War of the Colossal Beast

[SCREAMING]

IS ANYBODY HOME?

[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

IS THIS WHERE:

I REPORT A STOLEN CAR?

YES, SEOR. COME IN.

WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

SWANSON. I'M

RUNNING A GUN CLUB

BACK IN THE HILLS.

SWANSON. MM-HMM.

WHAT KIND OF A CAR?

DARK GREEN:

STAKE BED TRUCK.

TON AND A HALF.

CALIFORNIA LICENSE.

LOADED:

WITH GROCERIES.

UH-HUH.

WHERE WAS IT:

TAKEN FROM?

UHH...

THAT'S A HARD

QUESTION TO ANSWER.

LOOK, HERE'S

WHAT HAPPENED.

THE SEASON:

OPENS NEXT WEEK,

AND I'M EXPECTING

A CROWD DOWN,

SO I WAS STOCKING UP

ON SUPPLIES,

BRINGING THIS:

TRUCKLOAD OF GROCERIES

DOWN FROM CALEXICO.

GET THE PICTURE?

WELL, I'D LEFT

THE CLUB STATION WAGON

AT SAN FELIPE.

GET A NEW REAR END

PUT IN.

SO, WHEN I GOT THERE,

I HAD TO STOP:

AND PICK THAT UP, TOO.

GET THE PICTURE?

NOW, I COULDN'T

RUN 2 CARS,

SO, I HIRED THIS KID

TO DRIVE THE TRUCK.

STARTED HIM OUT,

OH, A COUPLE OF--

3 HOURS AHEAD OF ME.

FOLLOWED HIM:

IN THE STATION WAGON.

GET THE PICTURE?

WELL, HE WAS SUPPOSED

TO MEET ME HERE.

HE HASN'T ARRIVED YET,

AND THAT WAS YESTERDAY.

HAVE YOU LOOKED:

FOR HIM?

EVERYWHERE.

WELL, THEN, HE MUST HAVE

GONE BACK TO THE CLUB.

NO, I JUST CAME

FROM THERE.

YOU MUST HAVE:

PASSED HIM UP SOMEWHERE

ON THE ROAD:

FROM SAN FELIPE.

IF I'D PASSED

HIM ON THE ROAD,

DON'T YOU THINK I'D

KNOW MY OWN TRUCK?

I'M SURE

YOU WOULD, SEOR,

BUT WHAT IF IT:

WENT OFF THE ROAD?

THERE'S NO PLACE

HE CAN PULL OFF THE ROAD

WITHOUT GETTING:

STUCK IN THE SAND!

THEN HOW COULD:

YOUR TRUCK BE LOST?

IF IT WASN'T LOST, WOULD

I BE COMING TO YOU?

[CHUCKLES]

THAT IS A GOOD:

QUESTION, SEOR.

UH, TELL ME

ABOUT THIS BOY:

THAT WAS DRIVING IT.

WHAT'S HIS NAME?

UHH...

MIGUEL SOMETHING

OR OTHER.

PROBABLY 15,

16 YEARS OLD,

DARK, THIN,

ABOUT SO HIGH.

WOULD YOU KNOW HIM

IF YOU SAW HIM?

YES.

COME ACROSS THE STREET

WITH ME, SEOR.

THAT'S HIM.

WHERE'S MY TRUCK?

AH! UNO MOMENTO.

WHAT'S THE MATTER

WITH HIM?

DOCTOR?

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

MIGUEL IS:

A VERY SICK BOY.

HE'S SUFFERING

FROM SHOCK.

WHAT FROM?

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW.

WHAT DID YOU DO:

WITH MY TRUCK?

MIGUEL...

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

WHAT'D HE SAY?

IT'S NO USE.

IF HE GETS ANY BETTER,

THE DOCTOR:

WILL LET US KNOW.

COME WITH ME. I WILL

TAKE YOU TO THE PLACE

WHERE HE WAS FOUND.

WAS IT YOUR TRUCK

THAT MADE THESE TRACKS?

MUST HAVE.

I HAD 2 NEW RETREADS

LIKE THAT ON THE REAR.

UH-HUH.

CAME DOWN THE ROAD,

THEN GOT STUCK.

YEAH. THEN

WHERE'D IT GO?

STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR,

IT LOOKS LIKE.

LOOK, THAT TRUCK HAD

A RADIO AND A HEATER,

BUT IT DIDN'T

HAVE WINGS.

NOW, ARE YOU GONNA FIND

IT OR AREN'T YOU?

LOOK, SEOR.

I AM JUST:

A COUNTRY POLICEMAN.

I AM PAID:

TO KEEP THE PEACE.

IF SOMEONE STEALS,

I TRY TO CATCH THE THIEF

AND PUT HIM IN JAIL,

LIKE IT SAYS:

IN THE BOOK.

BUT ABOUT THIS, SEOR,

I DON'T KNOW.

THE BOOK DOESN'T

SAY ANYTHING:

ABOUT A THING:

LIKE THIS.

AND THAT'S

THE LATEST REPORT

ON THE INTERNATIONAL

SCENE.

NOW, ON THE LIGHTER

SIDE OF THE NEWS.

A DISPATCH:

FROM GUAVOS, MEXICO,

SAYS THAT:

MR. JOHN SWANSON

IS HAVING:

A LITTLE TROUBLE

COLLECTING INSURANCE

ON HIS STOLEN TRUCK.

WHAT HAPPENED TO IT?

WELL, ACCORDING

TO HIS CLAIM REPORT,

IT DISAPPEARED:

WITHOUT LEAVING:

ANY TRACKS.

MR. SWANSON SAYS

SOMETHING MUST HAVE

CARRIED OFF HIS TRUCK.

NOW, WHAT COULD HAVE

CARRIED OFF HIS TRUCK?

AND, HERE

IN LOS ANGELES,

THE CITY COUNCIL

HAS DECIDED TO VOTE

UPON THE REFERENDUM

FOR INCREASING THE PAY

OF TEACHERS.

WITH THE INTEREST

THAT HAS RECENTLY

BEEN AROUSED REGARDING

THE IMPORTANCE:

OF BETTER SCHOOLS,

IT IS POSSIBLE...

OPERATOR,

I WANT TO PLACE:

A PERSON-TO-PERSON

CALL:

TO MR. JOHN SWANSON

IN GUAVOS, MEXICO.

I'LL HOLD THE LINE.

I'M GETTIN' ME

A GOOD LAWYER.

AND IF ONE AIN'T ENOUGH,

I'M GETTIN' 2!

I'M GONNA MAKE

THAT INSURANCE COMPANY

PAY UP,

AND PAY UP FAST.

I'M TAKIN' 'EM

TO COURT BY THE--

I'M SORRY.

I GUESS I SHOULDN'T

BLOW MY TOP LIKE THAT.

BUT WHEN SOMEBODY

CALLS ME A LIAR, I--

[DOORBELL BUZZES]

EXCUSE ME.

JOYCE MANNING?

YES! YOU MUST BE

MAJOR BAIRD.

PLEASE COME IN.

THANK YOU.

THIS IS MR. SWANSON.

MAJOR BAIRD.

HOW DO YOU DO, SIR?

HOWDY.

PLEASE BE SEATED.

THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU LIKE A DRINK?

NO, THANKS.

MR. SWANSON

WAS GOOD ENOUGH:

TO COME UP HERE AND TELL

ME OF HIS EXPERIENCES.

NO, IT WAS

A MERE NOTHING.

I HAD TO BE IN LOS ANGELES

ANYWAY TODAY:

TO SEE:

THE INSURANCE PEOPLE.

HAVE I MISSED MUCH?

WELL, HE TELLS ME

THAT HE WASN'T THERE

TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED

TO HIS TRUCK.

RIGHT.

I GUESS I GOT THERE

JUST TOO LATE.

BESIDES THE TRUCK'S

NOT BEING THERE,

DID YOU SEE:

ANYTHING UNUSUAL?

LIKE WHAT?

TRACKS IN THE SAND.

WELL, THERE WERE

CAR TRACKS, SURE.

BUT NO ANIMAL:

TRACKS?

ANIMAL TRACKS?

HUMAN FOOTPRINTS,

MR. SWANSON.

WHAT'S SO UNUSUAL

ABOUT THAT?

THESE WOULD BE:

THE TRACKS OF A BIG MAN,

A VERY BIG MAN.

WELL, THERE WERE

MIGUEL'S...

I DON'T GET

THE PICTURE.

HOW BIG DO YOU MEAN?

Baird:
VERY BIG.

10 TIMES

AS BIG AS YOU.

ARE YOU TRYING:

TO KID ME?

NOT AT ALL.

I'M TRYING TO FIND

MY BROTHER.

HE GOT:

A BAD DOSE:

OF RADIATION:

POISONING:

IN THE COURSE:

OF TESTING:

A PLUTONIUM BOMB.

HE STARTED GROWING

AT THE RATE:

OF 8 TO 10 FEET

A DAY.

YOU MAY HAVE READ

ABOUT HIM.

SURE! COLONEL GLENN MANNING,

THE COLOSSAL MAN.

I REMEMBER.

GLENN HAD REACHED

A HEIGHT:

OF OVER 60 FEET

WHEN HE DISAPPEARED.

WELL, DIDN'T

HE GET SHOT:

AND THROWN OFF:

OF BOULDER DAM:

AND GET KILLED?

THAT'S RIGHT.

BUT MISS MANNING

SEEMS TO HAVE:

AN IDEA:

THAT HE SURVIVED

BOTH THE ARTILLERY

FIRE AND THE FALL.

THAT IS WHAT:

YOU'RE GETTING AT,

ISN'T IT?

I'LL LEAVE IT

UP TO MR. SWANSON.

WOULDN'T THAT ACCOUNT

FOR THE DISAPPEARANCE

OF YOUR TRUCK?

LOOK, LADY, LEAVE ME

OUT OF THIS.

I DIDN'T SEE

NO FOOTPRINTS.

I DIDN'T SEE

NO GIANT.

I DIDN'T SEE

ANYTHING.

I'VE GOT

ENOUGH TROUBLE:

WITH THE INSURANCE

COMPANY AS IT IS.

GET THE PICTURE?

I GOTTA BE GOING.

CAN YOU THINK OF ANYONE

ELSE WHO MIGHT HELP ME?

THERE'S A BOY NAMED

MIGUEL DOWN THERE,

BUT HE'S NOT DOING

ANY TALKING.

DOCTOR SAID:

HE'S SUFFERING

FROM SHOCK:

OR SOMETHING.

I'M SORRY I CAN'T

DO YOU MORE GOOD,

MISS MANNING.

THANK YOU FOR COMING,

MR. SWANSON.

GOOD DAY.

GOOD-BYE.

HADN'T YOU BETTER GIVE

HIM UP, MISS MANNING?

THE ARMY DID:

SOME TIME AGO.

YOU NEVER:

FOUND HIS BODY.

THE RIVER BELOW THE DAM

IS A MILE DEEP:

IN SOME PLACES.

HIS BODY IS DOWN THERE

SOMEWHERE,

AND IT WILL SHOW UP

IN TIME.

YOU THINK GLENN:

MADE HIS WAY:

DOWN THAT RIVER SOMEHOW

AND REACHED THE GULF OF

CALIFORNIA, DON'T YOU?

BELIEVE ME,

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

I WAS IN CHARGE:

OF THE SEARCH FOR HIM,

AND I KNOW.

THE MEDICAL AUTHORITIES

ALL AGREE:

NO MAN, NO MATTER

WHAT HIS SIZE,

COULD TAKE THOSE

2 BAZOOKA CHARGES

AND A DROP:

OF OVER 700 FEET

AND COME:

THROUGH IT ALIVE.

WELL, THOSE ARE

THE FACTS.

TAKE MY ADVICE:

AND FACE THEM.

I SHALL, MAJOR.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

I'M AFRAID IT WASN'T

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