Show: The X-Files - 1x5
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* Oh!
Oh, my goodness, what's happening?
lt's okay.
Wejust had a fat.
No problem here, honey.
Oh, no.
( Sighing ) Darn it.
Honey, would you mind holding the light for a second?
( Yelling ) Paul!
Paul?
Paul!
Where areyou, Paul?!
What happened?!
Paul!
Paul!
( Barking ) Here we go, boy.
( Whistling ) Let's go over here.
Come on, boy.
Man: Over here!
We found something.
Easy, easy, easy.
( RetchingAndCoughing ) Man: His leg's been eaten off.
Man: Hey, up here!
( Whistling ) Come on!
lt's in here.
lt's as tall as a house.
We can smoke him out.
And then what?
l see it!
He's coming at us!
Working hard, Mulder?
This woman claims...
to have been taken aboard a spaceship...
and held in an antigravity chamber...
without food and water for three days.
Antigravity is right.
Sorry to interrupt...
your serious investigation, but l just heard a story...
that wouldjust about takeyour knees out.
What's that?
They found a body in the NewJerseywoods yesterday...
missing its right arm and shoulder.
They think they may have been eaten offby a human.
Where in NewJersey?
just outside Atlantic City.
Not an uncommon place to lose a body part.
Do they think it's the mob?
lt was a homeless man.
There doesn't seem to be a motive.
You feeling lucky, Scully?
Relative to whom?
lt's not our case, Mulder.
The local police are handling it.
An X-file?
Ever hear ofsomething called "TheJersey Devil"?
Yeah.
A beast that comes out ofthe woods and attacks cars, right?
Kind oflike an East Coast Bigfoot?
Read the file about the case in 1 947.
Save me the trouble.
1 947.
Familywatches dad get dragged into the woods.
Cops find dad with a few appendages gnawed off.
Cops gun down a large naked man in the woods.
Autopsy shows human fesh and bones...
in the man's large intestine-- a beast man.
ls the autopsy report here?
No.
The original disappeared...
from the Paterson P.D.'s files a fewyears later.
There is a statement from the attending pathologist.
lt's the same story l've heard since l was a kid.
lt's a folktale, a myth.
l heard the story when l was a kid, too.
Funny thing is, l believed it.
Thanks, Lorraine.
We got a cannibalized body in NewJersey.
Someone or something out there is hungry.
( Sighing ) They say animals can develop an appetite for human fesh...
but this is no animal.
You see the teeth marks just below the clavicle?
They're human.
Who found the body?
Park ranger.
Was he alive when it happened?
lt's hard to tell.
There's a skull fracture, but no sign ofa struggle.
His blood-alcohol level was up.
Probably never knew what hit him.
Any ideas about that?
From the size ofthat bite mark, l'd say a large adult male.
Detective Tomson is handling the case.
Glenna?
l'm Special Agent Dana Scully, and this is Agent Fox Mulder.
l don't remember anybody calling the F.B.l.
in on this.
We're not here in an official capacity.
Agent Scully is a medical doctor.
We heard aboutyourvictim.
She thought she might take a look.
l'm going to askyou to leave.
We have an investigation.
Tommy, this is no time to get pissy.
We havejurisdiction.
Any suspects, Detective?
l don't work foryou, sir.
Unless you hear different from the attorney general...
this case is a local matter.
Agent Mulder, we should go.
There's no need to get bent out ofshape.
On the contrary.
l think l've been exceedingly polite.
So what's eating that guy?
He was perfectly in his rights.
The F.B.l.
has no overridingjurisdiction...
on a murder case.
You'd feel the same way...
ifsomeone was horning in on yourwork.
Chances are he's without a clue.
He'll probably be scratching his head...
when they bring the next body in.
You could have really humiliated him...
and told him who the perpetratorwas-- theJersey Devil.
What doyou saywe grab a hotel, take in a foor show...
drop a few quarters in the slot...
and do a little digging on this case?
You're kidding, right?
We can skip the foor show.
l have to be back in D.C.
Got a date?
No.
l have my godson's birthday party at 6:30.
What areyou doing?
A little poking around.
Maybe make a weekend out ofit.
lt's a three-hour drive back by myself-- in Friday-night traffic.
( CoinsJingling ) Change for 50.
Found the body just over there...
lying facedown on the rocks.
32 years with the park service.
l've come across some weird stuff...
but never anything like this.
The victim was a homeless man.
You get many ofthem out here?
Well, occasionally l'll see some...
but most are scared ofthe woods.
Scared?
Ofwhat?
l don't know.
The devil.
People say that'sjust a myth.
Depends on whoyou talk to.
What doyou think?
Well, like l said, you know, 32 years...
l see a lot ofweird stuff.
Like one time...
a little over fouryears ago...
l saw what l thought was a large man...
come out ofa copse ofbirch trees-- not a stitch ofclothing.
He was about 60 yards away.
And he starts sniffing the air...
you know, like a dog...
and then he looks straight at me...
and l swear he smelled me...
because he took off into the woods so fast...
you'd swear he wasn't human.
Really?
You never saw him again?
No.
But l feel him...
and...
l've found things.
Some scat, half-buried like a cat's...
only more human.
Found a half-eaten rabbit with what looked like...
a human cuspid tooth in it, and some deer bones...
that looked like they'd been sharpened into tools.
Doyou think it might be responsible for the bodyyou found?
Well...
l got a pension coming up in a fewyears.
You say the wrong thing-- Yeah.
l'll tell you one thing.
l don't ever come out here without myweapon anymore.
How far is it into town from here?
About a mile, mile and a half.
l'm staying at the Galaxy Gateway...
for the next couple days.
lfyou think ofanything, will you call me?
Sure.
All right.
( Children Laughing ) Look at this gorilla!
Hey, l can't see!
Where am l?
( Crying ) Oh, come here.
lt's okay.
lt's all right.
What happened?
Did you bumpyour head?
Oh, Cruiser, stop that!
Go on.
What-- What happened?
jungle warfare.
Oh, l'm going to kill that dog.
lfthe hit squad doesn't get to him beforeyou do.
l'm so glad you're here, Dana.
( Party Horn Blowing AndChildren Yelling ) Oh, you're amazing.
What?
You're such a natural at all this.
l don't know how you keep it all together.
Mommy radar.
l don't think l'm cut out for this, Ell.
Dana, you went through the F.B.l.
Academy.
What better training could there be for motherhood?
Seriously.
You're great with kids.
What areyou talking about?
When am l supposed to find the time?
Firstyou have to get a life.
And, ofcourse, it helps to find a man.
Know ofany?
Yeah, they're disappearing...
faster than the Brazilian rain forest.
What about that guy you workwith?
Mulder?
You said he was cute.
He's ajerk.
He's not ajerk.
He's, um...
He's obsessed with his work.
( DoorbellRinging ) Hi.
Hi.
l'm Rob.
l'm Scott's dad.
Oh.
Come in.
Thanks.
Hey, tiger.
Howyou doing?
Having a good time?
( Whispering: ) Divorced.
( People Talking ) Did anybody here know Roger Crockett?
He was murdered two days ago.
Ma'am, can l..?
Woman: Hey, honey, you got any change to spare?
Mulder: Roger Crockett?
Anybody.
What doyou want to know?
Did you know Roger Crockett?
Did you hear how he died?
Yeah.
Any ideas who might have done it?
You a cop?
No.
l'm F.B.l.
l'll showyou something.
Okay.
l need some money.
What is this?
Stuck in the pocket ofajacket l found.
Does it mean anything toyou?
l've seen it.
Where?
Right here, digging in the trash.
Areyou hustling me?
Swear to God.
What doyou think it is?
l don't know.
Scared the hell out ofme.
Has anybody else seen it?
Oh, yeah.
Everybody's pretty freaked.
Anybody tell the cops?
You think they don't know?
Whereyou sleeping tonight?
You're standing in my bedroom.
You know the Galaxy Gateway?
Room 756.
Go ahead.
Hey, they got HBO?
Yeah, they do.
( Rustling ) ( Dog Barking ) ( Fence Rattling ) ( Soft Thudding ) ( RaggedBreathing ) ( Soft Grunting ) ( Sniffiing ) ( Siren Wails ) Sir.
You got a man on that roof.
Nothing to be afraid of.
We'll giveyou a place to sleep it off.
Back off.
Calm down.
There's a man up there.
Get in the car, now.
What doyou think you're doing?
Enjoying the night life...
here in beautiful Atlantic City.
l'll go to the D.A.
ifl have to.
Obstructing an investigation...
misconduct.
Let's go see her together.
We'll add "withholding evidence" to the list.
What areyou talking about?
Statements given toyou...
describing something stalking the back streets ofAtlantic City.
This is the fishing trip...
they get me up at 3:00 in the morning for?
Unbelievable.
Why else would you be sweeping the streets tonight?
You know it's out there.
l got a perpetrator out there.
Whether it's Hannibal the Cannibal or Elmer Fudd...
l've got ajob to protect people.
Oh, is thatyourjob?
Or is it to keep the dice rolling, keep the tour buses rolling in?
You can't fill those casinos, this town disappears...
like a quarter down the slot.
l've seen it.
Seen what?
( Chuckling ) You've been spending too much time...
in supermarket check-out lines.
This story's as old as the hills.
Who's going to be responsible...
when you lose your first tourist, Detective?
You are.
No, you are, sir...
becauseyou're wasting my time...
and impeding the solution ofthis case.
You want to go on a safari, go to Africa.
ln the meantime, enjoy the rest ofyourweekend.
Agent Scully.
Agent Mulder, line three.
Where areyou?
Notfarfrom whereyouleftme.
You're still in Atlantic City?
Uh, Scully, yougotanything happening thismorning?
What's that noise in the background?
( Retching ) That's a guy getting sick.
Mulder, where areyou?
The drunk tank?
Isawthis thingon theroof.
Well, it's not hard to see...
why they mistookyou for a vagrant.
You going to rag on me...
or areyou going to get me something to eat?
Am l buying...
or did you manage to panhandle some spare change?
lt moved like a cat, quick and graceful.
A human couldn't have gotten up on a roofthat fast.
Mulder.
What?
What will happen when the Bureau finds out?
They dropped the charges.
Tomson ran me through the system to spite me.
l'm talking about thisJersey Devil.
l saw it.
lt's exactly what the ranger described.
The way it moved, sniffed the air.
lt's out ofthe woods, probably in search offood.
l'll say.
lt picked through the garbage.
lfit was a man-eater, why didn't it come after me?
Probably felt threatened.
You're ascribing it a motive and an alibi.
This thing chewed somebody's arm off.
lt's not exactly a defensive posture.
Butyou do believe l saw something?
You saw something, but l won't go in and sell it...
when it's nothing more than a sighting in a dark alley.
l'm still paying for a hotel room.
l have to get back to Washington by 7:30.
Another birthday party?
No.
l have a date.
Can you cancel?
Unlikeyou, Mulder, l would like to have a life.
l have a life.
Come on.
l have somebody l wantyou to meet...
on the way home.
Come on.
Hold on.
just about every culture has one-- Yeti, Sasquatch, the Russian Almas.
Why is that?
lt's a universal wild man myth-- a symbolic fear ofour dual natures as humans...
as creators oflife and destroyers ofit.
What's this chart?
lt shows the historic entry ofman onto each continent...
and the effect it had on other animal species...
which has been disastrous.
Why?
We humans have retained hereditary traits...
through evolution...
that have proven to be extremely destructive.
We tend to be tribal and aggressively territorial...
oriented by selfish sexual and reproductive drives...
that make cooperation beyond the family or tribe...
extremely hard for us.
So we kill other species in order to survive.
Humans are top carnivores.
We sit at the top ofthe food chain...
and reduce other species' chances ofsurvival.
Nice to know Dana left here with more than a degree.
But what ifsomething entered the food chain above us?
lt won't happen.
Our intelligence virtually ensures...
that, barring the introduction ofsome alien life-form...
we will live out our days as rulers ofthe world.
But what if, through some fuke ofnature...
a human was born...
who reverted to its most animal instincts?
A kind ofcarnivorous Neanderthal.
Wouldn't he occupy a space above us on the food chain?
Oh, sure.
All he'd have to do...
is wait outside any fast-food restaurant...
and eat us on the way in.
Haven't there been cases...
where men have been raised in the wilderness by animals...
who have no language and hunt like predators?
Yes, but cannibalism is rare...
even among lower mammals.
But even when faced with extinction?
Maybe in thejungles of New Guinea.
lt'sjust highly unlikely that whatyou're suggesting...
could have survived civilization or evolution...
out in the woods of NewJersey?
Highly unlikely...
but not outside the realm ofextreme possibility?
Well, it would be an amazing discovery.
Rob: The hard thing...
was when mywife remarried.
Suddenly l felt very competitive for my son's attention.
lt was weird.
l'm sure.
l became a superdad on the weekends with Scott.
l had this unconscious fear ofbeing replaced.
l actually had dreams...
where l was running over his stepfatherwith my car.
You'll understand when you have kids.
Having kids changes everything.
That's what they say.
Maybe some weekend ifyou're up for it...
we could take the kids out to the beach for the day.
Yeah.
Great.
Thankyou.
Can l ask about the case you're on, or can'tyou say?
Well...
l don't think it's a case we should discuss over dinner.
l don't suppose you'd want to hear...
about the finer points ofestate planning and taxation?
( Telephone Ringing ) Mulder.
AgentMulder, this is PeterBrouillet...
oftheJersey Parks Department.
Oh, yeah.
Hi.
l found a body out in the woods today.
Itlooks likeit'sbeen dead six to eightmonths.
A long-haired male...
missing the same tooth l found in that rabbit.
Could beyour devil.
Where's the body now?
I turneditover to the coroner's offiice.
You're sure it was a male?
Ithadall theplumbing.
Excuse me.
Mm-hmm.
( Beeping ) l'm sorry.
Excuse me.
Certainly.
( Ringing ) Scully.
Mulder.
Sorrytointerruptyourevening.
That's okay.
What's up?
l just had an amazing thought.
Maybe it isn't a beast man we're looking for after all.
Well, ifthey picked it up...
nobody logged the body on the chart.
l sure haven't seen it.
What else would they have done with it?
We called you here for nothing.
They're going to sweep this under the carpet.
Why?
Any publicity, and the streets will be crawling...
with people who aren't here to play craps.
Word gets out there's something on the loose, forget it.
lt's a female?
The body they found was a male.
There's a 50-50 chance there was a mate.
We may never know unless we find out ourselves.
lfit's true, what are the chances ofcapturing it alive?
lfit is a primate...
it would have a natural fear ofheights.
lt would also want to stay close to its food source.
This thing has no fear ofheights.
We'll start with the lower foors.
How much time will that dart give us?
lt will put down a 500-pound bear for an hour...
ifl hit it.
What the hell's a park rangervehicle doing here?
l don't know.
Check it out.
Run a check for me on-- Something here.
lt's blood.
She could be bringing her killing here.
She could be injured.
Roger.
Zebra Team in position.
What ifit is a female, Scully?
How close is she toyou or me?
Does she feel emotion...
or are her daysjust spent looking for food?
Maybe she spends her day shopping.
Eight million years out ofAfrica-- l don't think we're all that different.
Mulder, we've put men into space.
We've built computers...
that work faster than the human mind.
While we overpopulate the world...
and create new technologies to kill each otherwith?
Maybe we'rejust beasts with big brains.
What?
No, l wasjust...
thinking about my godson's birthday party.
Eight little six-year-old boys running around.
Talk about primitive behavior.
Tomson: Hisnameis Mulder.
He'sa federalagent.
You know him?
No.
Whatareyoudoinghere?
I'm aprofessor ofanthropology.
Mulder.
Does thatsoundfamiliar?
l know he's here somewhere.
Will you check upstairs, Andrew?
I want thisplacesearched top tobottom-- Move, move!
( Metallic Banging ) Scully: Mulder...
Mulder, whereareyou?
( Metallic Clanking ) ( Snarls ) ( Groaning ) Mulder?
( Grunting ) Scully.
Lay back.
Oh, Mulder, you're hurt.
You should have seen her.
She was beautiful.
Yeah, well, shejust about ripped your lungs out.
She could have torn my head off...
but she sensed l wasn't a threat.
l need federal jurisdiction on this case.
How old would you say she was?
The U.S.
Assistant D.A.
is on the phone.
He wants to know what's going on.
Tell him he's got a real live Neanderthal on the loose.
She was young.
The Atlantic City major crime unit...
has filed a complaint...
that we're endangering a murder investigation.
That is such crap-- They got her cornered in a building.
Let's go.
lt crawled into the wall.
Get a man in there.
Affiirmative.
Keep these people out ofhere.
You can take her alive.
( Man Yelling ) What's going on?
I'vegotaman down.
A nakedwomanjustjumped from asecond-story window.
Suspect is headed south into the woods on foot.
Good boy.
l know these woods.
She's going for cover down by the rocks.
Keepyour eyes to the left.
Stay alert.
( Groaning ) Look.
Can you reach her from here?
l can try.
( Grunting ) ( Gunshot ) ( Gunshot ) ( Men Yelling ) Man: l got it!
Good shot.
She tried to take my arm off.
Man: Looks like she tried to bury herself.
Why did you have to kill her?
Same reason you kill a rabid animal.
( Sighing ) Hi.
Thisjust came through.
lt's a posthumous medical exam ofthe woman's body.
They found fragments ofhuman bone...
still in her digestive tract.
They estimated her age to be 25 to 30 years.
They allowed Dr.
Diamond to do a medical exam ofthe body...
but he found nothing...
that suggested prehistoric bone structure...
or physiology.
The A.C.P.D.
has her listed as aJane Doe...
in a search for her identity...
and state psychiatric records has begun in earnest.
Good luck.
They have also released the medical exam...
from the male body that they found.
His age is estimated to be about 40 years.
There would have been offspring.
The medical exam ofthe woman's uterus...
seems to indicate that she may have given birth.
She was protecting her children.
lt all makes sense.
The male dies...
and she comes out ofthe woods in search offood.
Do me a favor.
Go out and have a beer.
Take the day off.
l'll cover foryou.
just take some time foryourself.
Thanks, but l've got an appointment...
at the Smithsonian with an ethnobiologist.
( Telephone Ringing ) l can't wait to tell him.
Mulder.
Yeah,just a second.
lt's foryou.
Hello.
Hi, Dana.
It's Rob.
Oh, hi.
l have Scott for the night...
and we have two extra tickets for Cirque du Soleil.
We thoughtmaybeyou'dlike toask Ellen...
ifyoucould take Trent andjoin us.
Requisition for a car, please, Fran.
Thankyou.
Who was that on the phone?
A guy.
Same guyyou had dinnerwith the other night?
Same guy.
You going to have dinner with him again?
l don't think so.
No interest.
Not at this time.
Thanks, Fran.
What areyou doing?
Going with you to the Smithsonian.
Don'tyou have a life?
Keep that up and l'll hurtyou...
like that beast woman.
Eight million years out ofAfrica.
And lookwho's holding the door.
Dad, did youjust see something down there?
Where?
Over there.
No.
l'm sure it was nothing.
No.
l saw something.
Did you ever hear the story oftheJersey Devil?
When l was a kid...
my dad used to tell this story about a creature...
who lived out there in the woods.
lt was halfman, halfanimal.
l used to believe--
* Oh!
Oh, my goodness, what's happening?
lt's okay.
Wejust had a fat.
No problem here, honey.
Oh, no.
( Sighing ) Darn it.
Honey, would you mind holding the light for a second?
( Yelling ) Paul!
Paul?
Paul!
Where areyou, Paul?!
What happened?!
Paul!
Paul!
( Barking ) Here we go, boy.
( Whistling ) Let's go over here.
Come on, boy.
Man: Over here!
We found something.
Easy, easy, easy.
( RetchingAndCoughing ) Man: His leg's been eaten off.
Man: Hey, up here!
( Whistling ) Come on!
lt's in here.
lt's as tall as a house.
We can smoke him out.
And then what?
l see it!
He's coming at us!
Working hard, Mulder?
This woman claims...
to have been taken aboard a spaceship...
and held in an antigravity chamber...
without food and water for three days.
Antigravity is right.
Sorry to interrupt...
your serious investigation, but l just heard a story...
that wouldjust about takeyour knees out.
What's that?
They found a body in the NewJerseywoods yesterday...
missing its right arm and shoulder.
They think they may have been eaten offby a human.
Where in NewJersey?
just outside Atlantic City.
Not an uncommon place to lose a body part.
Do they think it's the mob?
lt was a homeless man.
There doesn't seem to be a motive.
You feeling lucky, Scully?
Relative to whom?
lt's not our case, Mulder.
The local police are handling it.
An X-file?
Ever hear ofsomething called "TheJersey Devil"?
Yeah.
A beast that comes out ofthe woods and attacks cars, right?
Kind oflike an East Coast Bigfoot?
Read the file about the case in 1 947.
Save me the trouble.
1 947.
Familywatches dad get dragged into the woods.
Cops find dad with a few appendages gnawed off.
Cops gun down a large naked man in the woods.
Autopsy shows human fesh and bones...
in the man's large intestine-- a beast man.
ls the autopsy report here?
No.
The original disappeared...
from the Paterson P.D.'s files a fewyears later.
There is a statement from the attending pathologist.
lt's the same story l've heard since l was a kid.
lt's a folktale, a myth.
l heard the story when l was a kid, too.
Funny thing is, l believed it.
Thanks, Lorraine.
We got a cannibalized body in NewJersey.
Someone or something out there is hungry.
( Sighing ) They say animals can develop an appetite for human fesh...
but this is no animal.
You see the teeth marks just below the clavicle?
They're human.
Who found the body?
Park ranger.
Was he alive when it happened?
lt's hard to tell.
There's a skull fracture, but no sign ofa struggle.
His blood-alcohol level was up.
Probably never knew what hit him.
Any ideas about that?
From the size ofthat bite mark, l'd say a large adult male.
Detective Tomson is handling the case.
Glenna?
l'm Special Agent Dana Scully, and this is Agent Fox Mulder.
l don't remember anybody calling the F.B.l.
in on this.
We're not here in an official capacity.
Agent Scully is a medical doctor.
We heard aboutyourvictim.
She thought she might take a look.
l'm going to askyou to leave.
We have an investigation.
Tommy, this is no time to get pissy.
We havejurisdiction.
Any suspects, Detective?
l don't work foryou, sir.
Unless you hear different from the attorney general...
this case is a local matter.
Agent Mulder, we should go.
There's no need to get bent out ofshape.
On the contrary.
l think l've been exceedingly polite.
So what's eating that guy?
He was perfectly in his rights.
The F.B.l.
has no overridingjurisdiction...
on a murder case.
You'd feel the same way...
ifsomeone was horning in on yourwork.
Chances are he's without a clue.
He'll probably be scratching his head...
when they bring the next body in.
You could have really humiliated him...
and told him who the perpetratorwas-- theJersey Devil.
What doyou saywe grab a hotel, take in a foor show...
drop a few quarters in the slot...
and do a little digging on this case?
You're kidding, right?
We can skip the foor show.
l have to be back in D.C.
Got a date?
No.
l have my godson's birthday party at 6:30.
What areyou doing?
A little poking around.
Maybe make a weekend out ofit.
lt's a three-hour drive back by myself-- in Friday-night traffic.
( CoinsJingling ) Change for 50.
Found the body just over there...
lying facedown on the rocks.
32 years with the park service.
l've come across some weird stuff...
but never anything like this.
The victim was a homeless man.
You get many ofthem out here?
Well, occasionally l'll see some...
but most are scared ofthe woods.
Scared?
Ofwhat?
l don't know.
The devil.
People say that'sjust a myth.
Depends on whoyou talk to.
What doyou think?
Well, like l said, you know, 32 years...
l see a lot ofweird stuff.
Like one time...
a little over fouryears ago...
l saw what l thought was a large man...
come out ofa copse ofbirch trees-- not a stitch ofclothing.
He was about 60 yards away.
And he starts sniffing the air...
you know, like a dog...
and then he looks straight at me...
and l swear he smelled me...
because he took off into the woods so fast...
you'd swear he wasn't human.
Really?
You never saw him again?
No.
But l feel him...
and...
l've found things.
Some scat, half-buried like a cat's...
only more human.
Found a half-eaten rabbit with what looked like...
a human cuspid tooth in it, and some deer bones...
that looked like they'd been sharpened into tools.
Doyou think it might be responsible for the bodyyou found?
Well...
l got a pension coming up in a fewyears.
You say the wrong thing-- Yeah.
l'll tell you one thing.
l don't ever come out here without myweapon anymore.
How far is it into town from here?
About a mile, mile and a half.
l'm staying at the Galaxy Gateway...
for the next couple days.
lfyou think ofanything, will you call me?
Sure.
All right.
( Children Laughing ) Look at this gorilla!
Hey, l can't see!
Where am l?
( Crying ) Oh, come here.
lt's okay.
lt's all right.
What happened?
Did you bumpyour head?
Oh, Cruiser, stop that!
Go on.
What-- What happened?
jungle warfare.
Oh, l'm going to kill that dog.
lfthe hit squad doesn't get to him beforeyou do.
l'm so glad you're here, Dana.
( Party Horn Blowing AndChildren Yelling ) Oh, you're amazing.
What?
You're such a natural at all this.
l don't know how you keep it all together.
Mommy radar.
l don't think l'm cut out for this, Ell.
Dana, you went through the F.B.l.
Academy.
What better training could there be for motherhood?
Seriously.
You're great with kids.
What areyou talking about?
When am l supposed to find the time?
Firstyou have to get a life.
And, ofcourse, it helps to find a man.
Know ofany?
Yeah, they're disappearing...
faster than the Brazilian rain forest.
What about that guy you workwith?
Mulder?
You said he was cute.
He's ajerk.
He's not ajerk.
He's, um...
He's obsessed with his work.
( DoorbellRinging ) Hi.
Hi.
l'm Rob.
l'm Scott's dad.
Oh.
Come in.
Thanks.
Hey, tiger.
Howyou doing?
Having a good time?
( Whispering: ) Divorced.
( People Talking ) Did anybody here know Roger Crockett?
He was murdered two days ago.
Ma'am, can l..?
Woman: Hey, honey, you got any change to spare?
Mulder: Roger Crockett?
Anybody.
What doyou want to know?
Did you know Roger Crockett?
Did you hear how he died?
Yeah.
Any ideas who might have done it?
You a cop?
No.
l'm F.B.l.
l'll showyou something.
Okay.
l need some money.
What is this?
Stuck in the pocket ofajacket l found.
Does it mean anything toyou?
l've seen it.
Where?
Right here, digging in the trash.
Areyou hustling me?
Swear to God.
What doyou think it is?
l don't know.
Scared the hell out ofme.
Has anybody else seen it?
Oh, yeah.
Everybody's pretty freaked.
Anybody tell the cops?
You think they don't know?
Whereyou sleeping tonight?
You're standing in my bedroom.
You know the Galaxy Gateway?
Room 756.
Go ahead.
Hey, they got HBO?
Yeah, they do.
( Rustling ) ( Dog Barking ) ( Fence Rattling ) ( Soft Thudding ) ( RaggedBreathing ) ( Soft Grunting ) ( Sniffiing ) ( Siren Wails ) Sir.
You got a man on that roof.
Nothing to be afraid of.
We'll giveyou a place to sleep it off.
Back off.
Calm down.
There's a man up there.
Get in the car, now.
What doyou think you're doing?
Enjoying the night life...
here in beautiful Atlantic City.
l'll go to the D.A.
ifl have to.
Obstructing an investigation...
misconduct.
Let's go see her together.
We'll add "withholding evidence" to the list.
What areyou talking about?
Statements given toyou...
describing something stalking the back streets ofAtlantic City.
This is the fishing trip...
they get me up at 3:00 in the morning for?
Unbelievable.
Why else would you be sweeping the streets tonight?
You know it's out there.
l got a perpetrator out there.
Whether it's Hannibal the Cannibal or Elmer Fudd...
l've got ajob to protect people.
Oh, is thatyourjob?
Or is it to keep the dice rolling, keep the tour buses rolling in?
You can't fill those casinos, this town disappears...
like a quarter down the slot.
l've seen it.
Seen what?
( Chuckling ) You've been spending too much time...
in supermarket check-out lines.
This story's as old as the hills.
Who's going to be responsible...
when you lose your first tourist, Detective?
You are.
No, you are, sir...
becauseyou're wasting my time...
and impeding the solution ofthis case.
You want to go on a safari, go to Africa.
ln the meantime, enjoy the rest ofyourweekend.
Agent Scully.
Agent Mulder, line three.
Where areyou?
Notfarfrom whereyouleftme.
You're still in Atlantic City?
Uh, Scully, yougotanything happening thismorning?
What's that noise in the background?
( Retching ) That's a guy getting sick.
Mulder, where areyou?
The drunk tank?
Isawthis thingon theroof.
Well, it's not hard to see...
why they mistookyou for a vagrant.
You going to rag on me...
or areyou going to get me something to eat?
Am l buying...
or did you manage to panhandle some spare change?
lt moved like a cat, quick and graceful.
A human couldn't have gotten up on a roofthat fast.
Mulder.
What?
What will happen when the Bureau finds out?
They dropped the charges.
Tomson ran me through the system to spite me.
l'm talking about thisJersey Devil.
l saw it.
lt's exactly what the ranger described.
The way it moved, sniffed the air.
lt's out ofthe woods, probably in search offood.
l'll say.
lt picked through the garbage.
lfit was a man-eater, why didn't it come after me?
Probably felt threatened.
You're ascribing it a motive and an alibi.
This thing chewed somebody's arm off.
lt's not exactly a defensive posture.
Butyou do believe l saw something?
You saw something, but l won't go in and sell it...
when it's nothing more than a sighting in a dark alley.
l'm still paying for a hotel room.
l have to get back to Washington by 7:30.
Another birthday party?
No.
l have a date.
Can you cancel?
Unlikeyou, Mulder, l would like to have a life.
l have a life.
Come on.
l have somebody l wantyou to meet...
on the way home.
Come on.
Hold on.
just about every culture has one-- Yeti, Sasquatch, the Russian Almas.
Why is that?
lt's a universal wild man myth-- a symbolic fear ofour dual natures as humans...
as creators oflife and destroyers ofit.
What's this chart?
lt shows the historic entry ofman onto each continent...
and the effect it had on other animal species...
which has been disastrous.
Why?
We humans have retained hereditary traits...
through evolution...
that have proven to be extremely destructive.
We tend to be tribal and aggressively territorial...
oriented by selfish sexual and reproductive drives...
that make cooperation beyond the family or tribe...
extremely hard for us.
So we kill other species in order to survive.
Humans are top carnivores.
We sit at the top ofthe food chain...
and reduce other species' chances ofsurvival.
Nice to know Dana left here with more than a degree.
But what ifsomething entered the food chain above us?
lt won't happen.
Our intelligence virtually ensures...
that, barring the introduction ofsome alien life-form...
we will live out our days as rulers ofthe world.
But what if, through some fuke ofnature...
a human was born...
who reverted to its most animal instincts?
A kind ofcarnivorous Neanderthal.
Wouldn't he occupy a space above us on the food chain?
Oh, sure.
All he'd have to do...
is wait outside any fast-food restaurant...
and eat us on the way in.
Haven't there been cases...
where men have been raised in the wilderness by animals...
who have no language and hunt like predators?
Yes, but cannibalism is rare...
even among lower mammals.
But even when faced with extinction?
Maybe in thejungles of New Guinea.
lt'sjust highly unlikely that whatyou're suggesting...
could have survived civilization or evolution...
out in the woods of NewJersey?
Highly unlikely...
but not outside the realm ofextreme possibility?
Well, it would be an amazing discovery.
Rob: The hard thing...
was when mywife remarried.
Suddenly l felt very competitive for my son's attention.
lt was weird.
l'm sure.
l became a superdad on the weekends with Scott.
l had this unconscious fear ofbeing replaced.
l actually had dreams...
where l was running over his stepfatherwith my car.
You'll understand when you have kids.
Having kids changes everything.
That's what they say.
Maybe some weekend ifyou're up for it...
we could take the kids out to the beach for the day.
Yeah.
Great.
Thankyou.
Can l ask about the case you're on, or can'tyou say?
Well...
l don't think it's a case we should discuss over dinner.
l don't suppose you'd want to hear...
about the finer points ofestate planning and taxation?
( Telephone Ringing ) Mulder.
AgentMulder, this is PeterBrouillet...
oftheJersey Parks Department.
Oh, yeah.
Hi.
l found a body out in the woods today.
Itlooks likeit'sbeen dead six to eightmonths.
A long-haired male...
missing the same tooth l found in that rabbit.
Could beyour devil.
Where's the body now?
I turneditover to the coroner's offiice.
You're sure it was a male?
Ithadall theplumbing.
Excuse me.
Mm-hmm.
( Beeping ) l'm sorry.
Excuse me.
Certainly.
( Ringing ) Scully.
Mulder.
Sorrytointerruptyourevening.
That's okay.
What's up?
l just had an amazing thought.
Maybe it isn't a beast man we're looking for after all.
Well, ifthey picked it up...
nobody logged the body on the chart.
l sure haven't seen it.
What else would they have done with it?
We called you here for nothing.
They're going to sweep this under the carpet.
Why?
Any publicity, and the streets will be crawling...
with people who aren't here to play craps.
Word gets out there's something on the loose, forget it.
lt's a female?
The body they found was a male.
There's a 50-50 chance there was a mate.
We may never know unless we find out ourselves.
lfit's true, what are the chances ofcapturing it alive?
lfit is a primate...
it would have a natural fear ofheights.
lt would also want to stay close to its food source.
This thing has no fear ofheights.
We'll start with the lower foors.
How much time will that dart give us?
lt will put down a 500-pound bear for an hour...
ifl hit it.
What the hell's a park rangervehicle doing here?
l don't know.
Check it out.
Run a check for me on-- Something here.
lt's blood.
She could be bringing her killing here.
She could be injured.
Roger.
Zebra Team in position.
What ifit is a female, Scully?
How close is she toyou or me?
Does she feel emotion...
or are her daysjust spent looking for food?
Maybe she spends her day shopping.
Eight million years out ofAfrica-- l don't think we're all that different.
Mulder, we've put men into space.
We've built computers...
that work faster than the human mind.
While we overpopulate the world...
and create new technologies to kill each otherwith?
Maybe we'rejust beasts with big brains.
What?
No, l wasjust...
thinking about my godson's birthday party.
Eight little six-year-old boys running around.
Talk about primitive behavior.
Tomson: Hisnameis Mulder.
He'sa federalagent.
You know him?
No.
Whatareyoudoinghere?
I'm aprofessor ofanthropology.
Mulder.
Does thatsoundfamiliar?
l know he's here somewhere.
Will you check upstairs, Andrew?
I want thisplacesearched top tobottom-- Move, move!
( Metallic Banging ) Scully: Mulder...
Mulder, whereareyou?
( Metallic Clanking ) ( Snarls ) ( Groaning ) Mulder?
( Grunting ) Scully.
Lay back.
Oh, Mulder, you're hurt.
You should have seen her.
She was beautiful.
Yeah, well, shejust about ripped your lungs out.
She could have torn my head off...
but she sensed l wasn't a threat.
l need federal jurisdiction on this case.
How old would you say she was?
The U.S.
Assistant D.A.
is on the phone.
He wants to know what's going on.
Tell him he's got a real live Neanderthal on the loose.
She was young.
The Atlantic City major crime unit...
has filed a complaint...
that we're endangering a murder investigation.
That is such crap-- They got her cornered in a building.
Let's go.
lt crawled into the wall.
Get a man in there.
Affiirmative.
Keep these people out ofhere.
You can take her alive.
( Man Yelling ) What's going on?
I'vegotaman down.
A nakedwomanjustjumped from asecond-story window.
Suspect is headed south into the woods on foot.
Good boy.
l know these woods.
She's going for cover down by the rocks.
Keepyour eyes to the left.
Stay alert.
( Groaning ) Look.
Can you reach her from here?
l can try.
( Grunting ) ( Gunshot ) ( Gunshot ) ( Men Yelling ) Man: l got it!
Good shot.
She tried to take my arm off.
Man: Looks like she tried to bury herself.
Why did you have to kill her?
Same reason you kill a rabid animal.
( Sighing ) Hi.
Thisjust came through.
lt's a posthumous medical exam ofthe woman's body.
They found fragments ofhuman bone...
still in her digestive tract.
They estimated her age to be 25 to 30 years.
They allowed Dr.
Diamond to do a medical exam ofthe body...
but he found nothing...
that suggested prehistoric bone structure...
or physiology.
The A.C.P.D.
has her listed as aJane Doe...
in a search for her identity...
and state psychiatric records has begun in earnest.
Good luck.
They have also released the medical exam...
from the male body that they found.
His age is estimated to be about 40 years.
There would have been offspring.
The medical exam ofthe woman's uterus...
seems to indicate that she may have given birth.
She was protecting her children.
lt all makes sense.
The male dies...
and she comes out ofthe woods in search offood.
Do me a favor.
Go out and have a beer.
Take the day off.
l'll cover foryou.
just take some time foryourself.
Thanks, but l've got an appointment...
at the Smithsonian with an ethnobiologist.
( Telephone Ringing ) l can't wait to tell him.
Mulder.
Yeah,just a second.
lt's foryou.
Hello.
Hi, Dana.
It's Rob.
Oh, hi.
l have Scott for the night...
and we have two extra tickets for Cirque du Soleil.
We thoughtmaybeyou'dlike toask Ellen...
ifyoucould take Trent andjoin us.
Requisition for a car, please, Fran.
Thankyou.
Who was that on the phone?
A guy.
Same guyyou had dinnerwith the other night?
Same guy.
You going to have dinner with him again?
l don't think so.
No interest.
Not at this time.
Thanks, Fran.
What areyou doing?
Going with you to the Smithsonian.
Don'tyou have a life?
Keep that up and l'll hurtyou...
like that beast woman.
Eight million years out ofAfrica.
And lookwho's holding the door.
Dad, did youjust see something down there?
Where?
Over there.
No.
l'm sure it was nothing.
No.
l saw something.
Did you ever hear the story oftheJersey Devil?
When l was a kid...
my dad used to tell this story about a creature...
who lived out there in the woods.
lt was halfman, halfanimal.
l used to believe--