Population Zero Page #7

But we're here to do

the Dwayne interview.

That's the whole point

of this story.

Get the f*** out

of my way.

F*** off.

- Come on, soldier.

- Yeah, yeah.

This is insane, dude.

What do you mean

this is insane?

This is what

we came here for, man.

Do you realize

the guy is following us,

and he's a murderer?

We came here with a purpose.

We are following a story.

A purpose to stay alive.

You heard Patrick, all right.

If he admits to a motive,

he's not protected anymore.

So we're gonna walk away now

after all this time?

Yeah, we're sitting ducks.

We came all this f***ing way.

You know what? F*** you.

Stop being a p*ssy.

Things finally started

to makes sense.

The more I thought about

all the events,

the more I began to comprehend

how Dwayne got away with murder.

There was the connection

to Raymond Gibbs and his son.

But Dwayne killed three boys.

That was the scary part.

Ingeniously scary.

If he killed Cody alone,

it's far easier to draw

the lines together.

So he diluted the motive.

Kill Cody, you have murder

and motive.

Kill them all, it's a random

act of violent insanity.

Adam did have a point.

I decided to take a copy

of the footage

and a letter to the cops,

in case anything happened.

When I started

this documentary,

it was a passion project

based on a crazy story.

It's not a story,

it's a tragedy.

But I never thought

it would lead to this.

I never though I would

fear for my life.

That's it, right there.

When I get there,

shut that down.

He was very,

very adamant about...

The fact that he'll tell us

where to set up and what to do.

You all right?

I'm fine.

Okay.

I know you don't wanna be here.

Dude, I'm fine.

Jesus! Where the f***

does this man live?

All right. Shut it off.

Let's do this.

Where's your camera guy?

It's just me and you.

Okay.

This isn't an interview, is it?

No, it's not.

- Where is your son?

- Oh...

Just leave my son out of this.

Okay, you've got

something to say,

so why don't you just say it?

You don't need me here.

It's not true. I do need you.

Why?

I think that if you

see something

that is completely

wrong and unjust,

you have a philosophical

moral obligation

to speak up against it,

even if you cannot change it.

You've seen my film.

Yeah.

I've seen

a lot of things, Julian.

And nothing's changed.

But an eye for an eye?

Is that really your answer?

Are you even now with Raymond?

Oh...

If...

If a child is ripped away

from you like that...

There's no replacing it.

There's no eye for an eye.

But you are a murderer now.

I didn't ask to be

a part of it.

But as I man,

as a husband and as a father,

you do what's necessary.

You found it necessary

to kill three innocent boys?

These people get away

with murder every day.

Hell, you made documentaries

about it.

But you're

just sitting there...

You're sitting there

and you're judging me,

just like everyone else.

Those people, they...

They manipulate the laws.

And you can speak up,

you can...

You can protest.

It doesn't matter.

I'm just the first guy

to play their...

Their game by their rules.

Are you saying

that you planned

and carried out the murder

of Raymond Gibbs' son?

Julian, I'm saying

Raymond Gibbs hasn't

suffered enough.

It still doesn't hide the fact

that you killed Thomas Burnett

and David Drabeck.

Do you think I'm a monster?

You murdered three boys.

And you filmed it.

Yeah, I watch that film

every day.

I watch that film every day.

Because if I didn't,

I would not have

the strength to...

Okay, Dwayne, we'll take

a break if you want.

Dwayne!

Dwayne! Jesus!

F***!

Dwayne! Oh, sh*t! Adam!

Dwayne?

Dwayne?

Holy sh*t.

Oh!

Holy sh*t, dude.

- Call an ambulance.

- Are you okay?

Call an ambulance.

I am, I am.

What the f***.

His kid's in the back.

What did you do, man?

...camera guy?

It's just you and me.

That's good.

This isn't an interview, is it?

No, it's not.

Are you saying that--

I wanted something good

to come from this.

I thought that I would

find it in the truth.

Raymond Gibbs

hasn't suffered enough.

Some people

congratulated me on

getting to Dwayne.

Cornering him into the truth.

Jesus! F***!

Dwayne! Holy sh*t! Adam!

But there's more to it

than that.

Dwayne?

Dwayne?

Holy sh*t.

Oh!

Holy sh*t, dude!

Are you okay?

Call an ambulance.

I am, I am.

What the f***.

His kid's in the back.

Dwayne's son

had died two months earlier.

About the same time I had

received the anonymous email

about the Yellowstone Murders.

Losing his son

was the final straw.

Dwayne was clinging

to his son's life

more than he was

clinging to his own.

When I returned home,

I had another email

from chasingbisonbear.

No subject, no message.

That image was always

a metaphor for me.

The chase through Yellowstone.

But I never fully understood

if I was the bear,

or if I was the bison.

The hunter or the hunted.

Now I realize I was neither.

I was just the guy

with the camera,

who captured the story.

...or whatever.

And Dwayne...

Dwayne and Bear,

they went in

pretty much all the time.

Sorry, "Bear"?

Bear, yeah. Barry was his dad.

Yeah.

Dad's just a...

Barry was his dad.

Yeah.

Unlike me, Dwayne actually

looked up to his father.

I should have

paid more attention

to the email address

from the beginning.

Two names appear under

the handle "Bison Barry".

One, a sports director

from a University

radio station in Cleveland,

the other a part time writer

for the West Yellowstone

Newspaper

back in the '70s.

His full name,

Barry Robert Nelson.

Father to Dwayne Nelson.

What caught my eye most

was one article in particular,

written back in 1978.

"Idaho - Population Zero."

...as the Yellowstone murderer

was found dead in his home

early this morning.

Police have yet to reveal

the full details

surrounding his death,

but early reports

suggests suicide.

The whole time,

I believed that Dwayne

wanted to admit the truth.

But as way to cleanse his soul.

Now I know that this was

all part of his plan.

Everything from the get go

had been on his terms.

Everything.

The murders, the loophole.

Even this film.

He wanted revenge, he got it.

He wanted the truth out there,

he got that, too.

He used me,

he used the Justice System,

he used us all.

I struggled a lot with whether

I should release this film,

and whose story

I was trying to tell.

I wanted something good

to come from this.

I thought that I would find it

in the truth.

The truth was worse.

One man picked a fight with

a multi-million dollar company,

whose fracking process

was poisoning his home

and killing his family.

But nobody won here.

Not at the expense

of a man's life,

his family's,

and three young men.

I think there's a lot more

to it than even

Dwayne's letting on.

You know, maybe something that

can shed a better light.

That's Dwayne.

He's just gonna bottle it up

and tell you what you need.

Bye bye.

Okay.

- Muah!

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