1
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We don't have to be out here, you know.
It's not like you're still in high school.

2
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We can go to the motel.

3
00:00:35,620 --> 00:00:39,665
- I wouldn't want anyone to see us.
- No one will see us.

4
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It's a small town.

5
00:00:50,051 --> 00:00:52,136
(Grunts in pain)

6
00:01:02,438 --> 00:01:05,733
George... come on, George.

7
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- Why'd you change your mind anyway?
- You're pretty persistent, I guess.

8
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- Squeaky wheel gets the oil?
- I guess so.

9
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What's wrong with right here?
I could set the blanket down and...

10
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- Not yet.
- Why not?

11
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Because... you have to catch me first.

12
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Oh, come on now! You don't
want me to chase after you, do ya?

13
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Paula!

14
00:02:09,005 --> 00:02:10,881
Paula?

15
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Paula...

16
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Where are you?

17
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Son of a bitch!

18
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(Screams)

19
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I don't know, Scully. The man hasn't
been seen or heard from in ten weeks.

20
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Come on, mulder. They're wasting our time.

21
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They're sending us
on some kind of a wild-goose chase.

22
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Chicken chase.

23
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George kearns was a poultry inspector
assigned to Dudley, Arkansas...

24
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Home of chaco chicken.

25
00:04:04,954 --> 00:04:09,458
I'm not questioning the legitimacy of the
case, just their motives in assigning it.

26
00:04:09,542 --> 00:04:12,294
Doesn't it bother you
that they're undermining you?

27
00:04:12,378 --> 00:04:15,631
They may think they are,
but on the night he disappeared...

28
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A woman on the i-10
saw a strange fire in an adjacent field.

29
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I read that report. She claims
that she saw some kind of a foxfire spirit.

30
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I'm surprised she didn't
call Oprah after the police.

31
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19th-century tales from the ozarks describe
people being taken away by fireballs.

32
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- The spirits of massacred Indians.
- Those are only legends.

33
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Well, most legends
don't leave behind 12-foot burn marks.

34
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That was taken by state police
in the field where the woman saw foxfire.

35
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- This could have been made by a bonfire.
- I thought so, too. Until I remembered this.

36
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A documentary I saw when I was
in college about an insane asylum.

37
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- It gave me nightmares.
- I thought nothing gave you nightmares.

38
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I was young.

39
00:05:01,510 --> 00:05:04,430
They, uh... see, they took...

40
00:05:04,513 --> 00:05:08,058
They, uh... they took me away.

41
00:05:08,142 --> 00:05:10,561
They took me away... this...
The fire demons.

42
00:05:10,644 --> 00:05:15,566
The fire demons...
Wanted their pound of flesh.

43
00:05:15,649 --> 00:05:17,651
But, uh...

44
00:05:17,735 --> 00:05:20,779
I'm too fast for 'em.
(Chuckles nervously)

45
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You cannot kill them.
You can't let them kill you. Oh, no...

46
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No, don't let them kill you.
That's no way to get to heaven.

47
00:05:30,372 --> 00:05:32,458
No, sir...

48
00:05:33,584 --> 00:05:36,128
No, sir. That is no way to get to heaven.

49
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His name was creighton Jones.

50
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He pulled off the road
on may 17th 1961 to take a nap.

51
00:05:41,926 --> 00:05:43,844
They found him three days later
so deranged

52
00:05:43,928 --> 00:05:46,805
by what he'd seen that he was committed.

53
00:05:46,889 --> 00:05:51,685
The state police found his car on the i-10,
right in the middle of Dudley, Arkansas...

54
00:05:51,769 --> 00:05:53,896
Home of chaco chicken.

55
00:06:10,246 --> 00:06:12,498
What's this, mulder?

56
00:06:14,250 --> 00:06:19,588
That's a witches' peg. Staking it into the
ground is supposed to ward off evil spirits.

57
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Can I help you folks?

58
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I'm sheriff arens.
I saw you back at the turn-off.

59
00:06:26,303 --> 00:06:29,390
FBI. I'm special agent mulder.
This is agent Scully.

60
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We're investigating
George kearns's disappearance.

61
00:06:32,643 --> 00:06:37,314
I'm happy to help you, but I'm not sure
how much there is to investigate.

62
00:06:37,439 --> 00:06:41,944
- Sheriff, a man is missing.
- We found no evidence of criminal activity.

63
00:06:42,027 --> 00:06:46,073
Since no body turned up,
we just filed a missing person's report.

64
00:06:46,156 --> 00:06:49,410
Why didn't you mention
this witches' peg in your report?

65
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Because these hills
are filled with witches' pegs.

66
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These old hill people
cling tight to their superstitions.

67
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- What about the scorched area?
- Illegal trash burn.

68
00:06:59,628 --> 00:07:02,881
I keep handing out the citations.
They keep doing it anyway.

69
00:07:03,007 --> 00:07:05,301
Cheaper to pay a fine
than haul it to the dump.

70
00:07:05,384 --> 00:07:08,220
- So you don't believe it's foxfire?
- Sir...

71
00:07:08,345 --> 00:07:12,308
Foxfire's nothing more than
a ghost story about swamp gas.

72
00:07:12,391 --> 00:07:17,646
Listen, kearns was passin' through town
ever since he got here six months ago.

73
00:07:17,730 --> 00:07:20,024
- How do you mean?
- Never did fit in.

74
00:07:20,357 --> 00:07:22,860
Not at the plant, not even in his own home.

75
00:07:22,985 --> 00:07:26,405
He cheated on his wife every chance he got.

76
00:07:26,488 --> 00:07:28,032
Did he have many chances?

77
00:07:28,157 --> 00:07:31,076
George is the type of man
you'd expect to go

78
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chasin' some sweet young thing
out of town.

79
00:07:34,163 --> 00:07:38,959
- Is that what his wife thinks happened?
- Push comes to shove, I'm sure she does.

80
00:07:39,043 --> 00:07:41,503
But you're welcome to ask her yourself.

81
00:07:46,258 --> 00:07:50,220
My husband had a character
that leaves something out.

82
00:07:50,346 --> 00:07:52,306
I always knew that about him...

83
00:07:52,389 --> 00:07:57,770
But I didn't have the sense to do anything
about it. I guess he saved me the trouble.

84
00:07:57,895 --> 00:08:01,982
So you're fairly certain
that he left you for somebody else?

85
00:08:02,066 --> 00:08:06,945
George left me a long time ago,
right around the time I turned 40.

86
00:08:07,446 --> 00:08:09,865
Leavin' town was just a formality.

87
00:08:09,948 --> 00:08:15,204
- Do you know who he might be with now?
- No. And I don't wanna know, either.

88
00:08:15,287 --> 00:08:19,750
He was about to file this inspection report
with the department of agriculture...

89
00:08:19,875 --> 00:08:23,128
- The day before he disappeared.
- I know nothing about that.

90
00:08:23,462 --> 00:08:28,550
- He never discussed his work with you?
- He never told me and I never asked.

91
00:08:28,634 --> 00:08:33,514
He cited several health violations. He was
gonna recommend the plant be shut down.

92
00:08:33,597 --> 00:08:36,433
I don't know a thing about
what went on in that plant.

93
00:08:36,558 --> 00:08:40,938
Did he ever receive threatening phone calls
or anything unusual in the mail?

94
00:08:41,063 --> 00:08:45,401
There were hang-ups, but I always
thought it was one of his girlfriends.

95
00:08:47,403 --> 00:08:49,571
I'm gonna give you my phone number.

96
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If your husband tries to contact you,
I want you to get in touch with me.

97
00:08:53,784 --> 00:08:56,620
Or if you can think of anything else.

98
00:09:37,786 --> 00:09:39,997
(Woman) Come on, Paula. Let's go!

99
00:10:23,207 --> 00:10:27,836
This is Jess Harold, the floor manager.
Jess, these people are with the FBI.

100
00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,214
You're here about George kearns?

101
00:10:30,339 --> 00:10:34,384
His disappearance may have
something to do with a report...

102
00:10:34,510 --> 00:10:37,805
He was about to file
with the department of agriculture.

103
00:10:37,888 --> 00:10:41,350
Ever since he got here,
George was trying to shut us down.

104
00:10:42,017 --> 00:10:43,852
He cited multiple violations.

105
00:10:43,936 --> 00:10:47,022
I know. I had to answer
to each one of them.

106
00:10:47,564 --> 00:10:50,275
Was there any merit to his claims?

107
00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,861
Let me show you something.

108
00:11:02,538 --> 00:11:04,581
(Gasping)

109
00:11:08,460 --> 00:11:10,879
Paula, are you ok?

110
00:11:38,490 --> 00:11:43,787
This is where George worked. Every chicken
passes through the inspectors' station.

111
00:11:43,912 --> 00:11:45,539
We've been here 50 years

112
00:11:45,622 --> 00:11:48,417
and had no trouble with the usda
until George came along.

113
00:11:48,500 --> 00:11:51,837
- So he really did threaten to shut it down.
- Oh, he tried.

114
00:11:51,962 --> 00:11:56,800
But we got three other inspectors here
consistently give us top marks. Here.

115
00:11:57,593 --> 00:11:59,636
See for yourself.

116
00:11:59,761 --> 00:12:02,139
The only problem this plant had
was George.

117
00:12:02,264 --> 00:12:05,309
Problem enough to do something about?

118
00:12:05,434 --> 00:12:09,062
If you mean any kind of unsavouriness,
I guess anything's possible.

119
00:12:09,146 --> 00:12:12,941
George had a bone to pick with everyone,
even the federal government.

120
00:12:13,025 --> 00:12:15,986
- What do you mean?
- He filed a compensation suit.

121
00:12:16,111 --> 00:12:20,782
Claimed he was getting terrible headaches.
"Line hypnosis" his lawyers called it.

122
00:12:20,991 --> 00:12:24,369
Yeah, it's caused by
high-speed repetitive activity.

123
00:12:24,494 --> 00:12:27,289
I don't deny a lot of chickens
go through here

124
00:12:27,372 --> 00:12:29,750
but we operate within federal guidelines.

125
00:12:29,833 --> 00:12:31,919
What happened to his lawsuit?

126
00:12:32,002 --> 00:12:36,381
It was dismissed, just a few weeks
before he disappeared.

127
00:12:36,506 --> 00:12:38,550
What's that?

128
00:12:39,468 --> 00:12:41,303
Oh, that.

129
00:12:41,386 --> 00:12:43,931
Feed grinder. Chops up bone, tissue.

130
00:12:44,014 --> 00:12:48,393
See, any part of the bird we can't package,
we process and use as feed.

131
00:12:48,685 --> 00:12:52,105
- Chickens feed on chickens?
- It doesn't sound appetising.

132
00:12:52,189 --> 00:12:54,524
But it is nutritious and cuts down on cost.

133
00:12:54,650 --> 00:12:59,529
The meat is cooked, then mixed with grain. No
reason to let all that protein go to waste.

134
00:12:59,655 --> 00:13:02,699
- Excuse me. I got a shift change.
- Howdy, sheriff.

135
00:13:02,824 --> 00:13:04,701
Logan.

136
00:13:05,202 --> 00:13:08,205
Mulder, ready to admit
they sent us on a fool's errand?

137
00:13:08,330 --> 00:13:11,625
If the fool would persist in his folly,
he'd become wise.

138
00:13:11,708 --> 00:13:13,961
Whether kearns left or was killed,

139
00:13:14,044 --> 00:13:17,339
this could have been handled
by any Kansas City agent.

140
00:13:17,422 --> 00:13:20,050
- I'm not so sure about that.
- (Woman screams)

141
00:13:22,094 --> 00:13:24,346
Let him go! We're federal agents.

142
00:13:25,889 --> 00:13:27,933
(Scully) Everyone stay calm!

143
00:13:28,934 --> 00:13:31,103
Don't hurt him! Tell us what you want.

144
00:13:31,395 --> 00:13:34,356
Don't get excited. Just calm down.

145
00:13:35,065 --> 00:13:38,276
Stay calm!
You don't want anyone to get hurt.

146
00:13:38,944 --> 00:13:42,364
We can talk this thing out.
Why don't you give me the knife?

147
00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:47,035
(Gunshot)

148
00:13:52,082 --> 00:13:54,209
You ok?

149
00:14:11,643 --> 00:14:14,146
Do you have any idea
why she attacked you?

150
00:14:14,271 --> 00:14:15,480
None at all.

151
00:14:15,564 --> 00:14:17,774
No recent complaints or strange behaviour?

152
00:14:18,108 --> 00:14:22,279
Paula has always been one of
our best employees. Stable, well-liked.

153
00:14:22,404 --> 00:14:25,032
I can't begin to imagine
what brought this on.

154
00:14:25,115 --> 00:14:27,868
Dr Randolph, do you have any ideas?

155
00:14:27,951 --> 00:14:30,412
If you're done with me, I got work to do.

156
00:14:30,787 --> 00:14:34,416
Come by tomorrow and let me
make sure it's not infected.

157
00:14:34,499 --> 00:14:36,418
Sure.

158
00:14:40,422 --> 00:14:43,925
Paula came by last week,
complaining of persistent headaches.

159
00:14:44,009 --> 00:14:47,763
She had suddenly started
getting irritable, unable to sleep.

160
00:14:48,138 --> 00:14:51,683
- Did you determine the cause?
- I'm just the staff physician.

161
00:14:51,808 --> 00:14:54,144
I usually only treat hand injuries...

162
00:14:54,269 --> 00:14:57,856
So I'm a little out of my depth
on psychiatric matters.

163
00:14:57,981 --> 00:15:00,609
Was anything physically wrong with her?

164
00:15:00,692 --> 00:15:03,570
I sent her to county
for a brain scan and an eeg.

165
00:15:03,653 --> 00:15:07,657
Both came back normal, so I assumed
her condition was stress-related.

166
00:15:07,783 --> 00:15:12,204
- Could it have been line hypnosis?
- I'm not qualified to make that diagnosis.

167
00:15:12,329 --> 00:15:16,124
But you can tell us whether
George kearns had similar complaints.

168
00:15:16,666 --> 00:15:20,337
They presented similar symptoms, yeah.

169
00:15:20,837 --> 00:15:26,426
- (Scully) How did you treat them?
- Both with pain medication - codeine.

170
00:15:26,510 --> 00:15:29,930
I think an autopsy on Paula gray
would clarify things.

171
00:15:30,013 --> 00:15:33,225
I'm, uh... afraid I can't authorise that.

172
00:15:33,350 --> 00:15:36,478
- That's up to mr chaco.
- Why? You're her physician.

173
00:15:36,561 --> 00:15:42,484
Yeah, but mr chaco was Paula gray's
grandfather... and her legal guardian.

174
00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:39,541
(Mulder) Mr chaco?

175
00:16:39,624 --> 00:16:41,918
Feedin' these chickens...

176
00:16:42,460 --> 00:16:45,213
Helps me clear my mind.

177
00:16:46,631 --> 00:16:49,259
They're perfect creatures, you know.

178
00:16:49,384 --> 00:16:54,389
We eat their meat, their eggs, sleep
on pillows stuffed with their feathers.

179
00:16:56,308 --> 00:17:00,020
Not many people I know
are as useful as these chickens.

180
00:17:00,103 --> 00:17:03,732
Sorry to disturb you, sir.
We realise this is difficult for you.

181
00:17:03,815 --> 00:17:07,611
You wanna conduct
an autopsy on my granddaughter.

182
00:17:13,491 --> 00:17:17,120
You think Paula had some disease
that made her act that way?

183
00:17:17,954 --> 00:17:21,124
That's what we're hoping
a postmortem will determine.

184
00:17:21,249 --> 00:17:24,211
I thought your business
was kearns's disappearance.

185
00:17:24,294 --> 00:17:28,006
It is, but it may be linked with
what happened to your granddaughter.

186
00:17:28,506 --> 00:17:29,841
How?

187
00:17:29,966 --> 00:17:35,388
It's possible they may have both suffered
from the same neurological disorder.

188
00:17:35,472 --> 00:17:41,269
You know, when I came here after the war,
Dudley was just a patch of dirt.

189
00:17:41,811 --> 00:17:45,815
I built that plant
and put my whole family to work there.

190
00:17:46,608 --> 00:17:50,612
We made this town one of the biggest
chicken processors in the nation.

191
00:17:51,321 --> 00:17:55,033
We couldn't have done that
with troublemakers and layabouts.

192
00:17:55,158 --> 00:17:57,202
I assume you mean George kearns.

193
00:17:57,327 --> 00:18:02,999
Men like George kearns don't build things.
They tend to tear 'em down.

194
00:18:03,291 --> 00:18:07,087
Then you're aware of his recommendation
to close down your plant?

195
00:18:07,170 --> 00:18:09,297
You know...

196
00:18:09,714 --> 00:18:13,969
Iivin' a long life is a mixed blessing.

197
00:18:14,052 --> 00:18:18,682
You spend your youth trying to build
something for yourself and your family...

198
00:18:18,807 --> 00:18:24,354
And your community, only to watch it
all taken away from you at your old age.

199
00:18:26,022 --> 00:18:27,983
Still...

200
00:18:28,066 --> 00:18:31,152
I'm not ready to die just yet.

201
00:18:32,362 --> 00:18:35,031
You go do your autopsy on Paula.

202
00:18:35,532 --> 00:18:38,743
I wanna know
what happened to my granddaughter.

203
00:18:55,385 --> 00:18:57,762
I think we've got something here, mulder.

204
00:18:57,887 --> 00:19:00,056
- Take a look.
- What am I looking at?

205
00:19:00,181 --> 00:19:02,392
A specimen from Paula's brain.

206
00:19:02,517 --> 00:19:06,396
She had a rare degenerative disorder
called creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

207
00:19:06,521 --> 00:19:10,025
It's characterised by the formation
of holes in the brain tissue.

208
00:19:10,108 --> 00:19:15,822
- Why didn't they show up on her charts?
- Short of an autopsy, it's hard to diagnose.

209
00:19:15,905 --> 00:19:19,534
I've only seen infected tissue once,
back in medical school.

210
00:19:19,617 --> 00:19:22,620
- Could it be why she attacked Jess Harold?
- Absolutely.

211
00:19:22,746 --> 00:19:27,292
Victims of creutzfeldt-Jakob suffer from
progressive dementia, severe seizures.

212
00:19:27,417 --> 00:19:30,754
- Is it fatal?
- This girl would have been dead in months.

213
00:19:31,254 --> 00:19:35,925
Except that Paula gray was no girl.
This is her personnel file. Check it out.

214
00:19:36,468 --> 00:19:39,512
It says here that
Paula gray was born in 1948...

215
00:19:39,596 --> 00:19:44,100
Which means that this woman,
chaco's granddaughter, was 47 years old.

216
00:19:45,226 --> 00:19:46,728
There must be a mistake.

217
00:19:46,811 --> 00:19:50,899
Let's find out. Her birth certificate
should be on file at the courthouse.

218
00:19:50,982 --> 00:19:56,237
Who knows, Scully? This could turn out
to be even more interesting than foxfire.

219
00:20:08,750 --> 00:20:13,630
The odds that they both had the same
disease are practically nonexistent.

220
00:20:13,755 --> 00:20:17,717
Creutzfeldt-Jakob can be hereditary,
but it's not communicable.

221
00:20:17,801 --> 00:20:21,930
That two unrelated people in one town
contracted the same rare disease is...

222
00:20:22,013 --> 00:20:27,143
A lot more likely than Paula gray
being three years shy of her 50th birthday.

223
00:20:28,019 --> 00:20:29,813
Mulder, look out!

224
00:20:37,362 --> 00:20:39,656
(Clucking)

225
00:20:46,371 --> 00:20:48,706
Call an ambulance!

226
00:20:48,832 --> 00:20:51,126
I'll try to get the driver out.

227
00:20:55,713 --> 00:21:00,009
This is federal agent Scully.
I'd like to report an accident...

228
00:21:12,564 --> 00:21:18,486
I just got off the phone with dr Randolph.
He said this driver had the same symptoms.

229
00:21:18,570 --> 00:21:24,075
You're saying this is a third victim? You told
me two cases are statistically impossible.

230
00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,161
They would be.

231
00:21:26,244 --> 00:21:29,289
I just came up with a sick theory, mulder.

232
00:21:29,372 --> 00:21:31,499
Ooh, I'm listening.

233
00:21:32,208 --> 00:21:33,960
You saw the feed grinders at the plant.

234
00:21:34,043 --> 00:21:37,088
What if somebody
put kearns's body in there?

235
00:21:37,213 --> 00:21:38,631
This is a prion disease,

236
00:21:38,715 --> 00:21:42,677
so it may have passed on
to the chickens and whoever ate them.

237
00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:45,346
So anyone eating the chickens
would be at risk?

238
00:21:45,430 --> 00:21:46,473
It's possible.

239
00:21:46,556 --> 00:21:50,935
In england they incinerate cattle
to stop them passing on mad cow disease.

240
00:21:51,060 --> 00:21:53,605
These chickens
are shipped all over the country.

241
00:21:53,730 --> 00:21:58,526
If you're right, we'd be seeing an
epidemic, not just a few local cases.

242
00:21:59,277 --> 00:22:01,196
Shenfi?

243
00:22:03,281 --> 00:22:05,867
What's wrong with this water?

244
00:22:07,577 --> 00:22:11,915
Runoff from the plant. Chicken litter,
mostly. Some blood and parts.

245
00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:14,918
Was this river searched
after kearns disappeared?

246
00:22:15,084 --> 00:22:17,587
Are you kiddin'? A needle in a haystack!

247
00:22:17,712 --> 00:22:20,757
I'd like it dragged as soon as possible.

248
00:22:21,799 --> 00:22:24,427
Why would you wanna do that?

249
00:22:24,552 --> 00:22:26,930
To see what's in there.

250
00:22:27,055 --> 00:22:31,559
That's a filthyjob, and I would first
like to know what you're lookin' for.

251
00:22:31,643 --> 00:22:33,937
Hopefully, nothing.

252
00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:39,692
Look, sheriff, if you don't wanna do it,
I can get some of my men to do it.

253
00:22:39,776 --> 00:22:41,903
I'll do it.

254
00:22:43,613 --> 00:22:45,615
- Mulder...
- It's just a hunch.

255
00:22:45,740 --> 00:22:49,244
If kearns didn't run off,
if he was murdered for that report...

256
00:22:49,327 --> 00:22:52,121
Then his body's gotta be somewhere.

257
00:23:10,473 --> 00:23:13,893
We closed the spillway
and the water level dropped.

258
00:23:13,977 --> 00:23:17,981
- They came up with it almost immediately.
- Did you find kearns?

259
00:23:18,106 --> 00:23:20,483
Maybe you'd better see for yourself.

260
00:23:55,018 --> 00:23:59,814
Sheriff arens is outside.
They're still pulling bones from the river.

261
00:23:59,897 --> 00:24:03,818
Well, so far I've been able
to isolate nine distinct skeletons.

262
00:24:03,901 --> 00:24:06,654
This one belonged
to the late George kearns.

263
00:24:06,988 --> 00:24:11,159
- How do you know?
- The pin... in his femur.

264
00:24:12,660 --> 00:24:17,999
According to his medical file,
kearns broke his right leg four years ago.

265
00:24:18,082 --> 00:24:22,545
- What about the others?
- I'll need more sophisticated equipment...

266
00:24:22,670 --> 00:24:27,050
But I estimate that some of these bones
are as much as 20 or 30 years old.

267
00:24:27,717 --> 00:24:31,220
All of them share one strange detail,
though.

268
00:24:32,221 --> 00:24:35,516
- They seem to have lost their heads.
- Besides that.

269
00:24:37,018 --> 00:24:40,855
The older bones show signs of decay
and abrasion, like you'd expect.

270
00:24:40,938 --> 00:24:42,982
But for some reason all of them,

271
00:24:43,066 --> 00:24:47,236
even kearns's, are smooth and buffed
at the ends.

272
00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,868
It's almost like they've been polished.

273
00:24:53,951 --> 00:24:56,120
It could be erosion from the water...

274
00:24:56,245 --> 00:24:59,374
Well, that water had hardly any current.

275
00:24:59,457 --> 00:25:03,878
This level of erosion wouldn't be confined
to just the ends of the bones.

276
00:25:04,879 --> 00:25:07,131
- Any theories?
- Maybe.

277
00:25:10,259 --> 00:25:12,095
Sheriff...

278
00:25:13,262 --> 00:25:16,057
- Doris.
- Is it true? Just tell me.

279
00:25:16,140 --> 00:25:19,977
- Doris, I want you to listen to me.
- They found him, didn't they?

280
00:25:20,269 --> 00:25:24,023
We brought up quite a few remains
at the river this afternoon.

281
00:25:24,107 --> 00:25:26,609
George's were among them.

282
00:25:27,485 --> 00:25:28,945
I'm sorry.

283
00:25:29,445 --> 00:25:32,657
Listen, I'm really sorry.
It's gonna be all right.

284
00:25:32,782 --> 00:25:35,535
Don't worry, Doris. We'll take care of you.

285
00:25:35,618 --> 00:25:37,620
Doris?

286
00:25:37,995 --> 00:25:40,415
- Dee, that the new schedule?
- Yeah.

287
00:25:44,293 --> 00:25:46,421
Looks good.

288
00:26:08,317 --> 00:26:11,612
Why do I get the feeling
you're not here to check up on my neck?

289
00:26:11,696 --> 00:26:15,283
- They found bones in the river.
- I know. I heard.

290
00:26:15,533 --> 00:26:18,661
Did you also hear that Clayton Walsh
came down with the symptoms?

291
00:26:18,745 --> 00:26:20,037
That's four.

292
00:26:20,121 --> 00:26:23,207
It's getting worse
with every day that goes by.

293
00:26:24,625 --> 00:26:29,213
- Someone has to tell mr chaco.
- He knows, but he's not doing anything.

294
00:26:31,674 --> 00:26:34,802
- Maybe I should talk to him.
- You can try.

295
00:26:35,845 --> 00:26:38,723
I will talk to him. He'll listen to me.

296
00:26:40,391 --> 00:26:42,518
And if he doesn't?

297
00:26:54,906 --> 00:27:01,078
I had Danny run a check on missing persons
last seen within a 200-mile radius of Dudley.

298
00:27:01,204 --> 00:27:05,625
In the last 50 years
87 people have disappeared near here.

299
00:27:05,708 --> 00:27:07,210
Judging from the forensic evidence,

300
00:27:07,293 --> 00:27:12,048
I'd say the same person or persons
was responsible.

301
00:27:12,173 --> 00:27:14,801
(Scully) It may have
been the work of a cult.

302
00:27:14,884 --> 00:27:18,179
Scully, I think that
the good people of Dudley

303
00:27:18,262 --> 00:27:20,723
have been eating more than just chicken.

304
00:27:23,100 --> 00:27:26,562
- You think these people were eaten?
- Look at these bones.

305
00:27:26,687 --> 00:27:30,691
They've been polished at both ends,
suggesting they were boiled in a pot.

306
00:27:30,775 --> 00:27:33,277
Anthropologists used similar evidence...

307
00:27:33,402 --> 00:27:37,406
To prove cannibalism among
the anasazi tribe of new Mexico.

308
00:27:38,950 --> 00:27:43,704
Then Paula gray may have contracted
creutzfeldt-Jakob by eating George kearns.

309
00:27:44,247 --> 00:27:46,916
That could explain her youthful appearance.

310
00:27:46,999 --> 00:27:48,668
What are you talking about?

311
00:27:48,751 --> 00:27:52,255
Some cannibalistic rituals
are believed to prolong life.

312
00:27:52,380 --> 00:27:55,967
Cannibalism is one thing,
but increasing longevity by it...

313
00:27:56,259 --> 00:28:01,389
Think about it, Scully. From vampirism to
catholicism, literally or symbolically...

314
00:28:01,472 --> 00:28:03,516
The reward for eating
flesh is eternal life.

315
00:28:03,599 --> 00:28:06,143
I don't know how it works,
but we saw Paula.

316
00:28:06,269 --> 00:28:08,354
We never confirmed her date of birth.

317
00:28:08,437 --> 00:28:10,898
Maybe the courthouse records
can tell us if she,

318
00:28:10,982 --> 00:28:14,110
or anybody else, is lying about their age.

319
00:28:18,781 --> 00:28:20,825
You coming?

320
00:28:28,833 --> 00:28:31,502
(Jess) You gotta do something, mr chaco.

321
00:28:32,295 --> 00:28:36,132
People are gettin' scared.
They don't know what to make of things.

322
00:28:36,257 --> 00:28:38,718
They're losing faith
is what it sounds like.

323
00:28:38,801 --> 00:28:42,096
It's gettin' hard to hold on to,
the way things are goin'.

324
00:28:42,179 --> 00:28:45,975
- Three more got sick since yesterday.
- I lost my granddaughter in this!

325
00:28:46,100 --> 00:28:49,186
So don't tell me what we're up against!

326
00:28:49,979 --> 00:28:52,023
Now, I said I'd handle it.

327
00:28:52,148 --> 00:28:54,191
- I know you...
- (Doorbell)

328
00:28:57,653 --> 00:28:59,864
- Yes?
- I need to see mr chaco.

329
00:29:00,489 --> 00:29:02,199
Doris.

330
00:29:07,330 --> 00:29:10,958
I can't do this any more, mr chaco.
I can't keep iyin'.

331
00:29:11,042 --> 00:29:15,004
It's all right. Jess told me what happened.

332
00:29:15,171 --> 00:29:18,716
- You have nothing to worry about.
- But they're gonna think I did it.

333
00:29:18,841 --> 00:29:22,303
- No, they won't think any such thing.
- But I did!

334
00:29:22,386 --> 00:29:24,263
- No - I helped!

335
00:29:24,347 --> 00:29:29,518
He was no good, Doris.
He had no values. He didn't fit in here.

336
00:29:29,644 --> 00:29:34,857
- But he was my husband.
- That was the price that you had to pay.

337
00:29:34,982 --> 00:29:38,402
- You knew that from the beginning.
- But those FBI agents...

338
00:29:38,527 --> 00:29:42,031
Uh-uh. This town wasn't built in a day.

339
00:29:42,657 --> 00:29:44,992
It's not about to fall apart in a day.

340
00:29:45,368 --> 00:29:49,497
No, you're a part of us now.
And we're gonna take good care of you.

341
00:29:50,539 --> 00:29:53,834
Now, I want you to go home, get some rest.

342
00:29:53,918 --> 00:29:56,754
You've got a funeral to go to.

343
00:29:56,879 --> 00:30:02,259
This whole thing'll blow over soon enough
and you'll wonder what all the fuss is about.

344
00:30:03,094 --> 00:30:06,138
- I'm sorry.
- That's all right.

345
00:30:06,222 --> 00:30:09,600
We all understand, Doris. Good night.

346
00:30:21,696 --> 00:30:24,073
Yeah, she'll be fine.

347
00:30:24,198 --> 00:30:29,245
- She's not stable.
- She's one of us now. Part of our town.

348
00:30:30,037 --> 00:30:33,666
Unless we do something about her,
there won't be any town left.

349
00:30:35,918 --> 00:30:40,756
Once we start turning on ourselves,
we're no better than the animals.

350
00:30:42,258 --> 00:30:45,219
It's the FBI we should be worryin' about.

351
00:30:46,262 --> 00:30:48,556
They're the real problem.

352
00:31:14,165 --> 00:31:17,293
(Mulder) Someone's been
playing with matches.

353
00:31:20,254 --> 00:31:22,298
Smells like a recent fire.

354
00:31:24,467 --> 00:31:28,679
(Mulder) I bet it's no coincidence
it only hit the birth records.

355
00:31:28,804 --> 00:31:31,348
(Scully) You think
someone was expecting us?

356
00:31:34,810 --> 00:31:36,937
(Phone rings)

357
00:31:40,858 --> 00:31:44,487
- Mulder.
- It's Doris kearns.

358
00:31:44,612 --> 00:31:48,532
I'm in my house.
I need to speak with you right away.

359
00:31:48,657 --> 00:31:51,994
- Are you all right?
- I'm afraid for my life.

360
00:31:53,662 --> 00:31:55,706
I'm afraid he'll kill me.

361
00:31:55,831 --> 00:31:57,666
Who?

362
00:32:00,002 --> 00:32:03,380
- Mr chaco.
- All right, mrs kearns.

363
00:32:03,506 --> 00:32:07,301
Stay in the house. Don't answer
the door until agent Scully arrives.

364
00:32:09,136 --> 00:32:12,348
- Where are you going?
- To take chaco into custody.

365
00:32:17,978 --> 00:32:19,855
Oh!

366
00:32:26,987 --> 00:32:29,031
(Hysterical muttering)

367
00:32:35,204 --> 00:32:37,331
(Screams)

368
00:33:05,734 --> 00:33:07,778
(Rings doorbell)

369
00:33:09,071 --> 00:33:10,739
Mrs kearns?

370
00:33:30,759 --> 00:33:32,803
Mrs kearns?

371
00:33:57,578 --> 00:33:59,622
Mrs kearns?

372
00:34:03,083 --> 00:34:05,586
- (Wind howls)
- (Gasps)

373
00:34:22,311 --> 00:34:23,604
(Doorbell)

374
00:34:32,780 --> 00:34:35,991
- Is mr chaco in?
- I'll see if he's still awake.

375
00:35:33,257 --> 00:35:37,511
I'm sorry, but mr chaco
is unable to see you now.

376
00:35:37,594 --> 00:35:39,805
- Do you know what's in here?
- No.

377
00:35:39,888 --> 00:35:42,391
- Can you open it?
- I don't have the key.

378
00:35:54,236 --> 00:35:56,280
What do you think you're doin'?!

379
00:36:18,594 --> 00:36:20,721
(Phone rings)

380
00:36:22,306 --> 00:36:25,517
- Scully.
- Scully, chaco's not here.

381
00:36:25,601 --> 00:36:29,980
Yeah. Mrs kearns is missing, too, mulder.
I think someone's been here.

382
00:36:30,105 --> 00:36:34,610
The power's been cut and the back door
was wide open. Her car is still out back.

383
00:36:35,569 --> 00:36:37,821
- Chaco must've taken her.
- (Clatter)

384
00:36:37,946 --> 00:36:40,324
Scully? Scully!

385
00:36:40,616 --> 00:36:44,411
Scully! What happened?
Scully, are you there?

386
00:36:44,495 --> 00:36:46,163
You all right?

387
00:36:46,288 --> 00:36:48,123
Scully!

388
00:36:48,957 --> 00:36:51,001
Answer me! Scully!

389
00:37:33,877 --> 00:37:36,380
(Chaco) What have you done here?

390
00:37:37,464 --> 00:37:39,341
I warned ya!

391
00:37:39,466 --> 00:37:41,927
I said not to touch her!

392
00:37:42,010 --> 00:37:44,847
Doris kearns was one of us!

393
00:37:44,972 --> 00:37:47,015
Who's behind this?

394
00:37:55,190 --> 00:38:00,028
Why didn't you listen? It's the outsiders
we have to deal with, not one of our own.

395
00:38:00,154 --> 00:38:02,531
We'll deal with them all.

396
00:38:02,656 --> 00:38:07,161
Look at yourselves!
Look at what you've become!

397
00:38:07,244 --> 00:38:10,747
This isn't faith any more. It's just fear.

398
00:38:10,873 --> 00:38:13,041
You've become an abomination!

399
00:38:13,208 --> 00:38:15,919
You brought in the outsider
who made us sick.

400
00:38:16,336 --> 00:38:19,673
Once you turn on yourselves, it's over.

401
00:38:21,091 --> 00:38:24,428
How long before it's any one of us?

402
00:38:27,723 --> 00:38:29,683
Any one of you?!

403
00:38:30,517 --> 00:38:33,270
That's not your problem any more,
mr chaco.

404
00:38:36,398 --> 00:38:38,233
(Chaco) No!

405
00:38:49,203 --> 00:38:51,246
Kill me...

406
00:38:53,081 --> 00:38:55,542
And you kill us all.

407
00:39:05,427 --> 00:39:07,262
(Moans)

408
00:39:20,275 --> 00:39:22,194
Watch it.

409
00:39:22,277 --> 00:39:24,404
Got it.

410
00:39:35,249 --> 00:39:36,249
(Swish)

411
00:39:46,802 --> 00:39:48,929
(Jess) Bring her over.

412
00:40:29,136 --> 00:40:30,721
(Whimpering)

413
00:40:50,532 --> 00:40:52,576
(Scully whimpering)

414
00:40:56,204 --> 00:40:58,040
(Gunshots)

415
00:41:12,220 --> 00:41:14,097
Aagh!

416
00:41:15,265 --> 00:41:17,184
(Screams)

417
00:41:32,240 --> 00:41:34,368
- Are you hurt?
- Uh-uh.

418
00:41:36,870 --> 00:41:38,914
Are you all right?

419
00:42:36,513 --> 00:42:40,600
(Police officer) People,
stand away from your work stations!

420
00:42:40,684 --> 00:42:45,981
(Scully) Pending further review, the chaco
processing plant was closed by the usda.

421
00:42:46,106 --> 00:42:50,152
So far, no evidence of contaminated chicken
has been discovered.

422
00:42:50,527 --> 00:42:55,198
Though it remains unknown how many citizens
participated in the ritual activity...

423
00:42:55,323 --> 00:42:59,494
27 have become fatally ill
with creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

424
00:43:00,162 --> 00:43:03,915
What is known is that
a transport plane carrying Walter chaco...

425
00:43:03,999 --> 00:43:07,169
Was shot down in 1944 over new Guinea.

426
00:43:07,627 --> 00:43:10,338
Chaco was the only survivor of that crash.

427
00:43:11,006 --> 00:43:14,468
According to naval records,
he spent six months with the jale...

428
00:43:14,551 --> 00:43:19,806
A tribe whose cannibalistic practices
have long been suspected, but never proven.

429
00:43:19,890 --> 00:43:24,186
Naval records also show that
Walter chaco was born in 1902...

430
00:43:24,686 --> 00:43:28,023
Making him 93 years old
at the time of his death.

431
00:43:31,067 --> 00:43:35,489
As of this date,
his remains have yet to be found.

432
00:44:00,347 --> 00:44:02,182
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433
00:44:09,523 --> 00:44:11,233
(Child) I made this!

434
00:44:12,067 --> 00:44:14,194
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