The Monster of Piedras Blancas Page #3

Mister Kochek!

Mister Kochek!

Hey, Mister Kochek,

where are ya?

Mister Kochek!

Mister Kochek!

Mister Kochek!

Mister Kochek?

We lay these brothers

to rest with this promise...

...that their untimely shall

not go unaccounted for.

As we put them to rest

in the good earth of

their native village

I shall read these words,

for they were men who

lived and died by the sea.

"Oh, most powerful

and glorious Lord God,

at whose command the winds blow,

- lift up the waves of...."

- Murder, murder, murder!

Mom!

Someone's been murdered!

Mom!

Someone's been murdered!

Who is it, Jimmy?

Mister Kochek.

- He's dead. He looks awful.

- Where, Son, where, where?

I went his store to

buy some candy

and he was in

his office, dead!

Mom, he didn't

have any head!

Doc, can you hold them here for a few

minutes 'til I get back to town?

- Ya, ya, sure.

- Come on, Eddie, let's go.

We're not through here yet, folks.

Let us repeat

the Lord's Prayer.

Our Father, who art in Heaven...

This is no place for

women and children.

I'll send 'em home.

Come on, please,

go on home.

Until the doc has

looked at the body,

we'll give you a report.

Go ahead now.

Eddie, put the body

on the counter cloth.

- How'd it happen?

- You'd better have a look.

Eddie, you better

get outside

and get yourself some fresh

air so you feel better.

Okay.

Yeah, and poor little Jimmy

had to see a thing like this.

- Is that Kochek?

- Yeah.

Same way?

A complete transection of all the

veins and arteries, plus the esophagus,

the trachea, and the spinal cord.

I couldn't have done

a cleaner job myself.

And no blood again, Doc?

- Pumped dry.

- All right, that does it!

Now let's have a look around

and see what we can find.

He must have been killed

last night or early this morning.

Now look,

this blob of ink here,

it's completely dry.

Now I'd say that much ink wouldn't

dry in less than 4 hrs, Doc.

What do you think?

- Yeah, I say 4 hrs. minimum.

- Yeah.

I drove by here about 10:30 last

night. The door was open.

So I stopped in to see if

everything was all right.

Kochek said he

had to work late.

It was hot in here and he left

the door open to get some air.

It must have happened

between 10:
30 and 4 this morning.

It's difficult to tell with a

body in that condition.

I'd say about 1 or 2 a.m.

Yeah, well, I'll settle for that.

- Fred, did you find anything?

- No, nothing yet.

Fred, come here a minute!

What do you make of this?

I don't know.

It looks like a fish scale,

but it's too big.

Well, maybe something

he picked up on the beach.

Well, could be, but I've never

seen anything like it before.

Let's take it over

to my office.

We can run some tests on it and

look at it under the microscope.

Might as well.

Doesn't seem to be anything

else around here. Let's go.

- Are you all right?

- Yeah.

Take the body in the ice room, Eddie.

Lock the place up and stay here

and keep an eye on things.

- I'll send a relief over later.

- Sure. Did you find anything?

No.

- Maybe it was Kochek's monster!

- Now, none of that!

We got enough

trouble the way it is.

You two scientists have

been dipping that thing in

the solution for the last hour...

...looking at it this way and that.

Now what is it?

Our good constable doesn't seem to

realize that scientific investigation

is a slow and tedious process...

- ..sometimes taking years.

- Oh, fine. We haven't even got days.

Oh, relax, George.

I'll be through here in a minute.

Fred, hand me that comparator slide.

Fred!

Come here and take

a look at this.

What do you think?

There's no doubt about it,

the two structures are similar.

What's similar?

The structure of the specimen we found

in Kochek's store is essentially the same

as that of the Diplovertebron.

Only larger.

What is a Diplovertebron?!

It's a prehistoric amphibious

reptile thought to be extinct.

Fossilized specimens have been

found about a 100 miles north of here.

But this is living tissue.

Living tissue? I thought you

said they were extinct.

This is not the scale of a Diplovertebron.

- I simply said they were similar.

- What is it then?

I wish we knew that and how

it got into Kochek's store.

Why, he's always roaming

up the coast fishing,...

...it's probably something he

found and brought home with him.

Well, maybe, but I still want

to run a few more tests on this.

- Yeah.

- I think so.

And in the meantime, I'm no

closer to solving my problem.

Well, that's about it until we can

make positive identification

one way or another.

Even then it may not help.

I can't do any good here. I might

as well get back to the cafe.

Mr. Matson!

Mr. Matson!

Mr. Matson!

Oh, Mr. Matson, I've been

looking all over for you.

- What's the matter?

- It's Dad!

- What happened?

- I don't know exactly...

I found him at the bottom

of one of the caves.

He's hurt, I can tell.

He's unconscious!

Just take it easy.

We'll go right out.

Here, Lucy. Take one of these.

You'll feel better in a minute.

- Can you make it?

- All right, let's get going.

- Here you are, Doc.

- Thanks.

Lucy, you stay here.

- Doc!

- Yeah.

How is he, Doctor?

He has a bad gash in his

right arm and his leg is hurt.

I can't tell how badly until I

examine him more carefully.

Help me get him to his feet.

Be careful.

That arm is hurt real bad.

That's it.

- George?

- Yeah.

- Get my bag will you, please.

- All right.

Let's get him to the lighthouse...

...so I can give him a more

thorough examination.

Come on. Come on.

That's it.

In there.

Through there.

Easy.

- Would anybody like coffee?

- Yes.

- Why don't you get some.

- I'll be a minute.

- She's taking it pretty well.

- She a fine girl, Fred.

Yeah, I know.

Doc?

How is he?

He's had a bad fall,

but he's the wiry type.

Doctor?

No, no. Later, Lucy.

Thank you.

Will he be all right?

I don't know.

He'll need rest.

Take some time for

this arm to heal...

...and we'll have to be

careful no infection sets in.

- What about his leg?

- Fortunately it isn't broken.

There's just a sprain

and a bad cut.

- I'll tape it up.

- Thank goodness.

Honey, do you have any idea

how this might have happened?

Nothing more than I told you.

I went to bed about eleven.

I thought I heard him go out,

but I'm not sure.

- Was he alone?

- Probably Ring went with...

- That's strange.

- What?

In all the excitement,

I hadn't noticed.

Ring hasn't been around

all morning.

You know, I've never

seen those two apart.

They never are, except when

Dad goes into town...

...then he locks him up.

I'll call him.

Ring!

Here, Ring!

Ring!

Come here, Ring!

I don't know where

he's gotten to.

He usually comes

when I call him.

Oh, he'll show up.

Lucy...

here...

...now he'll probably

sleep for quite a while.

When he wakes up,

give him one of these.

If the pain is bad,

one every 2 hours,

otherwise one every

Would you take him

to my room, please?

Oh, sure.

Boys, would you help him?

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