Skinwalker Ranch

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This is Cody's special day,

November 11th.

Jump.

Dad! Dad!

Well, there he is.

Wait, is it your birthday today?

You got to make it!

You got to make it!

I told you.

I told you I would get it.

Happy Birthday.

Next birthday we'll have

a whole team of guys here.

We'll all be playing

baseball together.

Get set.

Go!

Argh!

I pulled a muscle.

Got to do...

What...

What the hell was that?

- Cody?

- Cody?

Cody? Cody!

No!

Nah, I don't think Hoyt

had anything to do with it.

Uh, sad but true,

kids are kidnapped.

Well, right after it happened,

'cause, you know...

...they had to, like, drag him

into court and all that stuff...

...so he's kind of forced to be around

everybody and all that stuff...

...there was a difference. And there was

some mean in him then, you know.

I didn't consider him, up until

that time, a drunkard or anything.

I didn't talk to him at length

about it, but, you know...

we were delivering hay,

and he was just broke up.

You know, show it to me

and then I'll believe it.

You ask me, I think he's...

he's guilty.

Maybe everybody's projecting

their fear on Hoyt.

Maybe that's what's going on.

That's why he's left alone.

But he's staying there

until he finds his boy.

I mean, it's sad.

It's sad as can be.

I've got kids and grandkids.

And if an 8-year-old grandkid

of mine disappeared, I'd be...

Yeah, I don't know what I'd do.

Cody was in my little girl's class.

I've been having to go in and sleep

with her almost every night...

...you know, 'til she falls asleep.

So, yeah, it's been hard.

Of course, I know Cody, man.

He's a good kid.

Funny.

Little wiry. He was gonna grow

into them feet one day.

Yeah, man.

Yeah. I knew Cody.

I mean,

I've followed it quite a bit.

I don't really buy either one.

I'm not into the paranormal stuff.

I've never seen that tape.

And I've never seen a wolf like that.

Um...

But it could happen.

Could happen around here if

it's going to happen somewhere.

That's... I don't believe

any of it, you know.

I got to see something

to believe it.

I've never seen anything like that.

You stick around, man,

you'll see something.

My name is Sam green.

I'm a PH.D.

In socio-cultural anthropology.

...from the university of Chicago.

I've been working for MDE

...for about six months as

a field scientist.

Sorry.

My man!

Hey, Sam!

How are you, buddy?

- Good to see you, man.

- You, too.

My name's Cameron Murphy. Um...

I'm an investigative journalist

from Los Angeles.

Sam and I grew up together.

He called me about a month ago.

Told me he was heading up an investigation

to some strange cattle ranch.

Asked me if I would come out and observe

it from a third party perspective.

Hey, this is our

videographer Britain.

Hey, man. Cameron.

Nice to meet you.

My name's Britain Sloan.

I'm a freelance cameraman.

Normally don't like to be

in front of the camera.

So I'll make this short.

I've done this kind of work

before with other groups.

And we've never come across anything

strange or out of the ordinary.

So I hope this trip

is a little different.

Hey, man, would you grab

his bag for him?

Yeah.

- Thanks, man.

- How about a little tour of the grounds?

- Yeah.

- All right.

Hoyt!

I want you to meet

my friend Cameron Murphy.

- Hey, Cameron.

- Hoyt, pleasure.

Hoyt Miller. That's my name.

Hoyt Miller.

And, uh, I bought this, uh...

This ranch, oh, four years...

little over four years ago...

with the idea of turning it

into something, you know...

...special or... Say, uh...

Do I have to do this?

Can I... Do I have to talk

to the camera right now?

I don't really feel like it.

Nice to meet you.

All right, you guys be

up in about 45 minutes.

We'll have the ATV ready.

- Sounds good.

- Come on, girl.

This is our main vet tech Lisa.

Lisa, Cameron.

Oh, Cameron,

I heard a lot about you.

My name is Lisa Moreau.

I'm the field veterinary tech.

I've worked locally for years.

I just started working with

MDE a couple months ago.

This is my first big

case with them.

They brought me on because I'm so familiar

with the cattle mutilations in the area.

It's disturbing.

I've seen a lot of sick and dead

animals in my line of work.

But... The cattle mutilation

phenomenon is...

I don't have an explanation for it.

Is the horse still acting unusual?

Uh, no. The horse's moods

have stabilized.

Their behavior's been

completely erratic.

So, it's fine now.

But talk to me in 10 minutes.

- All right, I will.

- OK.

Uh, you seen Matt?

Yeah, I think Ray has him setting

up something behind the house.

- Lisa, pleasure.

- Nice to meet you.

That's a long time

to be in Afghanistan, man.

Actually, I was embedded with

a group of about 10 soldiers.

...for a period of

nearly three months.

- How's it going?

- You mean, motion sensor hell?

Hi, I'm Matt Johnson.

And I work in the media lab at MDE,

which is how I met Sam...

who brought me onboard the project.

We both share a passion

for the paranormal.

And, uh, well,

I really hope that this project.

...helps legitimize the

field a little bit.

Also I'm here as the team's

driver, cook, and resident b*tch.

You ready?

Copy.

What was that?

My hand, over.

Walk in front of it,

you stupid ass.

That's Ray.

Let's go meet him.

Ray, I want you

to meet Cameron Murphy.

Hey, man.

You here to help

with the sensors, man?

Ray Reed.

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