1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:09,218 Help! 2 00:00:11,596 --> 00:00:13,639 Help! 3 00:00:13,723 --> 00:00:15,808 Somebody help me! 4 00:00:20,271 --> 00:00:22,356 Help! 5 00:00:24,775 --> 00:00:27,862 Agh! He's gonna kill me! 6 00:00:29,655 --> 00:00:33,451 Help! God! Somebody help me! 7 00:00:34,660 --> 00:00:36,454 Go away! 8 00:00:37,914 --> 00:00:39,290 Help! 9 00:00:44,170 --> 00:00:46,255 Please help me! 10 00:00:54,639 --> 00:00:56,724 Help! 11 00:01:05,566 --> 00:01:07,652 Mulder? 12 00:01:23,334 --> 00:01:25,419 Look at that. 13 00:01:28,130 --> 00:01:30,216 Huh? Huh? 14 00:01:44,105 --> 00:01:45,231 Oh, shi... 15 00:02:44,623 --> 00:02:46,709 - Mulder... - Don't. 16 00:02:47,585 --> 00:02:50,254 Don't even start with me. 17 00:03:06,645 --> 00:03:08,731 I know what I saw. 18 00:03:14,737 --> 00:03:17,573 Skinner wants a report in one hour. 19 00:03:19,492 --> 00:03:21,869 - What will you tell him? - What do you mean? 20 00:03:21,952 --> 00:03:24,830 I'm going to tell him exactly what I saw. 21 00:03:25,373 --> 00:03:29,502 - What are you gonna tell him? - I'll tell him exactly what I saw. 22 00:03:30,211 --> 00:03:32,630 Now, how is that different? 23 00:03:33,339 --> 00:03:35,424 Look, I'm the one who may go to prison. 24 00:03:35,508 --> 00:03:38,844 I gotta know if you're gonna back me up, or what? 25 00:03:38,928 --> 00:03:44,517 First of all, if the family of Ronnie strickland does indeed decide to sue the FBI for 26 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,978 I think the figure is $446 million, 27 00:03:48,062 --> 00:03:51,357 then you and I both will most certainly be codefendants. 28 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:56,028 And second of all... I don't even have a second of all, mulder. 29 00:03:56,112 --> 00:03:58,948 $446 million. 30 00:03:59,031 --> 00:04:02,410 I'm in this as deep as you, and I'm not the one that overreacted! 31 00:04:02,493 --> 00:04:04,370 I didn't do the... with the thing. 32 00:04:04,453 --> 00:04:07,081 I did not overreact. Strickland was a vampire. 33 00:04:07,373 --> 00:04:10,668 - Where's your proof? - You're my proof. You were there. 34 00:04:10,751 --> 00:04:13,671 Ok, now you're scaring me. What will you tell Skinner? 35 00:04:13,754 --> 00:04:18,467 - Oh, you want our stories straight. - I just want to hear it the way you saw it. 36 00:04:19,009 --> 00:04:21,762 - I don't feel comfortable with that. - Prison. 37 00:04:21,846 --> 00:04:27,476 Your cellmate's nickname is gonna be large Marge. She's gonna read gertrude Stein. 38 00:04:29,311 --> 00:04:32,231 - All right. - All right. Start at the beginning. 39 00:04:34,150 --> 00:04:36,485 The very beginning? 40 00:04:40,406 --> 00:04:42,908 Fine. 41 00:04:45,953 --> 00:04:50,666 Yesterday morning, when I arrived at work, 42 00:04:50,749 --> 00:04:52,835 you were, uh... 43 00:04:53,377 --> 00:04:55,921 Characteristically exuberant. 44 00:04:56,422 --> 00:05:00,342 - Hope you brought your cowboy boots. - You want us to go to Dallas? 45 00:05:00,426 --> 00:05:02,553 Yee-ha! Actually, a town called chaney 46 00:05:02,636 --> 00:05:05,306 about 50 miles south of there, population 361. 47 00:05:05,389 --> 00:05:08,350 By all accounts very rustic and charming, but as of late, 48 00:05:08,434 --> 00:05:11,604 the locus for a series of nocturnal exsanguinations. 49 00:05:11,854 --> 00:05:14,940 Exsanguinations? Of whom? 50 00:05:15,024 --> 00:05:17,610 How does that grab ya? 51 00:05:18,736 --> 00:05:20,654 - It's a... - Dead cow. Exactly. 52 00:05:20,738 --> 00:05:24,325 A dead 900-pound holstein, its body completely drained of blood. 53 00:05:24,408 --> 00:05:30,039 As was this one, this one, this one, this one, and so on. Six, all in all. 54 00:05:30,122 --> 00:05:32,833 - One a week over six weeks. - Is there any sign of...? 55 00:05:32,917 --> 00:05:35,252 - Two puncture wounds? - Not what I was gonna ask. 56 00:05:35,336 --> 00:05:38,672 Too bad, we got 'em. Check it out. 57 00:05:38,756 --> 00:05:42,301 Well, these may be syringe marks meant to emulate fangs. 58 00:05:42,384 --> 00:05:48,265 Such ritualistic blood-letting points towards cultists of some sort, in which case... 59 00:05:48,349 --> 00:05:51,393 - What? - Yeah, that's probably it. Satanic cultists. 60 00:05:51,477 --> 00:05:53,062 Come on! 61 00:05:53,145 --> 00:05:55,439 You don't think it's the Mexican goatsucker? 62 00:05:55,523 --> 00:05:59,902 Ei chupacabra? They got four fangs, not two. And they suck goats, hence the name. 63 00:05:59,985 --> 00:06:02,196 So, instead, this would be? 64 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:04,406 Classic vampirism. 65 00:06:04,490 --> 00:06:06,534 - Of cows. - And one dead human. 66 00:06:06,617 --> 00:06:09,828 A vacationer from New Jersey. Come on, we gotta go. 67 00:06:09,912 --> 00:06:14,583 - Why didn't you tell me that from the start? - Lock the door on your way out. 68 00:06:15,501 --> 00:06:19,213 (Soul/y) The town of chaney is too small to maintain a morgue facility. 69 00:06:19,296 --> 00:06:23,926 As such, we made our way to the peaceful slumbers funeral home 70 00:06:24,009 --> 00:06:29,348 in order to examine the body of one mr Dwight funt, recently deceased. 71 00:06:32,643 --> 00:06:38,023 It was there that we were met by a representative of local law enforcement. 72 00:06:38,107 --> 00:06:42,111 - Sheriff... - Lucius Hartwell. 73 00:06:42,611 --> 00:06:45,155 - You the FBI agents? - Yes, I'm... 74 00:06:45,239 --> 00:06:47,992 Agents mulder and... (Clicks his fingers) 75 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:53,122 - Scully. Let's go take a look at your victim. - Yeah, by all means. After you. 76 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:01,547 Come on, Scully, get those little legs movin'. Come on. 77 00:07:05,134 --> 00:07:07,219 Boy. 78 00:07:09,471 --> 00:07:11,557 Here we go. 79 00:07:12,099 --> 00:07:14,184 Nice threads! 80 00:07:16,103 --> 00:07:17,605 No exam has been done? 81 00:07:17,688 --> 00:07:21,108 No. He's just like we found him in the motel. 82 00:07:21,191 --> 00:07:26,280 Once I heard you folks were interested, I figured we'd best leave it up to the experts. 83 00:07:26,363 --> 00:07:29,783 Your satanic cultists have some sharp little teeth. 84 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:35,039 - What satanic cultists? - Go ahead. Tell him your "theory". 85 00:07:37,499 --> 00:07:39,668 Well, my theory has evolved. 86 00:07:40,628 --> 00:07:45,341 Basically, I think we're looking for someone who has seen too many bela lugosi movies. 87 00:07:45,424 --> 00:07:50,846 - He believes he is a vampire, therefore... - They act like one, yeah. Yeah. 88 00:07:50,929 --> 00:07:53,474 That makes a whole lot of sense. 89 00:07:53,557 --> 00:07:56,393 - I think she's right. - What about the fang marks? 90 00:07:56,852 --> 00:08:00,564 Well, someone so obsessed might well file down their incisors. 91 00:08:00,648 --> 00:08:03,942 A moulage casting should help us make an identification. 92 00:08:04,026 --> 00:08:06,278 Moulage casting. 93 00:08:06,362 --> 00:08:08,864 That's a good idea. 94 00:08:08,947 --> 00:08:13,160 Now, isn't there some kind of disease 95 00:08:13,243 --> 00:08:15,954 that makes a person think that they're a vampire? 96 00:08:16,038 --> 00:08:20,042 Well, there is a psychological fixation called haematodipsia, 97 00:08:20,125 --> 00:08:26,131 which causes the sufferer to gain erotic satisfaction from consuming human blood. 98 00:08:26,256 --> 00:08:29,343 Erotic... yeah. 99 00:08:31,679 --> 00:08:33,764 There are also genetic afflictions 100 00:08:33,847 --> 00:08:38,477 which cause a heightened sensitivity to light, to garlic... 101 00:08:38,811 --> 00:08:42,940 Porphyria. Xeroderma pigmentosum. 102 00:08:45,651 --> 00:08:49,113 You really know your stuff, Dana. 103 00:08:49,196 --> 00:08:51,699 "Dana"? 104 00:08:51,782 --> 00:08:54,368 He never even knew your first name! 105 00:08:56,036 --> 00:08:59,873 - You gonna interrupt me or what? - No. Go ahead. 106 00:09:02,209 --> 00:09:04,086 Dana. 107 00:09:04,169 --> 00:09:09,925 Anyway, that's when you had your big breakthrough. Whatever. 108 00:09:10,300 --> 00:09:13,345 Agent Scully, you really know your stuff. 109 00:09:13,429 --> 00:09:16,640 Sheriff, you say this man is exactly as you found him? 110 00:09:16,724 --> 00:09:18,809 Yes, sir, to the letter. 111 00:09:19,727 --> 00:09:23,105 Have you noticed that this man's shoes are untied? 112 00:09:24,481 --> 00:09:27,025 - Yeah, they sure are. - What's your point? 113 00:09:27,151 --> 00:09:29,695 This means something. 114 00:09:29,778 --> 00:09:35,117 Sheriff, do you have a cemetery in town, off the beaten path - the creepier the better? 115 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:36,869 Uh, yeah. 116 00:09:37,703 --> 00:09:39,455 - Take me there. - Mulder. 117 00:09:39,538 --> 00:09:42,708 Scully, we're gonna need a complete autopsy on this man. 118 00:09:42,875 --> 00:09:45,419 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 119 00:09:49,339 --> 00:09:51,425 What am I even looking for? 120 00:09:54,136 --> 00:09:56,221 I don't know. 121 00:10:01,518 --> 00:10:04,313 - He does that. - Come on, sheriff Hartwell. 122 00:10:08,484 --> 00:10:10,569 Ma'am. 123 00:10:36,970 --> 00:10:39,348 4.54pm. 124 00:10:39,431 --> 00:10:42,851 Begin autopsy on white male, aged 60, 125 00:10:43,811 --> 00:10:47,231 who is arguably having a worse time in Texas than I am. 126 00:10:48,357 --> 00:10:52,528 Although not by much. I'll begin with the y incision. 127 00:10:57,282 --> 00:10:59,368 Yee-ha. 128 00:11:02,079 --> 00:11:05,666 Heart weighs 370 grams. 129 00:11:05,749 --> 00:11:07,835 Tissue appears healthy. 130 00:11:10,212 --> 00:11:13,048 Left lung weighs 345 grams. 131 00:11:13,131 --> 00:11:15,217 Tissue appears healthy. 132 00:11:19,888 --> 00:11:24,518 Large intestine, 890 grams. 133 00:11:24,601 --> 00:11:26,687 Yadda, yadda, yadda. 134 00:11:33,402 --> 00:11:37,823 Stomach contents show last meal close to the time of death. 135 00:11:38,740 --> 00:11:42,202 Consisting of... pizza. 136 00:11:43,245 --> 00:11:45,914 Topped with pepperoni, 137 00:11:46,456 --> 00:11:48,750 green peppers, 138 00:11:48,834 --> 00:11:50,919 mushrooms... 139 00:11:52,087 --> 00:11:54,172 Mushrooms... 140 00:11:56,383 --> 00:11:58,468 That sounds really good. 141 00:12:02,222 --> 00:12:07,227 Having completed the autopsy, I checked into the Davey Crockett motor court. 142 00:12:07,311 --> 00:12:11,565 (Mulder) The name of it was actually the Sam Houston motor lodge. 143 00:12:16,862 --> 00:12:18,947 (Contented sigh) 144 00:12:24,745 --> 00:12:26,580 Oh, my god. 145 00:12:29,750 --> 00:12:32,377 Chloral hydrate. 146 00:12:32,461 --> 00:12:34,546 What? 147 00:12:35,631 --> 00:12:38,216 What the hell happened to you? 148 00:12:38,300 --> 00:12:42,137 Nothin'. Chloral hydrate? 149 00:12:42,220 --> 00:12:45,974 That thing you didn't know you were looking for: Chloral hydrate. 150 00:12:46,058 --> 00:12:48,518 More colourfully known as knockout drops. 151 00:12:48,602 --> 00:12:53,065 I found it in abundance when I sent the tox screen in on our murder victim. 152 00:12:53,982 --> 00:12:58,403 - No, seriously, what happened to you? - Nothing. Who slipped him the Mickey? 153 00:12:58,737 --> 00:13:01,949 My "theory"? Your vampire. 154 00:13:02,032 --> 00:13:04,576 He found it necessary to dope poor mr funt 155 00:13:04,660 --> 00:13:08,080 to the gills before he could extract his blood. 156 00:13:08,163 --> 00:13:10,290 Probably did it to the cows, too. 157 00:13:11,249 --> 00:13:13,919 What kind of vampire would do that? 158 00:13:14,002 --> 00:13:16,505 Exactly. 159 00:13:19,466 --> 00:13:22,469 We got another dead tourist. You gotta do another autopsy. 160 00:13:22,552 --> 00:13:24,596 Tonight? 161 00:13:26,181 --> 00:13:28,600 I just put money in the magic fingers. 162 00:13:28,684 --> 00:13:30,769 I won't let it go to waste. 163 00:13:38,485 --> 00:13:40,570 (Mulder chuckles) 164 00:13:49,579 --> 00:13:52,958 This one's my room, mulder. Don't get mud everywhere. 165 00:13:53,333 --> 00:13:56,169 Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Ok. 166 00:13:56,253 --> 00:13:58,797 (Chuckles) 167 00:14:04,469 --> 00:14:07,222 Excuse me, ma'am. Did you order a pizza? 168 00:14:07,305 --> 00:14:10,517 Yeah. The guy in there'll pay for it. 169 00:14:27,909 --> 00:14:30,412 Forgoing both dinner and sleep, 170 00:14:30,495 --> 00:14:35,709 I was soon back at the funeral home examining one mr Paul lombardo, 171 00:14:35,792 --> 00:14:38,003 from Naples, Florida. 172 00:14:39,921 --> 00:14:41,882 Hean. 173 00:14:41,965 --> 00:14:44,092 Lung. 174 00:14:44,176 --> 00:14:46,261 Large intestine. 175 00:14:54,269 --> 00:14:59,900 As with the previous victim, it appears that the subject was most likely incapacitated 176 00:14:59,983 --> 00:15:02,861 with chloral hydrate and then exsanguinated. 177 00:15:02,944 --> 00:15:05,030 (Phone) 178 00:15:06,406 --> 00:15:12,370 The drug was either injected or ingested - I'm not sure which. 179 00:15:16,416 --> 00:15:19,336 - Scully. - (Muffled breathing) 180 00:15:20,128 --> 00:15:22,214 Hello? 181 00:15:23,715 --> 00:15:25,801 Hello? 182 00:15:39,189 --> 00:15:42,526 Where was I? Stomach contents. 183 00:15:47,239 --> 00:15:49,699 Stomach contents include... 184 00:15:50,534 --> 00:15:52,619 Pizza. 185 00:15:54,746 --> 00:15:57,541 The chloral hydrate's in the pizza. 186 00:15:57,624 --> 00:15:59,709 The pizza guy. 187 00:15:59,793 --> 00:16:00,961 Mulder! 188 00:16:02,546 --> 00:16:04,631 Mulder? 189 00:16:24,776 --> 00:16:26,862 That's it? 190 00:16:26,945 --> 00:16:29,239 Well, luckily, I'd gotten there in time. 191 00:16:29,489 --> 00:16:33,994 I mean, though you were drugged, you were more or less unharmed. 192 00:16:35,537 --> 00:16:38,373 Mulder? Are you ok? 193 00:16:40,709 --> 00:16:44,796 Who's the black private dick who's a sex machine with all the chicks? 194 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:46,006 Shafi 195 00:16:46,089 --> 00:16:49,676 can ya dig it? They say this cat shaft is a bad mother... 196 00:16:49,759 --> 00:16:52,345 Shut your mouth. Talkin' 'bout shaft. 197 00:16:52,470 --> 00:16:55,640 I did not. 198 00:16:55,724 --> 00:16:57,809 Long story short. 199 00:16:58,810 --> 00:17:03,231 Though my first four shots obviously missed Ronnie strickland entirely, 200 00:17:03,315 --> 00:17:06,735 with my fifth I was able to shoot out a tyre on his car, 201 00:17:06,818 --> 00:17:09,404 forcing him to escape on foot. 202 00:17:09,487 --> 00:17:12,782 I left you behind and I entered the woods in pursuit. 203 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:18,455 I assumed that you were incapacitated. Then I heard screaming. 204 00:17:18,538 --> 00:17:22,083 When I arrived in the clearing, I found you'd caught up with him first 205 00:17:22,167 --> 00:17:24,920 and had... overreacted. 206 00:17:26,171 --> 00:17:30,258 - And that his vampire teeth were fake. - That's what you'll tell Skinner? 207 00:17:30,342 --> 00:17:33,637 Well, I'm gonna argue that we caught a killer. 208 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:38,016 An utterly nonsupernatural killer, but a killer, nonetheless. 209 00:17:38,099 --> 00:17:40,393 And that your zeal to catch up with him 210 00:17:40,477 --> 00:17:42,896 was augmented by the chloral hydrate you were given. 211 00:17:43,772 --> 00:17:45,652 - You are afraid to tell the truth. - Excuse me? 212 00:17:46,399 --> 00:17:48,610 That's not it at all. What are you afraid of? 213 00:17:48,693 --> 00:17:52,948 That if you tell it the way it really happened, you'll look like an idiot - like me? 214 00:17:53,031 --> 00:17:57,202 Mulder, why don't you tell me the way you think it happened? 215 00:17:58,203 --> 00:18:00,413 Starting at the beginning. 216 00:18:00,497 --> 00:18:05,543 You're damn right. Yesterday morning began like any other morning. 217 00:18:05,627 --> 00:18:09,130 You arrived at the office characteristically less than exuberant. 218 00:18:09,214 --> 00:18:11,633 I hope you brought your cowboy boots. 219 00:18:13,093 --> 00:18:15,470 Why are we going to Dallas? 220 00:18:15,553 --> 00:18:19,182 Actually, it's a little town south of there called chaney, Texas. 221 00:18:19,266 --> 00:18:23,395 They've had some incidents down there recently which are pretty unusual. 222 00:18:23,478 --> 00:18:25,063 Like what? 223 00:18:25,146 --> 00:18:29,442 I brought some slides with which to better illustrate. Here we go. 224 00:18:33,571 --> 00:18:37,325 - It's a dead cow. - It's actually six dead cows. 225 00:18:37,409 --> 00:18:41,538 - And here's the interesting thing... - Why am I looking at six dead cows? 226 00:18:41,621 --> 00:18:47,168 Um, because of the way in which they died. All six were mysteriously exsanguinated. 227 00:18:47,252 --> 00:18:50,880 - And? - And two little puncture marks on the neck. 228 00:18:51,089 --> 00:18:53,174 Look. I got a slide of that. 229 00:19:07,897 --> 00:19:12,694 And, um, one dead human victim. Last night. A vacationer from New Jersey. 230 00:19:12,777 --> 00:19:17,866 His body completely drained of blood and two little puncture wounds on his neck. 231 00:19:20,243 --> 00:19:24,080 Ok, look, Scully, I don't want to jump to any hasty conclusions, 232 00:19:24,164 --> 00:19:28,585 but on the strength of the evidence that we have, I think that what we may be looking at 233 00:19:28,668 --> 00:19:33,548 is what appears to be a series of vampire or vampirelike attacks. 234 00:19:33,631 --> 00:19:35,884 On what do you base that? 235 00:19:35,967 --> 00:19:42,223 Uh, well, on the corpses drained of blood and the fang marks on the neck. 236 00:19:43,350 --> 00:19:46,144 But, as always, I'm very eager to hear your opinion. 237 00:19:46,227 --> 00:19:49,481 - Well, it's obviously not a vampire. - Well, why not? 238 00:19:50,565 --> 00:19:52,650 Because they don't exist? 239 00:19:52,734 --> 00:19:57,364 Well, that's one opinion and I respect that. 240 00:19:57,447 --> 00:20:00,283 Nonetheless, a murder has been committed here, 241 00:20:00,367 --> 00:20:02,660 and we can help bring a killer to justice - 242 00:20:02,744 --> 00:20:07,499 in whatever form, mortal or immortal, he may take. 243 00:20:08,416 --> 00:20:12,003 It's not that Mexican goatsucker either. 244 00:20:14,881 --> 00:20:17,842 (Mulder) Upon arrival, I made an interesting observation. 245 00:20:17,926 --> 00:20:20,261 One which you apparently didn't hear. 246 00:20:20,553 --> 00:20:25,392 - That's a whole lot of caskets. - Largest in-stock selection in the state. 247 00:20:25,475 --> 00:20:29,020 Well, why would a town with a population of only 361 need that? 248 00:20:29,521 --> 00:20:31,606 Repeat business. 249 00:20:34,567 --> 00:20:37,404 Mortician humour. Excuse me. 250 00:20:40,615 --> 00:20:44,077 (Mulder) Apparently, your mind was somewhere else. 251 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:46,663 Oh, boy! 252 00:20:50,625 --> 00:20:52,961 Y'all must be the government people. 253 00:20:53,086 --> 00:20:55,213 I'm Lucius Hartwell. 254 00:20:59,134 --> 00:21:02,429 He had big buckteeth? 255 00:21:02,512 --> 00:21:05,306 - He had a slight overbite. - No, he didn't. 256 00:21:07,308 --> 00:21:10,395 And that's significant? How? 257 00:21:10,478 --> 00:21:13,398 I'm just trying to be thorough. 258 00:21:13,690 --> 00:21:17,610 - So anyway, we went to look at the body. - Here we go. 259 00:21:18,611 --> 00:21:23,575 - No exam has been done? - This is just like we found him in the motel. 260 00:21:25,076 --> 00:21:27,370 No exam has been done? 261 00:21:27,454 --> 00:21:29,581 Uh, no, ma'am. 262 00:21:30,290 --> 00:21:35,795 Once I heard y'all was interested, I figured we'd best leave it to the experts. 263 00:21:43,011 --> 00:21:47,515 Now, uh... that can't be what it looks like, right? 264 00:21:48,766 --> 00:21:51,352 It depends on what you think it looks like. 265 00:21:51,478 --> 00:21:53,146 Vampires have always been with us, 266 00:21:53,229 --> 00:21:56,065 in myths and stories passed down from early man. 267 00:21:56,232 --> 00:21:59,569 From the babylonian ekimmu, to the Chinese kuang-shi, 268 00:21:59,652 --> 00:22:00,987 the motetz dam of the hebrews, 269 00:22:01,196 --> 00:22:06,326 the mormo of ancient Greece and Rome, right down to the more familiar nosferatu. 270 00:22:06,743 --> 00:22:09,037 Mormo, yeah. 271 00:22:09,120 --> 00:22:12,373 In short, sheriff, no, this can't be what it looks like. 272 00:22:12,457 --> 00:22:16,961 I think what we're dealing with here is simply a case of some lunatic, 273 00:22:17,086 --> 00:22:20,423 who, uh, has watched too many bela lugosi movies. 274 00:22:20,507 --> 00:22:25,470 He wishes that he could transfigure himself into a creature of the night. 275 00:22:25,678 --> 00:22:27,764 Yeah, ok. 276 00:22:29,516 --> 00:22:34,145 What she said, that's what I'm thinkin', and, uh... 277 00:22:34,521 --> 00:22:37,732 - Yeah. - But still that leaves us in a quandary, 278 00:22:37,815 --> 00:22:40,151 because there are as many kinds of vampires 279 00:22:40,235 --> 00:22:42,028 as there are cultures that fear them. 280 00:22:42,111 --> 00:22:47,116 Some don't even subsist on blood. The Bulgarian ubour eats only manure. 281 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:48,368 Thank you. 282 00:22:48,451 --> 00:22:52,080 To the Serbs, a prime indicator of vampirism was red hair. 283 00:22:53,164 --> 00:22:55,208 Uh, some vampires are thought to be eternal, 284 00:22:55,291 --> 00:22:57,669 others to have a life span of only 40 days. 285 00:22:57,752 --> 00:23:03,216 Sunlight kills certain vampires, while others are thought to come and go as they please. 286 00:23:03,299 --> 00:23:05,843 If there is a point, feel free to come to it. 287 00:23:05,927 --> 00:23:11,224 We don't know exactly what we're looking for. What kind of vampire or, if you prefer, 288 00:23:11,307 --> 00:23:14,352 what kind of vampire this killer wishes himself to be. 289 00:23:27,615 --> 00:23:31,327 Now, why is it so important that his shoes were untied? 290 00:23:31,411 --> 00:23:34,581 We're gettin' to it. So, while you did the autopsy, 291 00:23:34,664 --> 00:23:36,791 the sheriff drove me to the town cemetery. 292 00:23:42,463 --> 00:23:46,843 Agent mulder, you mind me askin' you why we're out here? 293 00:23:46,926 --> 00:23:50,888 Historically, cemeteries are thought to be a haven for vampires, 294 00:23:50,972 --> 00:23:55,018 as are castles, catacombs and swamps - but you don't have any of those. 295 00:23:55,101 --> 00:24:00,273 We used to have swamps, only the epa made us take to callin' 'em wetlands. 296 00:24:00,356 --> 00:24:03,484 Yeah. So we're here lookin' for signs of vampiric activity. 297 00:24:03,693 --> 00:24:05,361 Which would be... 298 00:24:05,612 --> 00:24:09,282 Broken or shifted tombstones, the absence of birds singing. 299 00:24:09,365 --> 00:24:13,703 There you go. Cos I ain't hearin' any birds singin'. 300 00:24:14,245 --> 00:24:20,585 Right? Course it's winter and we ain't got no birds, but... is there anything else? 301 00:24:21,085 --> 00:24:24,297 A faint groaning - the sound of manducation, 302 00:24:24,380 --> 00:24:26,924 of the creature eating its own death shroud. 303 00:24:29,844 --> 00:24:32,972 No. No man... ma... ma... 304 00:24:33,097 --> 00:24:35,516 - Manducation. - ..Manducation, no. 305 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,811 Sheriff, I know my methods may seem a little odd to you, but... 306 00:24:38,895 --> 00:24:42,565 Look, y'all work for the federal government. That's all I need to know. 307 00:24:42,649 --> 00:24:45,943 I mean, CIA, secret service, y'all run the show, so... 308 00:24:46,027 --> 00:24:50,073 It's just that my gut instinct tells me that the killer will visit this place. 309 00:24:50,156 --> 00:24:55,370 That it may well hold some fascination, some kind of siren call for him, you know? 310 00:24:56,329 --> 00:24:58,873 (Car horn) 311 00:24:58,956 --> 00:25:02,960 - Howdy, sheriff. - Oh, hey, Ronnie. How's it goin'? 312 00:25:03,795 --> 00:25:07,215 - Can't complain. - Well, all right, then. 313 00:25:15,890 --> 00:25:19,519 Maybe after nightfall, sheriff, but he'll come. 314 00:25:20,311 --> 00:25:22,397 Oh, he'll come. 315 00:25:29,737 --> 00:25:33,116 (Mulder) So, we staked out the cemetery. 316 00:25:38,371 --> 00:25:40,665 Mulder? Shoelaces? 317 00:25:41,124 --> 00:25:43,418 - Hm? - On the corpse. 318 00:25:43,918 --> 00:25:48,840 You were going to tell me what was so meaningful about finding untied shoelaces. 319 00:25:48,923 --> 00:25:50,216 I'm gettin' to it. 320 00:25:53,594 --> 00:25:55,847 Sunflower seed? Sorry. 321 00:25:55,930 --> 00:25:58,015 No, thanks. 322 00:25:59,016 --> 00:26:03,187 Do you mind... do you mind me asking you what you were...? 323 00:26:03,271 --> 00:26:06,607 Historically, certain seeds are thought to fascinate vampires. 324 00:26:06,691 --> 00:26:09,944 Chiefly oats and millet, but you make do with what you have. 325 00:26:10,027 --> 00:26:14,699 Remember when I said that we didn't know what type of vampire we were looking for? 326 00:26:14,782 --> 00:26:17,744 Well, there seems to be one obscure fact which, 327 00:26:17,827 --> 00:26:21,205 in all the stories told by the different cultures, is the same, 328 00:26:21,289 --> 00:26:25,877 and that's that vampires are really, really obsessive-compulsive. 329 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:29,839 You toss a handful of seeds at one, no matter what he's doin' he'll pick it up. 330 00:26:29,922 --> 00:26:32,383 If he sees a knotted rope, he's gotta untie it. 331 00:26:32,467 --> 00:26:36,471 In fact, that's why I'm guessing that our victim's shoelaces were untied. 332 00:26:36,554 --> 00:26:39,056 Yeah. Obsessive... 333 00:26:40,141 --> 00:26:42,560 Like rain man. 334 00:26:44,145 --> 00:26:48,441 It's like when that old boy dropped the matchsticks, he had to pick 'em all up. 335 00:26:48,524 --> 00:26:51,694 Well, he didn't actually pick 'em up. He counted 'em. 336 00:26:51,778 --> 00:26:55,740 Oh, yeah, sorry. 247, right off the top of his head. 337 00:26:55,823 --> 00:26:59,494 Well, if he picked 'em up, then he would have been a vampire. 338 00:26:59,577 --> 00:27:02,747 I'll tell you what. I know I'm in law enforcement, 339 00:27:02,830 --> 00:27:06,000 but I'd like to take him to Vegas myself. Am I right? 340 00:27:06,083 --> 00:27:09,295 - Well, that would be illegal. - He was like a calculator. 341 00:27:09,420 --> 00:27:12,215 - Yeah. - (Radio) Sheriff, you got your radio on? 342 00:27:12,298 --> 00:27:15,009 Excuse me. Hey, charlene, what's up? 343 00:27:15,885 --> 00:27:19,555 I got a call from the rv park. They got something of a situation there. 344 00:27:19,639 --> 00:27:22,183 Sounds like you might wanna have a look. 345 00:27:59,554 --> 00:28:02,139 Hey again, sheriff. 346 00:28:02,223 --> 00:28:04,475 Hey again, Ronnie. 347 00:28:05,309 --> 00:28:07,603 (Ronnie) I guess you got yourself a runaway. 348 00:28:07,687 --> 00:28:10,857 Well, yeah, Ronnie. I guess we do. 349 00:28:11,774 --> 00:28:14,944 What do you think? We ought to shoot the tyres out? 350 00:28:22,827 --> 00:28:26,414 - Anyway, skipping ahead... - Why skip ahead? 351 00:28:26,497 --> 00:28:28,583 What happened then? 352 00:28:30,126 --> 00:28:34,755 Mulder, you shot out the tyres, and what then? 353 00:28:40,553 --> 00:28:42,555 (Mulder) Here's something you may not know. 354 00:28:42,638 --> 00:28:44,891 Shooting out the tyres on a runaway rv 355 00:28:44,974 --> 00:28:48,144 is a lot harder than it looks. 356 00:28:48,227 --> 00:28:50,396 I then tried a different approach. 357 00:28:50,479 --> 00:28:52,231 (Screams) 358 00:28:52,648 --> 00:28:54,859 Hey! Hey! Hey! 359 00:28:54,942 --> 00:28:57,904 Argh! Oh! Help! 360 00:28:57,987 --> 00:29:01,574 - Ohhh! - Come on, bird-dog it! Attaway! 361 00:29:12,501 --> 00:29:14,921 How you doin' there? All right? 362 00:29:28,976 --> 00:29:31,354 (Mulder) Finally, we prevailed. 363 00:29:43,991 --> 00:29:46,619 That's the same as the others. 364 00:29:47,286 --> 00:29:49,372 Right down to the shoes. 365 00:29:49,455 --> 00:29:52,249 We interviewed everyone present. 366 00:29:52,333 --> 00:29:55,002 No one had seen anything. 367 00:29:55,169 --> 00:30:00,341 Tired, frustrated, and lacking a solid lead, I just wanted to get cleaned up. 368 00:30:00,424 --> 00:30:04,220 I had the sheriff drop me at the motel, which is where I ran into you. 369 00:30:04,303 --> 00:30:06,764 Whaddaya mean, you want me to do another autopsy? 370 00:30:06,847 --> 00:30:11,519 Why do we have to do it right now? I just spent hours on my feet doing an autopsy! 371 00:30:11,602 --> 00:30:14,730 I do it all for you! I haven't eaten since 6.00am, 372 00:30:14,814 --> 00:30:19,151 and that was half of a cream-cheese bagel - and it wasn't even real cream cheese. 373 00:30:19,235 --> 00:30:22,697 And now you want me to run off and do another autopsy? 374 00:30:23,030 --> 00:30:25,282 What the hell happened to you? 375 00:30:28,869 --> 00:30:32,707 - (Mulder) Finally, you left. - (Scully) Don't you touch that bed. 376 00:30:32,790 --> 00:30:34,875 (Slams the door) 377 00:30:52,184 --> 00:30:54,770 (Knock on door) Hello? 378 00:30:56,105 --> 00:30:58,691 Hello? Uh, hey again. 379 00:30:59,525 --> 00:31:02,945 The lady outside, she said that, um, you'd pay for this. 380 00:31:04,030 --> 00:31:06,449 She ordered a pizza from you? 381 00:31:07,825 --> 00:31:10,327 - Excellent. How much? - $12.98. 382 00:31:10,411 --> 00:31:12,496 I'll get my wallet. 383 00:31:18,210 --> 00:31:20,671 - How much? - It's $12.98. 384 00:31:23,883 --> 00:31:26,969 - Well, here's $13. - Ok, then. 385 00:31:27,053 --> 00:31:29,138 Enjoy. 386 00:31:35,561 --> 00:31:37,855 Ah, Scully. 387 00:31:40,524 --> 00:31:42,943 So, I ate your dinner. 388 00:31:59,210 --> 00:32:02,213 And that's when I saw it. 389 00:32:06,509 --> 00:32:08,594 But by then it was too late. 390 00:32:25,778 --> 00:32:28,781 - (Groan) - Scully. 391 00:32:28,864 --> 00:32:31,158 - Uhh... - Hello? 392 00:32:34,245 --> 00:32:36,580 Hello? 393 00:32:42,545 --> 00:32:44,296 - Creep. - Uhh... 394 00:33:02,898 --> 00:33:05,609 Aw, man! 395 00:33:05,985 --> 00:33:08,445 What'd you have to go and do that for? 396 00:33:13,659 --> 00:33:15,744 You are in big trouble. 397 00:33:19,915 --> 00:33:22,001 Agh... 398 00:33:26,589 --> 00:33:29,300 Then I was out cold. 399 00:33:29,550 --> 00:33:33,262 I don't know for how long, but when I finally came to... 400 00:33:34,430 --> 00:33:35,472 (Crash) 401 00:33:35,556 --> 00:33:37,266 Mulder? 402 00:33:37,349 --> 00:33:39,226 (Gunshots) 403 00:33:40,477 --> 00:33:42,313 Argh! 404 00:33:42,396 --> 00:33:46,192 You're saying that I actually hit him two times? 405 00:33:46,775 --> 00:33:51,322 - Square in the chest. No effect. - Then he flew at me like a flying squirrel? 406 00:33:52,698 --> 00:33:57,119 Well, I don't think I'll use the phrase "flying squirrel" when I talk to Skinner, but, 407 00:33:57,203 --> 00:33:59,914 yeah, that's what happened. 408 00:34:02,458 --> 00:34:06,045 You checked on me, then left to pursue strickland into the woods. 409 00:34:06,128 --> 00:34:10,507 Once I recovered, I knew what I had to do. 410 00:34:10,799 --> 00:34:12,927 Help me! Help! 411 00:34:14,220 --> 00:34:17,556 I caught sight of him, chased him over hill and Dale. 412 00:34:19,683 --> 00:34:21,769 And in the end... 413 00:34:24,188 --> 00:34:26,482 Mulder, it's not just me. 414 00:34:26,565 --> 00:34:30,778 Nobody in their right mind will ever believe that story. 415 00:34:30,861 --> 00:34:35,491 They'll have to, once they examine Ronnie strickland's body. 416 00:34:53,467 --> 00:34:56,762 Case 0026198. 417 00:34:56,845 --> 00:34:58,931 Ronald lavelle strickland. 418 00:35:07,731 --> 00:35:12,194 Probable cause of death... Gee, that's a tough one. 419 00:36:10,169 --> 00:36:12,087 Assistant director Skinner's office. 420 00:36:12,171 --> 00:36:15,215 Oh, I'm sorry. He's about to go into a meeting. 421 00:36:15,299 --> 00:36:17,801 Yes, it may last several hours. 422 00:36:18,802 --> 00:36:20,304 You're welcome. 423 00:36:20,387 --> 00:36:23,724 Mulder. Pleasejust keep reminding him you were drugged. 424 00:36:23,807 --> 00:36:25,976 - Would you stop that? - Couldn't hurt. 425 00:36:26,060 --> 00:36:28,145 Just stop it. 426 00:36:31,565 --> 00:36:34,276 - Scully, mulder. - I was drugged. 427 00:36:38,906 --> 00:36:43,035 I want you back in Texas. Strickland's body has disappeared from the morgue. 428 00:36:43,118 --> 00:36:48,248 Apparently, the coroner's been attacked. His throat was bitten. 429 00:36:48,332 --> 00:36:52,628 - The coroner's dead? - No, his throat was bitten. 430 00:36:53,337 --> 00:36:57,424 He was sort of... gnawed on. 431 00:37:00,928 --> 00:37:03,013 Daylight's burning, agents. 432 00:37:06,058 --> 00:37:08,519 But... he was dead. 433 00:37:08,602 --> 00:37:10,896 I noticed that. 434 00:37:10,979 --> 00:37:14,108 - With a stake through his heart. - I noticed that too. 435 00:37:14,983 --> 00:37:17,736 So we should find Ronnie out here because...? 436 00:37:17,820 --> 00:37:22,116 Because tradition states that a vampire needs to sleep in his native soil. 437 00:37:22,199 --> 00:37:24,576 - Oh. - Yeah. 438 00:37:24,660 --> 00:37:27,329 But, mulder, he had fake fangs. 439 00:37:27,413 --> 00:37:31,417 Why would a real vampire need fake fangs? I mean, for the sake of argument. 440 00:37:31,500 --> 00:37:34,169 Well, fangs are rarely mentioned in the folklore. 441 00:37:34,253 --> 00:37:38,882 Real vampires aren't thought to have them. It's more an invention of bram stoker's. 442 00:37:38,966 --> 00:37:40,717 I think you were right when you said 443 00:37:40,801 --> 00:37:43,512 this was a guy who's seen too many Dracula movies. 444 00:37:43,595 --> 00:37:46,098 He just happens to be a real vampire. 445 00:37:51,353 --> 00:37:54,148 Well, so where the hell is he? 446 00:37:55,649 --> 00:37:58,735 What about his family, who were gonna sue us for $446 million? 447 00:37:58,819 --> 00:38:00,446 Well, an aunt and an uncle. 448 00:38:00,529 --> 00:38:03,949 Their mail comes general delivery to a local post office. 449 00:38:04,032 --> 00:38:06,493 No home address? 450 00:38:09,538 --> 00:38:11,957 It's the sheriff. 451 00:38:16,503 --> 00:38:18,839 Sheriff Hartwell. 452 00:38:18,922 --> 00:38:22,259 Evenin', agents. I heard y'all were back in town. 453 00:38:22,342 --> 00:38:26,680 - Thought I might be of some assistance. - Yeah, actually, you can. 454 00:38:26,763 --> 00:38:28,515 You can stay here with agent Scully 455 00:38:28,599 --> 00:38:32,686 and keep an eye on things while I check somethin' out. 456 00:38:32,769 --> 00:38:35,272 Don't say I never did nothin' for ya. 457 00:38:35,355 --> 00:38:37,483 Where are you going? 458 00:38:37,566 --> 00:38:41,445 Where might you be living if your mail came general delivery around here? 459 00:38:41,528 --> 00:38:43,614 The rv park? 460 00:38:44,781 --> 00:38:46,867 You're good. 461 00:38:56,877 --> 00:38:59,421 - Thanks. - You're very welcome. 462 00:39:02,090 --> 00:39:04,510 So, what do you think about vampires? 463 00:39:06,386 --> 00:39:09,556 You mean, aside from the fact that I don't believe in them? 464 00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:11,725 Yeah, aside from that. 465 00:39:12,976 --> 00:39:17,064 Well, they're supposed to be extremely charming. 466 00:39:17,147 --> 00:39:19,233 Seductive. 467 00:39:20,734 --> 00:39:26,114 No, I mean, even if they did really exist, who's to say they'd actually be like that? 468 00:39:27,366 --> 00:39:30,994 As agent mulder says, "there are many different kinds of vampires." 469 00:39:31,078 --> 00:39:33,956 Yeah. There sure are. 470 00:39:39,294 --> 00:39:44,591 I really need to apologise to you about Ronnie. He makes us all look bad. 471 00:39:49,304 --> 00:39:55,352 He's just not who we are any more. I mean, we pay taxes, we're good neighbours. 472 00:39:55,936 --> 00:40:00,649 Old Ronnie, hejust... he can't quite seem to grasp the concept of... 473 00:40:02,859 --> 00:40:05,529 Low profile. 474 00:40:17,833 --> 00:40:22,963 But though he may be a moron, he is one of our own. 475 00:40:48,155 --> 00:40:50,240 (Something snaps) 476 00:41:26,026 --> 00:41:28,403 Hello. 477 00:41:40,374 --> 00:41:42,459 (Music from stereo) 478 00:41:43,585 --> 00:41:45,504 Sleeping late. 479 00:41:50,300 --> 00:41:52,386 Ronnie strickland. 480 00:41:54,304 --> 00:41:57,516 You have the right to remain silent. 481 00:41:58,016 --> 00:42:02,562 Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. 482 00:42:03,230 --> 00:42:06,274 Come on, out it out, Ronnie. 483 00:42:09,444 --> 00:42:11,780 Oh, damn. 484 00:42:32,384 --> 00:42:34,261 Back. 485 00:42:49,818 --> 00:42:55,073 Argh! No! Aaaaarggh! 486 00:43:07,669 --> 00:43:09,337 Mulder. 487 00:43:13,592 --> 00:43:16,344 Scully, what happened? 488 00:43:17,345 --> 00:43:19,473 I came to in the cemetery. 489 00:43:21,767 --> 00:43:23,852 That's all I know. 490 00:43:25,395 --> 00:43:27,898 (Sounds horn accidentally) 491 00:43:49,461 --> 00:43:52,380 They pulled up stakes. 492 00:44:03,975 --> 00:44:06,144 So that's it? 493 00:44:06,228 --> 00:44:09,272 They simply disappeared without a trace? 494 00:44:10,774 --> 00:44:14,653 And that's exactly the way it happened from start to finish? 495 00:44:17,322 --> 00:44:20,408 I can neither confirm nor deny the version of events 496 00:44:20,492 --> 00:44:22,202 which occurred outside my presence. 497 00:44:22,285 --> 00:44:26,581 And I can neither confirm nor deny agent Scully's version of events, but... 498 00:44:26,665 --> 00:44:29,209 Anyway, I was drugged. 499 00:44:32,420 --> 00:44:34,506 That is, 500 00:44:35,423 --> 00:44:38,718 essentially, exactly the way it happened. 501 00:44:39,344 --> 00:44:41,429 Essentially. 502 00:44:46,184 --> 00:44:49,437 (Mulder) Except for the part about the buckteeth. 503 00:45:12,627 --> 00:45:16,214 Visiontext subtitles: Marisa castle de joncaire