stomachs. Then 30 women stand over them

with their legs astride. And the two chosen pairs

of men and women wiggle through

the living tunnel. And as they pass, the women emit

groans as if in child birth. At the end of the tunnel, they drop

their loincloths over the cquples, symbolic of the rebirth

from a common mother. Then the newborns are

wrapped on coconut fibers like swaddling clothes. And the symbolic birth

is over, and the ceremony ended. Thank you, Kim. Scenes like this

are a direct link with man's primitive past. Modern man has only

to take a short step to wind up in the primeval

jungle of his ancestors. Hmm. Any questions? - Ah-choo!

- Bless you. We'll pick this up

next time. Now, do be prepared

with pages... 120... Through 127. Thank you. Vvhat's the meaning of this, vvalking in

during the middle of one of my lectures? I'm lieutenant Austin.

Police department. Uh, miss Griffin said

i should talk with you. About what? Anne barron. Yes, I see. It's not that i

knevv the girl very vvell. She'd only been enrolled

for a couple of months. This is the person

you should talk with. Kim? - Yes?

- This is, uh, lieutenant... - Austin.

- Right. From the police department. She and Anne vvere very good friends.

Right, Kim? - Yes.

- I just need some background. We don't have much yet. If I can help,

I'll try. Ohh, this vvhole thing

must be upsetting for you. Yeah. Well, anything that you

can tell the lieutenant I'm sure will help. Thank you.

You're so kind. I finished typing

your notes. You want

to go through them? Yes, of course. If you'll excuse me,

lieutenant. Thank you. What is it

you want to know? Anything

that comes to mind. Did she have any close

friends aside from you? Not many. She was really

a very quiet girl. A boyfriend? Yes. There was a boyfriend. Who was he? I don't know. And you were

her close friend? She would never tell me. She was secretive

about it. He was older

than she was, but she never said

who it was. Why would she do that? Maybe we both knevv him, and she didn't

vvant me to knovv of their affair. A married man, maybe. Something like that. Hovv

could anyone do such a thing? I don't know

what to tell you, Kim. Maybe what your professor

said just now is true. We've all only just stepped

out of the primal jungle. Goodnight. Thank you. Thank you. How'd you get on,

lieutenant? Alright.

She's a little shaken up. Yes, of course. Vvell, she's

a very sensitive girl. I think that she's more upset

than she's letting on. This is miss adjai, our exchange student.

Lieutenant Austin. Hello. I'll have this copied first thing

in the morning. Goodnight. - Goodnight.

- Goodnight. Goodnight. Well... Thank you for your

time, professor. You know,

lieutenant... I think you're dealing vvith

a psychctic killer here, a maniac that strikes

vvithout rhyme or reason... Without

any tangible motive. It's going to be a very hard

person for you to find. Oh, we'll find him. Goodnight. Goodnight. A salami on rye

and a cheeseburger. - Hi.

- Hi, carcl. Just coffee, please. Coffee. Okay. Hey, you. I told you tc) Clean

the tables 20 minutes agc. He can't help it. I've never seen such

a god damn stupid. Hey, you. Vve're up to

our ass in garbage. Get it out. So now he belongs

to us, huh? - Thanks, Carol.

- Ha ha ha! College girls. All they

talk abcut is sex. I ain't got no degree, but I can

give a lecture on that subject. Do you want

anything else? No, thanks. You're in that, uh... professor

millett's class, aren't you? - Yes. Why?

- Is it true? What true? - That he fools around vvith all

his students. - I vvouldn't knovv. Who can blame him? A good-looking guy

like that and all those horny coeds. Come to think of it, I wouldn't

throvv him out of bed myself. Hey. You're not vvalking

home alone tonight, are you? After what happened? I'll be alright. Aah! Jesus, Vince! You scared

me half to death! I didn't mean to. Front door vvas locked. I rang the bell.

Didn't you hear? I came in the back way. I thought you weren't

coming home till later. Aren't you pleased

to see me? Ohh...Yeah. Ahh. Aah! No! Aah! Aah! What are you doing? No. Oh. Leave me alone. Leave me alone. Go--go away. Go--go away. Please. Ah...Ah...No! No! No! No! Ah! Ah! No! No! No! Aah! Aah! Our friend really has

a taste for the bizarre-- the old head-in-the-fish-tank

routine. And to do that, he had to

climb tvvo flights of stairs. Carrying the head

already. Just to throw the head

in a fish tank. See? Like I said,

it's bizarre. Sergeant taj, we have

a 214 situation. - That's b-1214.

- The question is why. - Good quesuon.

- So what's the answer'? Beats me. Tango-14, are

you reading? Over. The sandwich. Tango-14,

do you read me? We keep coming back

to water. Mm-hmm. Well, they say our

distant ancestors all crawled up

out of the ocean. Not mine. Mine came frqm a small

tovvn on the turkish border. That makes two victims

from the same girls school. And this one vvorked in

an aquarium feeding fish. More water. Maybe the guy vve're

after is a sailor, and he thought she was

some kind of mermaid like--vvhat do they call

them-- those Lorelei-- why do I put up

with you? Because I'm lovable. Don't you ever take

your job seriously? Aw, come on, judd. If we did, we'd end up

in the funny farm. Duck pond...Bucket...

And fish tank. What the hell

are you eating? A sandwich.

Would you like some? Yeah. Tuna fish. Is professor millett in? I'd

like to have a vvord vvith him. I'm afraid that's

impossible. He's vvorking and left strict

instructions not to be disturbed. But miss, uh, adjai...

Is that right? - That's right.

- I'm not a salesman. I'm a police officer, and i

can disturb anybody anytime. I'll see if he can

talk to you. This way, please. I, um, I didn't expect

to find you here. I vvork here. I'm professor

millett's research assistant. You wait there, please. Come in, please. Have a seat, lieutenant Austin.

Be with you in a minute. No, thank you,

I'll stand. Well, then, what

can I do for you? - There's been another killing.

- Hmm. That doesn't seem

to surprise you. When man kills

for the sake of killing, there's no reason

why he should stop. Do you really believe man

can kill just like that? Why not? You see, animals kill vvhen they're

hungry or vvhen they're threatened. But man is the only animal

who destroys his own kind for the sheer

pleasure of it. The dead girl vvas one of

your students, professor. Don't tell me these are

motiveless killings, because

i don't believe it. Who was it? Kim morrison. Both girls were

in your class. I'd have to be

very, very stupid not to think that there

could be some connection. - Such as?

- Tell me. - Coincidence.

- Would you like to know the statistics on that

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