The Phoenix Incident Page #3

and then you consider the

impossible. The impossible was

that four healthy, young men

could have been overpowered,

abducted, and murdered

by a single individual.

- We have a very limited time

that we get to talk to each

other, so, uh,

I would kind of like to get to

some questions that I have,

I've been wanting to ask you

for quite a while.

So, if you don't mind,

are you ready to, uh...

ready to begin?

- You don't want

to shake hands first?

- I don't think we're allowed

to actually touch each other,

Mr. Gayson, but I appreciate

the offer.

- Courtesy.

- But why did your department

release Gayson

after the incident?

- We're following protocol.

We investigate the case.

We investigate the leads.

We hit a dead end.

- Yeah, but you had

a suspect in custody.

- We had a suspect

who said that he witnessed

the men in the area,

but there wasn't

enough evidence to hold him.

- So you're saying

your department released

the last person

to see the men alive?

- No one took him seriously.

He was a bit of a, a bit of a...

a bit unstable.

- When history paints

a picture of me,

it will say I was

the monster that took them.

I wasn't the real monster.

- I didn't f***in' feel it

at first.

Because of the shock, yeah.

And then I look down,

and the branch is literally

sticking through my thigh.

- You always laugh

when you get hurt.

Show and tell! Whoa.

- Hey, do you have your

Frankenstein, helmet rig thing?

- Oh! Yeah!

Get it out the bag in the back.

Record button's on the side,

just mash it

and it starts recording.

- He'll be the first man

on earth

to film his own death.

Well done.

- Pretty cool little thing.

- Alright, check it out.

Yeah, yeah, you like that? Yep.

- Hey, guys! Something's going

on over there.

- What, what's up?

- Check it out.

What's going on?

- What is it? What's up?

- I don't know.

- What the f***?

- By 0900 multiple

atmospheric distortions

began appearing

across the state.

- In the same position

as the previous sightings.

- That's right.

Uh, the Nevada border,

Paulden, and Flagstaff.

- Those were the same

warning indicators

that happened

in Russia and Syria.

- We had two birds in the air,

but there were no other

confirmed contacts

except for the formation.

- Oh, sh*t...

- What is that?

It's not normal.

- What the f***!?

- Goddamn it!

- Get out and check it, Jake.

- What did you hit?

Did you hit something?!

- I didn't do anything!

Goddamn it!

- Would you come look at this?

- I'm on it.

- Did you ever put oil in this?

- F*** you.

- How far is it to your folks'

place, maybe we can walk?

- No, no. It's at least

15 miles or more.

I don't even know

where we are out here.

- I don't think AAA's gonna

come out this far.

- Well, I don't think anybody's

coming out this far,

that's the whole point.

- I'm sorry, guys,

this is my fault.

- No. Don't worry about it.

Look, we'll try and find a

phone, see if anybody's there

we can call for help, yeah?

- I'll stay here and see

if I can at least get it runnin'

or something. I'll get it

patched up, if I can,

and you can meet us back

here, alright?

- Jake, you're... yeah?

- Yeah, we're good.

- Dude, she's a big girl,

she'll be fine.

- Well, I don't like it.

- Whoo! Yeah!

- ...but Ryan got there like,

his nut sweat stain was like

a third of the size of yours,

which makes no sense at all.

- It was cold!

- Do you remember that?

He was like,

"No! My nuts are starting

to get sweaty, that's why.

They just look smaller!"

- Shut up.

- Screamin', "I was in the

pool! I was in the pool!"

- Were the four men aware

of the impending operation?

Do you think they had any idea

of what was about to happen?

- Now y-y-you-you've asked me

some form of that question

two or three times now,

and I've already given you

the answer:

they didn't know,

we didn't know.

That's it,

that's not gonna change.

Tire... I'm tired.

- Okay...

- Hey, don't touch the fence,

I think it's electric.

- You think?

You think this thing's on?

- I don't know, man.

I hope it's not on, I just

picture a fat serial killer

on the other end,

just staring at us.

Shut up, dude. Shut up.

- So, what was the official

cause of death?

- They said that

Ryan had been attacked

by some kind of an animal.

The coroner said

that they thought they found

what were his remains.

: Police say

the remains of the four men

have yet to be identified,

however officials

are classifying this

as an animal attack,

believing the men may have

become victims of a bear...

:...the March 14th,

1997 attacks,

where 4 hikers disappeared

in the Estrella Sierra...

- Following the coroner's

announcement,

the County Attorney's office

has suspended

further investigation

into the men's disappearance.

- How many bodies

did you recover?

- There were no bodies.

No tissue residue.

Not even DNA could be

recovered from the site.

- So, in your opinion,

could this have been a bear?

- No. Absolutely not.

- Everyone knew Gayson

would never testify.

So, the medical examiner was

instructed to classify the event

as a 'bear attack'. Families

never had any resolution

to what happened to their kids.

: Despite

public criticism

of the Medical Examiner's

announcement,

the County Attorney's office

has suspended

further investigation into

the men's disappearance.

- Givin' up over here, or what?

- I guarantee you he has never

put oil in this car.

He can barely wipe his own ass,

how could he make it in L.A.?

- What's with you guys,

you used to be best friends?

- I'll take that,

I've had enough of this.

I'll see

if there's anything else...

- I'm gonna go try to find

some help with that road.

- Are you sure?

- Yeah, it's not that far.

- Alright.

- I'll be back.

- Be careful, alright?

- I will.

- I don't want Mitch

putting me in the ground.

Great... f...

- By 1100 hours, NORCOM

had lost visual with the object.

Within 30 minutes

we had lost

two KH-12 satellites

over the Southwestern

atmosphere.

- They were entering

our atmosphere?

- There were conflicting

reports, the...

It was a f***in' mess, nobody

knew what they were lookin' for

or where the hell to look.

Well, Glenn, congratulations

'cause we are pretty f***ed

out here.

Uh, Ryan's car's

out of commission, so,

we're stuck, and...

There isn't sh*t for miles.

And judging by the look

of that shack

you guys just headed off for,

I'm gonna guess you're about

to be chopped up into uh...

hamburger meat, so,

let me just go on the record

and say 'I told you so'.

You know, this whole trip,

just... great f***in' idea.

- You need to leave!

You need to leave, now!

- Were you with the men

the night they disappeared?

- I warned them...

...but they came back.

You need to leave!

You need to get out!

F***!

- Authorities claim

you were responsible

for the disappearance of those

men, but you've never spoken

about any military operation

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