So Weird (1999) s01e04 Episode Script
Sacrifice
1 DEMONS COME FROM EVERY SIDE IN THE DARKNESS IS THE LIGHT OUT OF THE SHADOWS OF MY LIFE IN THE DARKNESS IS THE LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS IS THE LIGHT SURRENDER WILL WIN THE FIGHT THIS GIRL'S WALKED ON FIRE AND ICE BUT I COME OU ON THE OTHER SIDE OF PARADISE PARADISE THIS IS AUSTRALOPITHECUS, EVERYBODY'S GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER.
WELL, GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT WHATEVER.
WAY BACK THERE.
LET'S CALL HIM "GRAMPA.
" BUT WAS GRAMPA THE ONLY ONE THAT MADE IT, OR DID HE HAVE COUSINS? A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK SO.
IN FACT, IN ALMOST EVERY PAR OF THE WORLD THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF UNCLASSIFIED PRIMATES APEMEN AND EVEN APEWOMEN AND APEKIDS.
THEY'RE CALLED DIFFERENT THINGS, DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY ARE THE "ALMAS" IN MONGOLIA, THE "YETI" IN TIBET, THE "YOWIE" IN AUSTRALIA, AND THE "SASQUATCH" IN NORTH AMERICA.
THEY'VE BEEN CAUGHT ON FILM, LEFT FOOTPRINTS AND HAIR SAMPLES, BUT SCIENTISTS STILL REFUSE TO BELIEVE THEY COULD BE REAL.
STILL, YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF ARE WE REALLY THE ONLY ONES IN THIS FAMILY? THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT.
TWO WHOLE DAYS OFF, ROUGHING IT IN THE WOODS.
BUT MY IDEA OF ROUGHING I IS A HOTEL WITH NO ROOM SERVICE.
OKAY, FOLKS, YOU'RE ALL READY TO GO.
CAMPSITE'S A MILE AND A HALF INTO THE PARK.
CAN'T MISS IT.
COME ON, YOU.
YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE TIME.
WE COULD GO TO A SPA.
IRENE, I LIKE CAMPING.
HEY, RANGER GUY.
WHAT'S THIS? THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR NEW LODGE AND VISITOR'S CENTER.
CONSTRUCTION STARTS NEXT MONTH.
WON'T IT PUT OUT A LO OF OUR FURRY FOREST FRIENDS? THEY'VE DONE AN IMPACT STUDY.
BOTTOM LINE IS IT WON'T AFFEC THE LOCAL SPECIES, AND IT'LL CREATE A LOT OF JOBS.
SWEET.
HEY, MOM, DID YOU KNOW THE BATTLE OF SHILOH WAS FOUGHT HERE? SHILOH.
WAS GEORGE WASHINGTON IN THAT ONE? JACK, WE'RE TALKING THE CIVIL WAR.
TWO-DAY BATTLE, APRIL, 1862.
PEOPLE SAY YOU CAN HEAR THAT OLD CIVIL WAR SONG WHICH ONE IS IT NOW? OH, "LORENA.
" THAT'S RIGHT.
THEY SAY THAT YOU CAN HEAR SOMEONE WHISTLING I OUT IN THE WOODS LATE AT NIGHT.
MOM? YEAH, BABY? DO YOU KNOW THAT SONG THE RANGER GUY WAS TALKING ABOUT? "LORENA"? "LORENA.
" [ HUMMING .]
YEAH, ACTUALLY I DO KNOW IT.
IT'S ABOUT A SOLDIER WHO'S DYING, BUT HE'S THINKING OF THE WOMAN HE LOVES.
COULD YOU PLAY A LITTLE FOR ME? PLEASE? UM, LET ME SEE.
THE YEARS MOVE SLOWLY BY, LORENA THE FROS IS ON THE GRASS AGAIN AND WHAT WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN, LORENA [ HUMMING .]
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
I'LL BE BACK WITH MORE DEPRESSING LOVE SONGS RIGHT AFTER WE GET THE TENTS UP.
THIS PLACE MUST BE SWARMING WITH UNSETTLED SPIRITS.
I WONDER IF WE'LL HEAR SOME WHISTLING TONIGHT.
IF THESE GHOSTS OF YOURS CAN WHISTLE, WHY DON'T THEY JUST TALK AND TELL US ALL ABOUT THEMSELVES? OR DOES THAT VIOLATE SOME SORT OF GHOST RULE? GO AHEAD AND LAUGH.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR FACE WHEN I FINALLY GE SOME HARD EVIDENCE.
GUYS? HEY, WE GOT A LOT OF STUFF TO DO.
YOU GOING TO HELP OUT? UH, SURE, MR.
B.
I'LL GET FIREWOOD.
YEAH, WE'D BETTER HELP HER.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO NEED A LOT OF WOOD.
ABSOLUTELY.
WOW, FROSTBITE'S SETTING IN ALREADY.
I CAN'T FEEL MY TOES.
HEY, YOU GUYS, COME ON, STICK TOGETHER.
IT'S GOING TO GET DARK SOON.
I WONDER IF THAT PIZZA PLACE DELIVERS.
[ HUMMING "LORENA" .]
DO YOU HAVE TO DO THAT? YEAH, FI.
IT'S LIKE YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO RING THE DOORBELL OF AN EMPTY HOUSE.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? SOMETHING MIGHT ANSWER.
YOU JUST SAID IT'S AN EMPTY HOUSE.
IT IS.
EXCEPT FOR THE MONSTER.
WHAT MONSTER? THE MONSTER IN THE HOUSE.
CLU, IF THERE'S A MONSTER IN THE HOUSE COULD YOU PLEASE BE QUIET? ALL RIGHT, IT'S GETTING LATE.
LET'S GET SOME FIREWOOD AND HEAD BACK.
YEAH.
GIDDY-UP.
OW! CLU, QUIT IT.
[ HUMMING .]
HELLO? WAIT A MINUTE.
SINCE WHEN DO GHOSTS LEAVE PIECES OF THEIR UNIFORM LYING AROUND? HEY, WHERE'S FI? I DON'T KNOW, MAN.
HEY, WE'RE THE ONES WHO'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GOOFING OFF, NOT HER.
HEY, FI! FI, COME ON.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ALL THE WORK OUT HERE.
YEAH.
FI? OH NO.
COME ON, LET'S GO.
FI! FIONA? FIONA! FI, WHERE ARE YOU? HEY, FI! FI! JACK? CLU? MOM, IT'S FI.
SHE'S LOST.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE'S LOST? WE LOOKED FOR HER, MRS.
P.
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? I DON'T KNOW.
SHE WAS RIGHT THERE BEHIND US WE LOOKED EVERYWHERE.
WE COULDN'T FIND HER.
IRENE! WHAT'S GOING ON? DAD, IT'S FI.
SHE'S LOST.
IN THE WOODS? WE'VE GOT TO LOOK.
SHE'S OUT THERE ALONE.
MOLLY OKAY.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE'RE IN A NATIONAL PARK, NOT THE AMAZON.
NED, GET THE RANGERS.
IRENE, GET THE MAP.
WE CAN STILL FIND HER BEFORE IT GETS DARK.
COME ON, FIONA.
THERE'S NOTHING TO BE SCARED OF.
EXCEPT MAYBE BEARS.
OKAY, DON'T PANIC.
GO SLOWLY.
BEARS RECOGNIZE PANIC.
OR IS THAT DOGS? HELP! SOMEBODY HELP! HELP! SOMEBODY HELP! BIGFOOT! OKAY, WE'VE GO SOME MORE RANGERS ON CALL, BUT IF WE SPLIT UP INTO GROUPS, I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE TROUBLE FINDING HER BEFORE NIGHTFALL.
YOU BOYS WILL HEAD WES WITH TOM TOWARDS THE RIVER OVER HERE.
NOW, TOM'S FROM AROUND HERE, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING LOST.
YOU TWO, I'D LIKE YOU TO HEAD NORTH, TOWARDS THE EDGE OF THE WOODS.
JUST STAY TO THE TRAIL AND YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
MRS.
PHILLIPS, YOU, ME, AND SAM HERE WILL GO EAST.
NOW, TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WATCH.
WE'LL MEET BACK HERE IN EXACTLY TWO HOURS.
SHE COULDN'T HAVE GONE FAR.
JACK? JACK MOM, IT'S ALL MY FAULT.
I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION.
YOU LISTEN TO ME, HONEY.
THIS WAS NOBODY'S FAULT, OKAY? WE'RE GOING TO GE YOUR SISTER BACK.
LIKE THE RANGER SAID, SHE COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN FAR.
YOUR MOM'S RIGHT.
THE WORST THING YOUR SISTER HAS TO WORRY ABOU IS A FEW MOSQUITOES, OKAY? ARE YOU IN THERE? DID YOU DRAW THESE? WHY'D YOU BRING ME HERE? WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY.
IT'S JUST A FLASHLIGHT.
FOR ME? I AM WALTER RUTLEDGE, FROM BROOKSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.
HUSBAND OF LILLIAN, FATHER OF JAMES CLARK.
I AM A CAPTAIN IN THE UNION ARMY.
I TAKE PEN IN HAND TO WRITE THIS BECAUSE I'M AFRAID THAT IF I DON'T, NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW THE TRUTH OF WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.
THE BATTLE OF SHILOH WAS THE BLOODIEST I HAVE SEEN IN THIS TERRIBLE WAR.
SCARCE A ONE OF MY MEN SURVIVED, AND OUR REGIMEN WAS ONE OF MANY SO AFFECTED.
INDEED, I WOULD BE AMONGST THE DEAD MYSELF IF IT WEREN'T FOR THIS CREATURE.
FIONA? FI, CAN YOU HEAR US? HONEY, ARE YOU OUT THERE? FIONA! THE BULLET CAME FROM NOWHERE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I LAY THERE IN THE RAIN, BUT AFTER A WHILE, THIS CREATURE CAME AND PICKED ME UP AND BROUGHT ME TO THIS CAVE.
THE CREATURE LOOKS FEARSOME, A STRANGE WILD BEAST, AND FRANKLY, I WAS TERRIFIED OF IT, BUT THE DRAWINGS IN THIS CAVE HAVE CONVINCED ME THAT THE CREATURE MUST BE SOME OFFSHOO OF OUR OWN FAMILY OF MAN.
A SPECIAL, PERHAPS UNIQUE, BEING.
WHATEVER IT IS, IT HAS BEEN KIND TO ME.
SINCE SAVING MY LIFE, IT HAS INSISTED ON BRINGING ME MEALS OF SORTS MADE OF LEAVES AND TWIGS.
I HAVE TRIED TO COMMUNICATE WITH I ANY WAY I CAN.
[ WHISTLING "LORENA" .]
THE CREATURE CANNOT FORM WORDS, BUT IT HAS LATELY LEARNED TO WHISTLE.
[ WHISTLING "LORENA" .]
THE SONG.
THAT'S WHY YOU FOLLOWED ME.
YOU RECOGNIZED THE SONG.
WAIT A MINUTE.
UH-OH.
HELLO? IF YOU UNDERSTAND, YOU'RE IN DANGER.
THIS WHOLE PLACE IS GOING TO BE TORN UP IN A FEW WEEKS TO BUILD A VISITOR'S CENTER.
I MEAN, WE'RE PROBABLY STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LOBBY.
LIKE HE REALLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT A VISITOR'S CENTER IS.
OKAY, STAY THERE.
I'LL SHOW YOU.
YOU KNOW, SEE RIGHT WHERE WE ARE, THIS WHOLE PLACE IS GOING TO BE BULLDOZED, BUT THERE'S MOUNTAINS RIGHT UP HERE.
THAT'S WHERE YOU GOT TO GO.
THEY SAY IT'S NEXT TO A SKULL PEAK OR WHATEVER.
YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE HAIRY FOR AWHILE SORRY, NO OFFENSE.
IT'S GOING TO BE DICEY FOR AWHILE, BECAUSE THERE'S A HALF A MILE OF RIVERBED YOU'LL HAVE TO CROSS, BUT YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU DO WAIT! WAIT! BIGFOOT, WHERE ARE YOU GOING? HEY, BIGFOOT.
RIGHT, FIONA, CALL HIM "BIGFOOT.
" WHAT'S HIS MIDDLE NAME? "FUZZY"? THIS AFTERNOON I HEARD SEVERAL MEN FROM MY REGIMEN CALLING TO ME FROM NEAR THE CAVE.
MY HOPES SOARED, AND I WAS ABOUT TO ANSWER, BUT IN THE NEXT MOMEN REALIZED THA THOUGH MY WOUNDS ARE SERIOUS, I MUST NOT REVEAL OUR POSITION, LEST MY NEW FRIEND BE DISCOVERED AND HARMED OUT OF FEAR OR IGNORANCE.
I DON'T REGRE SAVING THE CREATURE FROM DISCOVERY AT THE EXPENSE OF MY OWN LIFE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE VALUE OF HIS EXISTENCE TO BE GREATER THAN MY OWN.
MY ONLY SORROW IS THAT I WAS UNABLE TO SAY GOODBYE TO MY WIFE AND SON IN THIS WORLD BEFORE MEETING THEM IN THE NEXT.
IF THESE WORDS ARE EVER READ BY ANOTHER'S EYES, I ASK ONLY THAT A MESSAGE BE CONVEYED TO MY FAMILY.
TELL THEM AT THE LAST, I WAS A GOOD SOLDIER AND AN HONORABLE MAN.
FI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? FIONA! FI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? FIONA! FIONA! THE MAP.
YOU DREW THE MAP! FIONA! YOU UNDERSTOOD.
OKAY.
LET'S GO FIND SKULL PEAK.
GUYS, HOLD UP.
I'VE GOT TO REST.
ALL RIGHT, MAN, YOU REST.
ME AND THE RANGER DUDE WILL GO TO THAT RAVINE OVER THERE, OKAY, AND WE'LL COME BACK.
GREAT, THANKS.
HEY, SIS? FI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? FI? LISTEN, THIS WHOLE ESP THING IS YOUR GIG, NOT MINE, BUT IF YOU CAN READ MY MIND FROM WHEREVER YOU ARE, PLEASE, GIVE MOM A SIGN OR SOMETHING.
SHE'S REALLY WORRIED.
JUST LET HER KNOW YOU'RE OKAY.
STUPID.
HEY, GUYS, WAIT UP! FIONA? COME ON, THIS WAY.
IT'S SKULL PEAK.
HEY, BIGFOOT? THAT'S WHERE YOU NEED TO BE.
SKULL PEAK.
COME ON.
THEY'LL BE HERE SOON.
COME ON.
FIONA! FIONA! GUYS, OVER HERE! THERE SHE IS! FI! HEY, FIONA! SHE'S OKAY.
GET HER OUT.
MOM! I'VE BEEN SO WORRIED.
ARE YOU OKAY? YEAH.
YEAH, EVERYTHING'S FINE.
HEY.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO.
COME ON, BABY, LET'S GET YOU DRY.
I THOUGHT THE SQUIRRELS WOULD EAT YOU.
MOM THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE A BURGER AND SOME HOT CHOCOLATE.
THANKS.
SO WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE? WHERE'D YOU SPEND THE NIGHT? WELL, YOU KNOW ME I THOUGHT I SAW BIGFOO RUNNING BY, SO I WENT OFF THE PATH I'M SORRY I WORRIED YOU GUYS.
LISTEN, MOM SAID YOU LEFT HER SOME MESSAGE OUT IN THE WOODS.
YOU DIDN'T BY ANY CHANCE HEAR YOU TELLING ME TO DO IT? THERE'S A LO OF WEIRD STUFF GOING ON OUT THERE EVEN IF I NEVER DO END UP WITH ANY REAL EVIDENCE.
[ FIONA .]
: DEAR MR.
RUTLEDGE, YOU DON'T KNOW ME, BUT I HAVE A STORY TO TELL YOU ABOUT YOUR GREAT-GREA GRANDFATHER, WALTER RUTLEDGE.
I'M GUESSING THAT YOU KNOW HE WAS A UNION CAPTAIN IN THE CIVIL WAR, AND THAT HIS BODY WAS NEVER FOUND AFTER THE BATTLE OF SHILOH IN 1862.
THIS LOCKET I FOUND WAS HIS.
IT'S GOT A REALLY NICE PICTURE OF HIM AND HIS FAMILY IN IT.
THIS WILL SOUND FUNNY COMING FROM A STRANGER, BUT I KNOW HE'D WANT YOU TO HAVE IT.
GOOD HEAVENS.
I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE WHAT HAPPENS TO SOMEONE AFTER THEY PASS AWAY, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE SPECIAL AND LOVED VERY MUCH, THEY GET REMEMBERED FOR A LONG TIME AFTER THEY GO.
THE MEMORIES WE CARRY AROUND KEEP THAT PERSON ALIVE IN OUR HEARTS, AND THEY BECOME A PART OF US FOREVER.
SO EVEN THOUGH I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW I KNOW, I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE MY WORD FOR I THAT WALTER RUTLEDGE WAS TRULY A GOOD SOLDIER AND AN HONORABLE MAN.
YOURS TRULY, A FRIEND.
WELL, GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT WHATEVER.
WAY BACK THERE.
LET'S CALL HIM "GRAMPA.
" BUT WAS GRAMPA THE ONLY ONE THAT MADE IT, OR DID HE HAVE COUSINS? A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK SO.
IN FACT, IN ALMOST EVERY PAR OF THE WORLD THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF UNCLASSIFIED PRIMATES APEMEN AND EVEN APEWOMEN AND APEKIDS.
THEY'RE CALLED DIFFERENT THINGS, DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY ARE THE "ALMAS" IN MONGOLIA, THE "YETI" IN TIBET, THE "YOWIE" IN AUSTRALIA, AND THE "SASQUATCH" IN NORTH AMERICA.
THEY'VE BEEN CAUGHT ON FILM, LEFT FOOTPRINTS AND HAIR SAMPLES, BUT SCIENTISTS STILL REFUSE TO BELIEVE THEY COULD BE REAL.
STILL, YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF ARE WE REALLY THE ONLY ONES IN THIS FAMILY? THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT.
TWO WHOLE DAYS OFF, ROUGHING IT IN THE WOODS.
BUT MY IDEA OF ROUGHING I IS A HOTEL WITH NO ROOM SERVICE.
OKAY, FOLKS, YOU'RE ALL READY TO GO.
CAMPSITE'S A MILE AND A HALF INTO THE PARK.
CAN'T MISS IT.
COME ON, YOU.
YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE TIME.
WE COULD GO TO A SPA.
IRENE, I LIKE CAMPING.
HEY, RANGER GUY.
WHAT'S THIS? THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR NEW LODGE AND VISITOR'S CENTER.
CONSTRUCTION STARTS NEXT MONTH.
WON'T IT PUT OUT A LO OF OUR FURRY FOREST FRIENDS? THEY'VE DONE AN IMPACT STUDY.
BOTTOM LINE IS IT WON'T AFFEC THE LOCAL SPECIES, AND IT'LL CREATE A LOT OF JOBS.
SWEET.
HEY, MOM, DID YOU KNOW THE BATTLE OF SHILOH WAS FOUGHT HERE? SHILOH.
WAS GEORGE WASHINGTON IN THAT ONE? JACK, WE'RE TALKING THE CIVIL WAR.
TWO-DAY BATTLE, APRIL, 1862.
PEOPLE SAY YOU CAN HEAR THAT OLD CIVIL WAR SONG WHICH ONE IS IT NOW? OH, "LORENA.
" THAT'S RIGHT.
THEY SAY THAT YOU CAN HEAR SOMEONE WHISTLING I OUT IN THE WOODS LATE AT NIGHT.
MOM? YEAH, BABY? DO YOU KNOW THAT SONG THE RANGER GUY WAS TALKING ABOUT? "LORENA"? "LORENA.
" [ HUMMING .]
YEAH, ACTUALLY I DO KNOW IT.
IT'S ABOUT A SOLDIER WHO'S DYING, BUT HE'S THINKING OF THE WOMAN HE LOVES.
COULD YOU PLAY A LITTLE FOR ME? PLEASE? UM, LET ME SEE.
THE YEARS MOVE SLOWLY BY, LORENA THE FROS IS ON THE GRASS AGAIN AND WHAT WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN, LORENA [ HUMMING .]
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
I'LL BE BACK WITH MORE DEPRESSING LOVE SONGS RIGHT AFTER WE GET THE TENTS UP.
THIS PLACE MUST BE SWARMING WITH UNSETTLED SPIRITS.
I WONDER IF WE'LL HEAR SOME WHISTLING TONIGHT.
IF THESE GHOSTS OF YOURS CAN WHISTLE, WHY DON'T THEY JUST TALK AND TELL US ALL ABOUT THEMSELVES? OR DOES THAT VIOLATE SOME SORT OF GHOST RULE? GO AHEAD AND LAUGH.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR FACE WHEN I FINALLY GE SOME HARD EVIDENCE.
GUYS? HEY, WE GOT A LOT OF STUFF TO DO.
YOU GOING TO HELP OUT? UH, SURE, MR.
B.
I'LL GET FIREWOOD.
YEAH, WE'D BETTER HELP HER.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO NEED A LOT OF WOOD.
ABSOLUTELY.
WOW, FROSTBITE'S SETTING IN ALREADY.
I CAN'T FEEL MY TOES.
HEY, YOU GUYS, COME ON, STICK TOGETHER.
IT'S GOING TO GET DARK SOON.
I WONDER IF THAT PIZZA PLACE DELIVERS.
[ HUMMING "LORENA" .]
DO YOU HAVE TO DO THAT? YEAH, FI.
IT'S LIKE YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO RING THE DOORBELL OF AN EMPTY HOUSE.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? SOMETHING MIGHT ANSWER.
YOU JUST SAID IT'S AN EMPTY HOUSE.
IT IS.
EXCEPT FOR THE MONSTER.
WHAT MONSTER? THE MONSTER IN THE HOUSE.
CLU, IF THERE'S A MONSTER IN THE HOUSE COULD YOU PLEASE BE QUIET? ALL RIGHT, IT'S GETTING LATE.
LET'S GET SOME FIREWOOD AND HEAD BACK.
YEAH.
GIDDY-UP.
OW! CLU, QUIT IT.
[ HUMMING .]
HELLO? WAIT A MINUTE.
SINCE WHEN DO GHOSTS LEAVE PIECES OF THEIR UNIFORM LYING AROUND? HEY, WHERE'S FI? I DON'T KNOW, MAN.
HEY, WE'RE THE ONES WHO'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GOOFING OFF, NOT HER.
HEY, FI! FI, COME ON.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ALL THE WORK OUT HERE.
YEAH.
FI? OH NO.
COME ON, LET'S GO.
FI! FIONA? FIONA! FI, WHERE ARE YOU? HEY, FI! FI! JACK? CLU? MOM, IT'S FI.
SHE'S LOST.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE'S LOST? WE LOOKED FOR HER, MRS.
P.
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? I DON'T KNOW.
SHE WAS RIGHT THERE BEHIND US WE LOOKED EVERYWHERE.
WE COULDN'T FIND HER.
IRENE! WHAT'S GOING ON? DAD, IT'S FI.
SHE'S LOST.
IN THE WOODS? WE'VE GOT TO LOOK.
SHE'S OUT THERE ALONE.
MOLLY OKAY.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE'RE IN A NATIONAL PARK, NOT THE AMAZON.
NED, GET THE RANGERS.
IRENE, GET THE MAP.
WE CAN STILL FIND HER BEFORE IT GETS DARK.
COME ON, FIONA.
THERE'S NOTHING TO BE SCARED OF.
EXCEPT MAYBE BEARS.
OKAY, DON'T PANIC.
GO SLOWLY.
BEARS RECOGNIZE PANIC.
OR IS THAT DOGS? HELP! SOMEBODY HELP! HELP! SOMEBODY HELP! BIGFOOT! OKAY, WE'VE GO SOME MORE RANGERS ON CALL, BUT IF WE SPLIT UP INTO GROUPS, I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE TROUBLE FINDING HER BEFORE NIGHTFALL.
YOU BOYS WILL HEAD WES WITH TOM TOWARDS THE RIVER OVER HERE.
NOW, TOM'S FROM AROUND HERE, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING LOST.
YOU TWO, I'D LIKE YOU TO HEAD NORTH, TOWARDS THE EDGE OF THE WOODS.
JUST STAY TO THE TRAIL AND YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
MRS.
PHILLIPS, YOU, ME, AND SAM HERE WILL GO EAST.
NOW, TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WATCH.
WE'LL MEET BACK HERE IN EXACTLY TWO HOURS.
SHE COULDN'T HAVE GONE FAR.
JACK? JACK MOM, IT'S ALL MY FAULT.
I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION.
YOU LISTEN TO ME, HONEY.
THIS WAS NOBODY'S FAULT, OKAY? WE'RE GOING TO GE YOUR SISTER BACK.
LIKE THE RANGER SAID, SHE COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN FAR.
YOUR MOM'S RIGHT.
THE WORST THING YOUR SISTER HAS TO WORRY ABOU IS A FEW MOSQUITOES, OKAY? ARE YOU IN THERE? DID YOU DRAW THESE? WHY'D YOU BRING ME HERE? WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY.
IT'S JUST A FLASHLIGHT.
FOR ME? I AM WALTER RUTLEDGE, FROM BROOKSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.
HUSBAND OF LILLIAN, FATHER OF JAMES CLARK.
I AM A CAPTAIN IN THE UNION ARMY.
I TAKE PEN IN HAND TO WRITE THIS BECAUSE I'M AFRAID THAT IF I DON'T, NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW THE TRUTH OF WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.
THE BATTLE OF SHILOH WAS THE BLOODIEST I HAVE SEEN IN THIS TERRIBLE WAR.
SCARCE A ONE OF MY MEN SURVIVED, AND OUR REGIMEN WAS ONE OF MANY SO AFFECTED.
INDEED, I WOULD BE AMONGST THE DEAD MYSELF IF IT WEREN'T FOR THIS CREATURE.
FIONA? FI, CAN YOU HEAR US? HONEY, ARE YOU OUT THERE? FIONA! THE BULLET CAME FROM NOWHERE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I LAY THERE IN THE RAIN, BUT AFTER A WHILE, THIS CREATURE CAME AND PICKED ME UP AND BROUGHT ME TO THIS CAVE.
THE CREATURE LOOKS FEARSOME, A STRANGE WILD BEAST, AND FRANKLY, I WAS TERRIFIED OF IT, BUT THE DRAWINGS IN THIS CAVE HAVE CONVINCED ME THAT THE CREATURE MUST BE SOME OFFSHOO OF OUR OWN FAMILY OF MAN.
A SPECIAL, PERHAPS UNIQUE, BEING.
WHATEVER IT IS, IT HAS BEEN KIND TO ME.
SINCE SAVING MY LIFE, IT HAS INSISTED ON BRINGING ME MEALS OF SORTS MADE OF LEAVES AND TWIGS.
I HAVE TRIED TO COMMUNICATE WITH I ANY WAY I CAN.
[ WHISTLING "LORENA" .]
THE CREATURE CANNOT FORM WORDS, BUT IT HAS LATELY LEARNED TO WHISTLE.
[ WHISTLING "LORENA" .]
THE SONG.
THAT'S WHY YOU FOLLOWED ME.
YOU RECOGNIZED THE SONG.
WAIT A MINUTE.
UH-OH.
HELLO? IF YOU UNDERSTAND, YOU'RE IN DANGER.
THIS WHOLE PLACE IS GOING TO BE TORN UP IN A FEW WEEKS TO BUILD A VISITOR'S CENTER.
I MEAN, WE'RE PROBABLY STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LOBBY.
LIKE HE REALLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT A VISITOR'S CENTER IS.
OKAY, STAY THERE.
I'LL SHOW YOU.
YOU KNOW, SEE RIGHT WHERE WE ARE, THIS WHOLE PLACE IS GOING TO BE BULLDOZED, BUT THERE'S MOUNTAINS RIGHT UP HERE.
THAT'S WHERE YOU GOT TO GO.
THEY SAY IT'S NEXT TO A SKULL PEAK OR WHATEVER.
YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE HAIRY FOR AWHILE SORRY, NO OFFENSE.
IT'S GOING TO BE DICEY FOR AWHILE, BECAUSE THERE'S A HALF A MILE OF RIVERBED YOU'LL HAVE TO CROSS, BUT YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU DO WAIT! WAIT! BIGFOOT, WHERE ARE YOU GOING? HEY, BIGFOOT.
RIGHT, FIONA, CALL HIM "BIGFOOT.
" WHAT'S HIS MIDDLE NAME? "FUZZY"? THIS AFTERNOON I HEARD SEVERAL MEN FROM MY REGIMEN CALLING TO ME FROM NEAR THE CAVE.
MY HOPES SOARED, AND I WAS ABOUT TO ANSWER, BUT IN THE NEXT MOMEN REALIZED THA THOUGH MY WOUNDS ARE SERIOUS, I MUST NOT REVEAL OUR POSITION, LEST MY NEW FRIEND BE DISCOVERED AND HARMED OUT OF FEAR OR IGNORANCE.
I DON'T REGRE SAVING THE CREATURE FROM DISCOVERY AT THE EXPENSE OF MY OWN LIFE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE VALUE OF HIS EXISTENCE TO BE GREATER THAN MY OWN.
MY ONLY SORROW IS THAT I WAS UNABLE TO SAY GOODBYE TO MY WIFE AND SON IN THIS WORLD BEFORE MEETING THEM IN THE NEXT.
IF THESE WORDS ARE EVER READ BY ANOTHER'S EYES, I ASK ONLY THAT A MESSAGE BE CONVEYED TO MY FAMILY.
TELL THEM AT THE LAST, I WAS A GOOD SOLDIER AND AN HONORABLE MAN.
FI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? FIONA! FI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? FIONA! FIONA! THE MAP.
YOU DREW THE MAP! FIONA! YOU UNDERSTOOD.
OKAY.
LET'S GO FIND SKULL PEAK.
GUYS, HOLD UP.
I'VE GOT TO REST.
ALL RIGHT, MAN, YOU REST.
ME AND THE RANGER DUDE WILL GO TO THAT RAVINE OVER THERE, OKAY, AND WE'LL COME BACK.
GREAT, THANKS.
HEY, SIS? FI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? FI? LISTEN, THIS WHOLE ESP THING IS YOUR GIG, NOT MINE, BUT IF YOU CAN READ MY MIND FROM WHEREVER YOU ARE, PLEASE, GIVE MOM A SIGN OR SOMETHING.
SHE'S REALLY WORRIED.
JUST LET HER KNOW YOU'RE OKAY.
STUPID.
HEY, GUYS, WAIT UP! FIONA? COME ON, THIS WAY.
IT'S SKULL PEAK.
HEY, BIGFOOT? THAT'S WHERE YOU NEED TO BE.
SKULL PEAK.
COME ON.
THEY'LL BE HERE SOON.
COME ON.
FIONA! FIONA! GUYS, OVER HERE! THERE SHE IS! FI! HEY, FIONA! SHE'S OKAY.
GET HER OUT.
MOM! I'VE BEEN SO WORRIED.
ARE YOU OKAY? YEAH.
YEAH, EVERYTHING'S FINE.
HEY.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO.
COME ON, BABY, LET'S GET YOU DRY.
I THOUGHT THE SQUIRRELS WOULD EAT YOU.
MOM THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE A BURGER AND SOME HOT CHOCOLATE.
THANKS.
SO WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE? WHERE'D YOU SPEND THE NIGHT? WELL, YOU KNOW ME I THOUGHT I SAW BIGFOO RUNNING BY, SO I WENT OFF THE PATH I'M SORRY I WORRIED YOU GUYS.
LISTEN, MOM SAID YOU LEFT HER SOME MESSAGE OUT IN THE WOODS.
YOU DIDN'T BY ANY CHANCE HEAR YOU TELLING ME TO DO IT? THERE'S A LO OF WEIRD STUFF GOING ON OUT THERE EVEN IF I NEVER DO END UP WITH ANY REAL EVIDENCE.
[ FIONA .]
: DEAR MR.
RUTLEDGE, YOU DON'T KNOW ME, BUT I HAVE A STORY TO TELL YOU ABOUT YOUR GREAT-GREA GRANDFATHER, WALTER RUTLEDGE.
I'M GUESSING THAT YOU KNOW HE WAS A UNION CAPTAIN IN THE CIVIL WAR, AND THAT HIS BODY WAS NEVER FOUND AFTER THE BATTLE OF SHILOH IN 1862.
THIS LOCKET I FOUND WAS HIS.
IT'S GOT A REALLY NICE PICTURE OF HIM AND HIS FAMILY IN IT.
THIS WILL SOUND FUNNY COMING FROM A STRANGER, BUT I KNOW HE'D WANT YOU TO HAVE IT.
GOOD HEAVENS.
I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE WHAT HAPPENS TO SOMEONE AFTER THEY PASS AWAY, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE SPECIAL AND LOVED VERY MUCH, THEY GET REMEMBERED FOR A LONG TIME AFTER THEY GO.
THE MEMORIES WE CARRY AROUND KEEP THAT PERSON ALIVE IN OUR HEARTS, AND THEY BECOME A PART OF US FOREVER.
SO EVEN THOUGH I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW I KNOW, I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE MY WORD FOR I THAT WALTER RUTLEDGE WAS TRULY A GOOD SOLDIER AND AN HONORABLE MAN.
YOURS TRULY, A FRIEND.