Snowbeast (1977) Movie Script
[wind blowing]
[music playing]
[roaring]
[music playing]
[shouting]
Oh, come on.
Let's go.
Hey, Jennifer, let's go back.
But why?
It's gorgeous skiing.
Because there's
something funny.
Oh, come on.
[music playing]
[sigh]
[music playing]
Hey, Jennifer, look at these.
[scoffs]
Some joker.
Snowshoes from some mail
order novelty house.
[roaring]
[music playing]
[screaming]
[band music playing]
MRS. RILL [ON LOUDSPEAKER]:
Hello everyone.
I'm Mrs. Carrie Rill,
as you probably know.
And I'd like to
welcome all of you
to the Rill Lodge, and our
50th Annual Rill Carnival.
All of us here have been looking
forward to this big event
for some time.
Even the weather has
left us with good snow
and cold, sunny skies.
I'm sure you'll agree that the
events that we have lined up
will make this our best
Winter Carnival yet.
Let me tell you a little
about what we have planned.
First of all, you may compete
in as many of the events
as you've a mind to.
We've got cross-country
skiing, snowmobiling,
dog sled racing, and every
variety of alpine skiing.
[cheering]
Downhill, slalom,
and freestyle skiing.
[cheering]
It's what we used
to call hot-dogging.
[laughter]
But, uh, you hot-doggers
will be judged
on grace and originality,
not on your audacity.
[cheering]
First of the show,
the Snow Queen.
Thank you!
CROWD: Thank you!
Mrs. Rill, hi, how are you?
Hail, to the queen.
CROWD: Hail!
Charlie.
Is Mr. Rill in?
Can I help you, Buster?
Come on, Charlie.
No.
Uh, Tony?
Could you come
out here a second?
Buster Smith wants
to talk to you.
Hi, Buster.
What can I do for you?
Mr. Rill, can I I talk to you
to you a moment-- in private?
Sure.
I am so pleased you
remembered, Betty
Jo-- even though your mother's
too young to remember--
that I was the very
first queen of our very
first Winter Carnival.
But I was only 16.
That was, uh, 50 years ago.
Tell her I'll be right there.
CARRIE: Tony!
It's a fine time
to be going skiing.
Oh, hardly, Grandma--
we have a little problem.
The manager takes care
of big problems, which
we don't have at Rill Lodge.
No.
No big problems here, Grandma.
He thinks because
he's my grandson,
he can treat me as if
I were his grandmother.
[laughter]
[snowmobile driving]
Heidi?
Heidi, can you explain
to me exactly where--
You won't believe me, either.
Nobody will ever believe me.
Well, what's more important--
finding your friend,
or trying to convince us that
there's some kind of monster
out there.
There is.
I saw its footprints.
I heard it.
And it's got Jennifer.
And all anybody's
doing around here
is staring at me like I'm crazy.
Nobody thinks you're crazy.
The problem is the
patrolmen haven't
been able to find Jennifer yet.
In fact, they can't
even find your tracks.
You're going to have to
get ahold of yourself
and take us back out
there again, and--
I'm not going back.
Please, don't ask me to.
Please.
I can't.
OK.
OK.
But you can describe
the spot, can't you?
No.
The only thing I can
remember is those footprints.
[shivers]
Cold.
I'm scared, [inaudible].
What am I going to tell
Jennifer's parents?
They always expect me
to keep an eye on her.
I'm going to call
them right now.
No, no, no.
Don't worry them
unnecessarily like that.
We're going to find
Jennifer, I promise you.
Let's get back to the lodge,
and get yourself warmed up.
I'll have Buster drive you down.
Hey, try not to worry, OK?
We're going to find
her, I'm telling you.
HEIDI: Tony?
We passed an old barn, off
by itself near a stream.
Good girl.
Take her down to the
lodge, have my grandmother
keep an eye on her.
I'd hate to have our
guests or anybody
at carnival hear that kind of
story-- from any of us, huh?
Let's split up, see
what we can find,
and we'll meet back at
the lodge in a half hour.
Let's go.
[music playing]
[SHOUTING] Jennifer!
[music playing]
[roaring]
Can we have your
autograph, Mr. Seberg?
You gave my father one at
the '68 Winter Olympics.
But then when you won that
gold medal, he sold it.
He did?
[laughing]
-What did he get for it?
-Don't tell him.
Let him keep his illusions.
Thank you.
Will you be staying for
the whole winter carnival?
I think so.
That's just great.
Well, thank you.
[sighing]
Well, it's nice to
feel wanted somewhere.
Coming?
Hi, Tony.
Hey, Tony!
I don't think he recognized us.
I think he did.
Perhaps he's got something
more important to do right now.
Nope.
Good old Tony knows I'm
going to ask him for a job.
How could he know that?
He hasn't heard
from you in ages.
Ellen, you were right.
Coming up here was a dumb idea.
I never said it
was a dumb idea.
I just said you might be
better off looking for work
outside the ski business.
This is all I know how to do.
Know what I think, Gar?
You don't really want a job.
This is just another
excuse to back out
and still feel right about it.
This wasn't an animal.
And it wasn't human, either.
Well that certainly
narrows it down.
Did the other men see it?
I don't think so.
You didn't ask them?
If they'd had seen,
they'd have told me.
They thought Heidi
was imagining things.
They couldn't possibly
think that of you.
One word from you, it'd be
all over town in a minute.
Well, it's a fine time
to have a panic-- just
before our Winter Carnival.
I'm not hiding anything.
I didn't tell the
men because I wanted
to get them out of the
area as quick as I could.
Not because you have
a vested interest
in the future of this resort.
Grandma, I'm going
to try to spell
it out for you very simple.
There's something very strange
and very dangerous out there.
And if I thought it would
stay up there, fine.
We could designate the
area avalanche-prone
and just seal it off.
Well, if it were going
to come any nearer,
wouldn't it have done so by now?
What do you base that on?
You don't know
anything about it.
I mean, you don't know how
long it's been up there,
when it got there.
It could have got
there last night.
Just in time for
the Winter Carnival.
What are you being
so facetious about?
For heaven's sake.
What do you want us to do?
Report it to Sheriff
Paraday immediately.
Report what to Sheriff Paraday?
Can you hear yourself
describing what you
saw-- what you thought you saw?
Tony, we need this carnival.
It's what keeps the tourists
coming here all year round.
The town needs it.
I know all that.
Well then, let's
just hold our fire
until the carnival is over.
I agree with you, let's
designate the area restricted.
Tell the maintenance crew
to put up a slew of signs.
And what do you tell
Jennifer's parents?
Tony, I-- I'm not being
insensitive, just realistic.
You know what I think?
I think it was an avalanche.
Bodies do disappear in
avalanches, you know.
Are you forgetting about Heidi?
I'm-- I'm not
worried about Heidi.
And I certainly don't have to
worry about you, Tony, do I?
After all, you are my grandson.
Charlie, see if you can
locate Sheriff Paraday for me.
Oh, all right.
Gar, Ellen.
Sorry I had to keep running,
uh, a crisis to take care of.
You two look great!
Does he, uh, still wear
his gold medal to bed?
[laughter]
Listen, I'm still running.
Let's get together,
have a drink later on,
and confess everything.
And I'd forgotten how
beautiful you are.
You always were the winner.
I need a job, Tony.
Not anymore, you don't
[music playing]
Mr. Rill, I heard you
didn't find the girl.
You want me to go--
Where have you been?
With Heidi?
Yeah.
How is she?
Uh, your grandmother had the
doctor give her something.
Put her out for a while.
She was in pretty bad shock.
Look, Mr. Rill, I'm supposed
to have the rest the day off,
but I got a pretty good
idea where that girl
is up there on that mountain.
If it's all right
with you, I'd like
to take a couple of
patrollers up there,
look around and see
what I can find.
No, and that's an order.
May I ask why?
Because I don't want
anybody up there.
I want the area posted.
You get ahold of Ben
Cochran in maintenance,
you tell him to get ready to
put a lot of signs up there.
Yes sir.
Saying what?
What?
How do you want
the signs to read?
Restricted area.
[music playing]
[roaring]
[music playing]
[grunting]
[music playing]
[roaring]
[music playing]
John, where you going?
[roaring]
[music playing]
[growling]
What's the matter, son?
What's the matter?
Speak up!
Inside.
The water trough.
[music playing]
Oh.
Oh my.
Oh.
[gagging]
[band music playing]
Hey, Tony.
Sheriff, I want to talk to you.
SHERIFF: Sure!
OK, Hold on.
I'll be right there.
[band music playing]
VOICE ON RADIO: Unit
Two calling Unit One.
Unit Two calling Unit One.
Unit Two.
Go ahead.
VOICE ON RADIO: Sheriff,
some ski patroller
wants to talk to you.
Yeah, what about?
VOICE ON RADIO: The
man said murder.
What?
Where?
VOICE ON RADIO: Out at
the old Fairchild place.
SHERIFF: I'm on my way.
Tony!
It's gonna have to wait.
Wait a minute!
[siren wailing]
Sorry I'm late.
How's our own superstar?
Your grandmother decided
that a living legend
is just what this place needs.
Hm.
Uh, may I have some
coffee, please?
Would you like some
more tea, Mrs. Seberg?
Yes, thank you, Mr. Rill.
Tea.
[sighs]
What is it, Tony?
Uh, pressures.
Comes with, uh--
Inheriting all this.
Mm.
I must tell you,
I'm very impressed.
You've really built
this into something.
Why, thank you.
Thank you-- for
giving Gar a job.
That's all in our favor.
But he told me he had a hard
time getting you up here.
How come?
Well, I only get two
weeks off a year, you know.
And I had my heart
set on a warm climate.
Mm.
And I-- I was afraid of
seeing you again, after all
this time-- everything we had.
What did you
think would happen?
I don't know.
I've been having a lot
of fantasies about you
for the last year.
Fantasies about me?
Good or bad?
Not bad.
A friend of mine, a doctor, said
that, uh, when a woman starts
having fantasies about
the man she didn't marry,
she's not getting enough
realities from the man she did.
Hm.
I think your friend is talking
to you about sexual realities,
and you're not.
Reality is the problem.
You know, Tony, if I were an
archaeologist or something,
it wouldn't be so bad.
But I'm a reporter.
Television is all here and now.
It's exciting, it's
challenging, it's stimulating.
That's where I am all day,
then I go home to Gar.
And it's the winter of '68.
That's where he is.
How long has it been like that?
Do you know that he
hasn't been up on his skis
since he won the gold medals?
That's incredible.
But, maybe coming up here
will change all that.
Not his fault entirely.
25% of the world watched
him win those medals.
The president called him.
He was on magazine covers.
He did television commercials.
He was a hero for an instant.
And whatever it takes to go back
to being an ordinary mortal,
Gar doesn't have it.
It's-- It's really
a form of paralysis.
Well, as I see the
problem, doctor,
you're still in
love with the man.
If I could fall out
of love with him,
it'd be so much easier.
You know, marriage can
survive a lot of things.
But it can't survive
lack of respect.
And I've lost about all the
respect I ever had for him.
I need a nap.
Wait a minute.
You know what you need?
You need to have someone
say he loves you.
And I do, you know.
I always have.
[music playing]
[sighs]
I saw that, you know.
Kissing my wife in public.
Hey, um-- Guess
who's been elected
to crown Queen Betty Jo?
Yours truly.
Ta-da.
Gar, are you still
a good marksman?
You mean on the rifle range?
No, not necessarily.
[laughing]
What do you mean?
OK, whatever I tell you,
you're going to have to promise
me not to repeat it to anybody.
OK.
You're serious, aren't you?
Mm-hm.
Not even Ellen?
Especially Ellen.
Why especially Ellen?
Because she's a news person.
OK.
MRS. RILL: Tony.
Meet me in an hour at
the swimming pool, OK?
OK.
You better take the boy
home now, Mr. Cochran.
I appreciate your help.
Yeah, OK.
Sure.
Thanks, son.
[music playing]
[splash]
There's something that's
troubling you, Tony.
Why don't you tell
me what it is?
You remember a news
story a few months
back, uh, some hikers
claimed that one
of their party-- a
young girl-- was carried
off by a 12-foot hairy monster?
Yeah, Bigfoot.
Do you believe in
such a creature?
I really don't know.
But you know, they
say that there
are hundreds of 'em, roaming
around all over the country.
Who says?
GAR: Lots of people
Right after that story
broke, Ellen did a special
on the Bigfoot controversy.
So she traveled all
over the country.
Interviewed dozens of
people who supposedly
had seen one of them.
Has one of them been
seen around here?
Is that what your
crisis is all about?
Well, I saw something, Gar.
It was monstrous.
And it wasn't an animal.
It wasn't human, either.
[laughing]
And now you find that
you're too rational
and too realistic to
allow yourself to believe
it was something else.
Is that it?
Um, a little bit of all of it.
And that's why you hired me to
go out and blow its brains out,
right?
Talk about friendship.
You're really something else.
TONY: I didn't give you a
job as a hired killer, Gar.
Of course not.
You were only
thinking of this town
that you love so very much.
You're damn right I am.
That thing is dangerous, Gar.
Hey, just because it
doesn't look like you
and me makes it a thing.
And then it's all right to go
out and kill it in cold blood,
right?
And how do you know
it's dangerous?
Everyone who's ever
been in contact with one
says exactly the same thing.
It stares at you
for a few seconds,
and then it disappears
again into the wilderness.
Except when it feels like
carrying off a young girl.
That story turned
out to be a hoax.
I'm not talking
about this story.
I'm talking about
one of our guests.
I found her jacket
the other day.
It looked like it had
been ripped off her body,
and it was bloodstained.
And I believe that
thing killed her.
Have you seen my husband?
No, Ellen, I haven't.
[snowmobile driving]
Jimmy, are you looking for me?
No.
Sheriff Paraday needs
to see Tony right away.
You have any idea
where he might be?
No, I haven't.
Well, Ellen, it seems as if
both our men are missing.
Something wrong?
Nothing you want to hear about.
And look, I got to get
right back out there.
As soon as he shows
up, will you tell him
the Sheriff wants
him to come right
out to the old Fairchild farm?
[snowmobile driving]
[music playing]
Sheriff, I went off
to the Rill lodge.
They don't know where Tony is.
I talked to Mrs. Rill.
Told her as soon as he shows up,
send him out here right away.
OK.
You make anything of this?
[music playing]
Yeah, [inaudible].
[music playing]
[snowmobiles driving]
Hey, Tony!
I thought I saw
something up there.
Where?
Come on, we got to
get to the barn.
The Sheriff's waiting for us.
[music playing]
Hi, Cole.
I got here as fast as I could.
This is Gar Seberg, our
new ski school director.
Sheriff Paraday.
What's up?
Well, I think we found
that missing girl.
Where?
Cochran's boy had
found her inside, dead.
I understand she was
a guest at the lodge.
I was hoping you could
help me identify her.
[sighs]
I must have seen her somewhere.
Maybe I'll recognize
her when I see her face.
She doesn't have one.
[music playing]
It's pretty obvious
she wasn't murdered.
Only human beings commit
murder, and whatever did
that wasn't even halfway human.
What do you think, Tony?
Can you help me?
Is that her?
That's her.
What do you base that on?
Color of her suit.
How would you know the
color of her clothes?
TONY: It matches
the jacket I found.
You found the jacket?
Where?
On the north slope.
We were looking for
her up there yesterday.
Her friend thought she
might have had an accident.
So the patrollers told
me, but they didn't
say anything about a jacket.
We spread out in
different directions, Cole.
But you came together again.
That's right.
So why didn't you
show them the jacket?
What?
Why didn't you show
them the jacket, Tony?
I left it where I
found it, as a marker.
Is that what you wanted
to talk to me about?
[sighs]
That's right.
I wanted to see
you about it first.
I didn't want to put
the town in a panic.
And what about this
stuff, uh, Heidi told
the patrol about a monster?
Heidi only saw the footprints.
I saw the thing itself.
All right.
Tell me about it.
[breathing heavily]
[music playing]
[roaring]
[music playing]
[roaring]
Well, I can certainly
understand your grandmother not
wanting any of this to get out.
You know, she may be right
about it being a grizzly.
Winter attacks are not
all that rare, you know.
Cole, it's not a grizzly.
What do you think it is?
Gar thinks it's one of those
legendary creatures called
Bigfoot.
That's right.
The legends I've heard about
Bigfoot put him pretty firmly
in the Pacific Northwest.
Not necessarily, Sheriff.
Ellen tells me that there
are hundreds of them roaming
around all over the country.
Ellen?
Oh, my wife.
She's a TV journalist, and a
while back she did a special
on the Bigfoot controversy.
Did they settle anything?
No.
Not what you, a Sheriff,
would consider hard evidence.
But she did run across a
couple of interesting points.
She went up to Washington state
and met with an anthropologist.
He showed her--
well, I think she
said-- 150 photographs,
hand and foot
prints of so-called Bigfoots.
Now, if you want to
know more about it,
I suggest you go
and talk to Ellen.
[music playing]
[roaring]
Whatever did that to
that girl, the less
people would get in
its way, the more of us
are going to stay alive.
Right.
So we're going to
say that the girl
was mauled to death by a crazed
grizzly out of hibernation.
That's the story
I'd like for you
to tell your wife, Mr. Seberg.
All right, Sheriff, I will.
For now, that is.
Thank you.
Tomorrow morning,
when it gets daylight,
I'd like for the three of
us to sneak out here, track
that thing down, and kill it.
We just lost Mr. Seberg.
No you didn't, Sheriff.
Whatever did that to
that girl in there,
has got to be destroyed.
Fine.
OK.
[music playing]
[roaring]
she wasn't even twenty
to think that something like that
could happened to her
killed by a bear...
and in the dead of winter...
c'mon you can't believe that
something else happened
... I'm scared
where had you been?
we've been calling all other town
for you
what's wrong?
you were supposed to be
at the high school an hour ago.
Tony, would you go the the airport?
I had to notify her parents
they due in any minute
What you told them grandma?
nothing... except that
... you'll be there to meet them
C'mon
[band music playing]
Hi girls.
[interposing voices]
Hi, Betty Jo.
Oh, Betty Jo, smile.
I'm trying to smile
-but I keep imagining how that poor...
-Betty Jo.
it's carnaval time
and you're the queen.
Oh my God!
[roaring]
[screaming]
[car horn honking]
[roaring]
[screaming]
Gar.
Are you all right?
Gar, Gar, did you see it?
Did you see it?
[screaming]
The crown.
The crown.
[crack]
[screaming]
mother
Mother!
[SCREAM]
What a mess.
How we gonna write this one up?
I don't know.
Gar.
What?
Please tell Tony I'm sorry.
He was right.
I should have let him report it.
But we had to have
our Winter Carnival.
It was our 50th.
I guarantee you, it'll
continue for the next 50 years.
Now you take care of
yourself, all right?
In there.
I'll take care of this for you.
Thank you.
Take care.
[siren wailing]
still can't get a hold
of Tony
there is a lot of hysteria
bad news travels fast
let me drive you back
don't worry about the car,
I have one of my deputies...
... to take care of it.
your wife is probably worry about you
you picked a bad time
to work around here.
yep
what are you going to do next?
as soon as is day time
I'll get there and see
if I can track that thing down
I'd like to come along...
if you don't mind
Well, Tony said you are
a crackshot
sure..
by the way...
did you teach your wife...
... to sky like that?
like what?
when have you even seen her skying?
she followed us, I saw her from the hills
watching us
I guess she turned around and headed back
I wonder how she found out
there was something going on
I wonder the same thing until
I found out she was a reporter
My deputy figures she over-hear him
asking for Tony
I guess something in the way he said it
must pick her interest
anyway...
let's hope that by this time tomorrow night
we'll have an end of the story for her
hey, Billy
how are you?
have you seen my wife?
no since this afternoon
wait..
excuseme Mr Seavers
I got to check that couple out.
or they'll walk out without paying
you saw my wife this afternoon..
did you see her come back?
no
[music playing]
Ah!
Ah!
Oh!
Oh!
Ah!
That was so terrifying.
Oh!
Thank God.
You know, you scared
the hello out of me.
[laughter]
Oh.
Gar?
Yeah?
I'm proud of you.
I'm sorry I let us
drift so far apart.
Well, we both kind
of let that happen.
I should have been there when
you needed me all these years.
Yeah.
You finally were.
I was?
Sure.
If you hadn't gotten
lost, I would never
have had a good enough reason
to get back on those skis again.
I wasn't.
I stood on top of this
mountain, and looked down.
And I saw myself
instead of flying down,
I was falling down--
completely out of control.
But once I got
skiing, it was great.
It was really great, Ellen.
I should have told
you a long time ago
why I never skied after '68.
I think it's because I saw
too many champions become
has-beens.
I didn't want to be a has-been.
So, I figured by not skiing
any more, I'd stay on top.
But I didn't.
Of course, things
don't happen that way.
They don't.
I've been such a fool, Ellen.
Oh, not a fool, my love.
We're all afraid of failing.
No.
Not you.
Oh yes, me.
I never knew that.
I never showed you.
Have you been keeping
things from me?
No.
Will you kiss me?
I thought you'd never ask.
Come here.
[music playing]
[helicopter flying]
HELICOPTER PILOT [ON RADIO]:
This is Bud, Sheriff.
We've checked the north slope
for Mr. and Mrs. Seberg.
No sign of anyone or
anything in this area.
[helicopter flying]
[music playing]
I love you.
Did you say something?
[growling]
Let's go home, Gar.
Do we have to?
Come on.
[growling]
Are you sure you
want to go home?
[screaming]
[roaring]
Come on!
[glass breaks]
Come on.
Come on.
[roaring]
[straining]
I'm gonna check the barn, Cole.
Tony?
Wait a minute.
Up there on the hill.
It's gone, but I saw it.
I swear.
We're gonna have to go
back over the bridge
and turn around
to get over there.
Wait!
Wait, Tony!
Wait!
God.
Tony!
Oh, please.
Oh.
You OK?
We're all right.
The sheriff and
the deputy are up
there looking for it right now.
[music playing]
And so, we have gathered
to pay our last respects.
We pray that [inaudible] Smith,
as well as the rest of us
here today.
Let us all pause for a
moment of reflection,
and silent homage
to Buster Smith.
[music playing]
Ready.
Aim.
Fire.
[gun shots]
[music playing]
Hey, I told the sheriff I was
going to catch up with him.
Uh, I guess you two better
get some sleep, huh?
No.
I'll go with you.
After the night
you've been through?
Sure.
If I'm asleep when you
come in, wake me up.
DEPUTY: [SHOUTING] We got him!
The sheriff himself shot
it, right between the eyes.
We're bringing it in.
[cheering]
Right.
Over here.
[interposing voices]
I couldn't believe
one of those things
would be out in the winter time.
Yeah, I'm amazed.
That was some shot, huh?
[interposing voices]
[music playing]
Hello, it's the Segers, huh?
How are things at the lodge?
OK.
Do you mind if I ask you
a yes or no question?
That all depends.
As a friend?
--[inaudible] More as
a time saver, though.
Because if your answer is yes,
there's no sense in us talking.
Did you know you were
killing the wrong thing?
All I know for
sure, Mr. Seberg,
is that, uh, something came
charging out of that brush
at me, and it wasn't you.
Are you that sure that
it was the wrong thing?
Well, I don't know.
But it seems to me that
the best way to find out
is to cut it open and
see what's inside.
Look, Sheriff.
If the people of this
town are in danger.
Don't you think it's your
responsibility to warn them?
Even if it means calling
off the Winter Carnival?
Look, Mrs. Seberg, uh,
what is it that I'm going
to warn the people against?
A man-beast, a legend,
who's very existence
is hotly disputed?
Disputed by whom?
Well, by the US Army Corps
of Engineers, for one.
I wouldn't know this, but I
talk to Washington this morning.
They said that they don't have
one piece of evidence-- nothing
they've seen or
heard-- that would
stand up under scientific
scrutiny, unquote.
Now, is that what you want me
to warn the people against?
You honestly expect
them to believe it?
Now, an unseasonal
bear is one thing.
But a legend is, uh, well,
just that-- a legend.
Bigfoot has been
sighted in the northwest
for the last 150 years.
There are verified
recordings of attacks.
I heard a man on
my television show
just recently who swears
they threw a rock at one,
and it ran away.
But I don't think what
we're seeing is Bigfoot.
I don't think it's
as simple as that.
I agree.
There have been enough
happenings around here.
All it takes is one person who
doesn't believe it was a bear,
and you'll have a
stampede on your hands.
That's just the point.
I don't want these hills full of
people shooting at each other.
Now you don't believe it
was that bear, do you?
No, it was not a bear.
What do you think it was?
I don't know.
A mutant of some
kind, something left
over from the last ice age.
I don't know.
Whatever it is, it's
still out there.
And it's a killer.
What do you suggest we do?
What you told my husband we
should do in the first place.
But this time,
let's really do it.
That's right.
And you can count
on me, Sheriff.
What you're saying
is you, uh, want
us to go up there-- just the two
of us-- and destroy this thing.
That's right.
Just the three of us.
Just the four of us.
Everybody ready?
[music playing]
[snowmobiles driving]
[music playing]
[snowmobiles driving]
[growling]
[music playing]
[growling]
[music playing]
[growling]
[music playing]
Cole, I think we
should call it a day
and get back to the camper.
[growling]
[music playing]
[roaring]
[growling]
[snowmobiles driving]
TONY: Well, he knows
where we're at.
Maybe we ought to move camp.
No, we're going
to stay right here.
Settle down and wait for him.
Isn't that better than cruising
around on the off chance
that we might sight him?
He's got a point.
Well, we'll have to
keep watch all night.
ELLEN: Two at a time.
I said the four of us, didn't I?
You did.
Look, you two go first.
I'll make dinner.
Tony?
OK.
Would you hold these things?
[music playing]
TONY: They're bluer, you know?
What are?
Your eyes.
[laughs]
Can I ask you a question
that's been following
me around for a long time?
Yeah.
Why did you decide against me?
I didn't decide
against you, Tony.
I decided for Gar.
I loved you both, you know.
But he needed me.
And I didn't?
But it's OK, Ellen.
You've just answered an
eight-year-old question.
Friends?
Friends.
Always.
[music playing]
Our watch, gentlemen.
I made some dinner.
It's on the table for you.
All right.
Sounds great.
[music playing]
[growling]
[music playing]
Good morning.
[growling]
[roaring]
[logs clattering]
[SHOUTING] Cole!
Cole.
Cole.
Are you hurt?
Oh my God!
Come on, Gar.
Tony.
Tony!
[inaudible]
Cole!
[roaring]
[screaming]
[music playing]
Let's slow down.
It's not safe for us anymore.
It got what it wanted.
Well, he's no longer
killing just to eat.
That last attack
wasn't mindless.
That was a planned
counterattack.
We're not going to
get very far walking.
The barn's down here.
Let's head for it.
Hey, Tony-- that's
not a very good idea.
Why not?
Because that's where he's
been stashing his food.
Can you imagine us being
there when he shows up?
It's already lost
two from there.
If he's as smart
as you think he is,
he won't come back
to the barn again.
Let's go.
[music playing]
[growling]
[music playing]
Hey Tony, where you going?
There's three sets of
skis and three rifles
back up at that camper.
Why don't you stay with Ellen?
There's no sense in all
of us risking our lives.
Oh no.
We decided we would stay
together until this thing was
over, remember?
We're more vulnerable
if we split up.
OK.
Let's go.
[music playing]
This new snow is just
going to make everything
more difficult for us.
Yeah, but a lot easier for it.
Come on, baby.
[music playing]
Wait a second.
Where will you have access
when a camper turned over?
On the side of it.
The extra rifles were
inside, weren't they?
Yeah.
Now, if I pull the logs
out, will you go in again?
Yeah, I'll get in.
Tony.
Yeah.
[music playing]
GAR: Ellen, do you
see the rifles?
No.
Well, can you find anything?
There's some skis.
Oh great, throw them out.
Hey, there should be a
service revolver in the cab.
Ellen, look in the closet--
the rifles might be there.
All right.
[music playing]
[SHOUTING] Tony!
Look!
I found the gun!
GAR: Well, use it!
[gun shot]
[roaring]
Tony, [inaudible]!
[gun shot]
[roaring]
Gar, finish it.
[music playing]
Get the rifles, Ellen,
and the other skis.
OK.
[music playing]
[growling]
[music playing]
[gun clicking]
[music playing]
[growling]
[music playing]
[roaring]
[gunshots]
[roaring]
[screaming]
[roaring]
[crashing]
[music playing]
[music playing]
[roaring]
[music playing]
[shouting]
Oh, come on.
Let's go.
Hey, Jennifer, let's go back.
But why?
It's gorgeous skiing.
Because there's
something funny.
Oh, come on.
[music playing]
[sigh]
[music playing]
Hey, Jennifer, look at these.
[scoffs]
Some joker.
Snowshoes from some mail
order novelty house.
[roaring]
[music playing]
[screaming]
[band music playing]
MRS. RILL [ON LOUDSPEAKER]:
Hello everyone.
I'm Mrs. Carrie Rill,
as you probably know.
And I'd like to
welcome all of you
to the Rill Lodge, and our
50th Annual Rill Carnival.
All of us here have been looking
forward to this big event
for some time.
Even the weather has
left us with good snow
and cold, sunny skies.
I'm sure you'll agree that the
events that we have lined up
will make this our best
Winter Carnival yet.
Let me tell you a little
about what we have planned.
First of all, you may compete
in as many of the events
as you've a mind to.
We've got cross-country
skiing, snowmobiling,
dog sled racing, and every
variety of alpine skiing.
[cheering]
Downhill, slalom,
and freestyle skiing.
[cheering]
It's what we used
to call hot-dogging.
[laughter]
But, uh, you hot-doggers
will be judged
on grace and originality,
not on your audacity.
[cheering]
First of the show,
the Snow Queen.
Thank you!
CROWD: Thank you!
Mrs. Rill, hi, how are you?
Hail, to the queen.
CROWD: Hail!
Charlie.
Is Mr. Rill in?
Can I help you, Buster?
Come on, Charlie.
No.
Uh, Tony?
Could you come
out here a second?
Buster Smith wants
to talk to you.
Hi, Buster.
What can I do for you?
Mr. Rill, can I I talk to you
to you a moment-- in private?
Sure.
I am so pleased you
remembered, Betty
Jo-- even though your mother's
too young to remember--
that I was the very
first queen of our very
first Winter Carnival.
But I was only 16.
That was, uh, 50 years ago.
Tell her I'll be right there.
CARRIE: Tony!
It's a fine time
to be going skiing.
Oh, hardly, Grandma--
we have a little problem.
The manager takes care
of big problems, which
we don't have at Rill Lodge.
No.
No big problems here, Grandma.
He thinks because
he's my grandson,
he can treat me as if
I were his grandmother.
[laughter]
[snowmobile driving]
Heidi?
Heidi, can you explain
to me exactly where--
You won't believe me, either.
Nobody will ever believe me.
Well, what's more important--
finding your friend,
or trying to convince us that
there's some kind of monster
out there.
There is.
I saw its footprints.
I heard it.
And it's got Jennifer.
And all anybody's
doing around here
is staring at me like I'm crazy.
Nobody thinks you're crazy.
The problem is the
patrolmen haven't
been able to find Jennifer yet.
In fact, they can't
even find your tracks.
You're going to have to
get ahold of yourself
and take us back out
there again, and--
I'm not going back.
Please, don't ask me to.
Please.
I can't.
OK.
OK.
But you can describe
the spot, can't you?
No.
The only thing I can
remember is those footprints.
[shivers]
Cold.
I'm scared, [inaudible].
What am I going to tell
Jennifer's parents?
They always expect me
to keep an eye on her.
I'm going to call
them right now.
No, no, no.
Don't worry them
unnecessarily like that.
We're going to find
Jennifer, I promise you.
Let's get back to the lodge,
and get yourself warmed up.
I'll have Buster drive you down.
Hey, try not to worry, OK?
We're going to find
her, I'm telling you.
HEIDI: Tony?
We passed an old barn, off
by itself near a stream.
Good girl.
Take her down to the
lodge, have my grandmother
keep an eye on her.
I'd hate to have our
guests or anybody
at carnival hear that kind of
story-- from any of us, huh?
Let's split up, see
what we can find,
and we'll meet back at
the lodge in a half hour.
Let's go.
[music playing]
[SHOUTING] Jennifer!
[music playing]
[roaring]
Can we have your
autograph, Mr. Seberg?
You gave my father one at
the '68 Winter Olympics.
But then when you won that
gold medal, he sold it.
He did?
[laughing]
-What did he get for it?
-Don't tell him.
Let him keep his illusions.
Thank you.
Will you be staying for
the whole winter carnival?
I think so.
That's just great.
Well, thank you.
[sighing]
Well, it's nice to
feel wanted somewhere.
Coming?
Hi, Tony.
Hey, Tony!
I don't think he recognized us.
I think he did.
Perhaps he's got something
more important to do right now.
Nope.
Good old Tony knows I'm
going to ask him for a job.
How could he know that?
He hasn't heard
from you in ages.
Ellen, you were right.
Coming up here was a dumb idea.
I never said it
was a dumb idea.
I just said you might be
better off looking for work
outside the ski business.
This is all I know how to do.
Know what I think, Gar?
You don't really want a job.
This is just another
excuse to back out
and still feel right about it.
This wasn't an animal.
And it wasn't human, either.
Well that certainly
narrows it down.
Did the other men see it?
I don't think so.
You didn't ask them?
If they'd had seen,
they'd have told me.
They thought Heidi
was imagining things.
They couldn't possibly
think that of you.
One word from you, it'd be
all over town in a minute.
Well, it's a fine time
to have a panic-- just
before our Winter Carnival.
I'm not hiding anything.
I didn't tell the
men because I wanted
to get them out of the
area as quick as I could.
Not because you have
a vested interest
in the future of this resort.
Grandma, I'm going
to try to spell
it out for you very simple.
There's something very strange
and very dangerous out there.
And if I thought it would
stay up there, fine.
We could designate the
area avalanche-prone
and just seal it off.
Well, if it were going
to come any nearer,
wouldn't it have done so by now?
What do you base that on?
You don't know
anything about it.
I mean, you don't know how
long it's been up there,
when it got there.
It could have got
there last night.
Just in time for
the Winter Carnival.
What are you being
so facetious about?
For heaven's sake.
What do you want us to do?
Report it to Sheriff
Paraday immediately.
Report what to Sheriff Paraday?
Can you hear yourself
describing what you
saw-- what you thought you saw?
Tony, we need this carnival.
It's what keeps the tourists
coming here all year round.
The town needs it.
I know all that.
Well then, let's
just hold our fire
until the carnival is over.
I agree with you, let's
designate the area restricted.
Tell the maintenance crew
to put up a slew of signs.
And what do you tell
Jennifer's parents?
Tony, I-- I'm not being
insensitive, just realistic.
You know what I think?
I think it was an avalanche.
Bodies do disappear in
avalanches, you know.
Are you forgetting about Heidi?
I'm-- I'm not
worried about Heidi.
And I certainly don't have to
worry about you, Tony, do I?
After all, you are my grandson.
Charlie, see if you can
locate Sheriff Paraday for me.
Oh, all right.
Gar, Ellen.
Sorry I had to keep running,
uh, a crisis to take care of.
You two look great!
Does he, uh, still wear
his gold medal to bed?
[laughter]
Listen, I'm still running.
Let's get together,
have a drink later on,
and confess everything.
And I'd forgotten how
beautiful you are.
You always were the winner.
I need a job, Tony.
Not anymore, you don't
[music playing]
Mr. Rill, I heard you
didn't find the girl.
You want me to go--
Where have you been?
With Heidi?
Yeah.
How is she?
Uh, your grandmother had the
doctor give her something.
Put her out for a while.
She was in pretty bad shock.
Look, Mr. Rill, I'm supposed
to have the rest the day off,
but I got a pretty good
idea where that girl
is up there on that mountain.
If it's all right
with you, I'd like
to take a couple of
patrollers up there,
look around and see
what I can find.
No, and that's an order.
May I ask why?
Because I don't want
anybody up there.
I want the area posted.
You get ahold of Ben
Cochran in maintenance,
you tell him to get ready to
put a lot of signs up there.
Yes sir.
Saying what?
What?
How do you want
the signs to read?
Restricted area.
[music playing]
[roaring]
[music playing]
[grunting]
[music playing]
[roaring]
[music playing]
John, where you going?
[roaring]
[music playing]
[growling]
What's the matter, son?
What's the matter?
Speak up!
Inside.
The water trough.
[music playing]
Oh.
Oh my.
Oh.
[gagging]
[band music playing]
Hey, Tony.
Sheriff, I want to talk to you.
SHERIFF: Sure!
OK, Hold on.
I'll be right there.
[band music playing]
VOICE ON RADIO: Unit
Two calling Unit One.
Unit Two calling Unit One.
Unit Two.
Go ahead.
VOICE ON RADIO: Sheriff,
some ski patroller
wants to talk to you.
Yeah, what about?
VOICE ON RADIO: The
man said murder.
What?
Where?
VOICE ON RADIO: Out at
the old Fairchild place.
SHERIFF: I'm on my way.
Tony!
It's gonna have to wait.
Wait a minute!
[siren wailing]
Sorry I'm late.
How's our own superstar?
Your grandmother decided
that a living legend
is just what this place needs.
Hm.
Uh, may I have some
coffee, please?
Would you like some
more tea, Mrs. Seberg?
Yes, thank you, Mr. Rill.
Tea.
[sighs]
What is it, Tony?
Uh, pressures.
Comes with, uh--
Inheriting all this.
Mm.
I must tell you,
I'm very impressed.
You've really built
this into something.
Why, thank you.
Thank you-- for
giving Gar a job.
That's all in our favor.
But he told me he had a hard
time getting you up here.
How come?
Well, I only get two
weeks off a year, you know.
And I had my heart
set on a warm climate.
Mm.
And I-- I was afraid of
seeing you again, after all
this time-- everything we had.
What did you
think would happen?
I don't know.
I've been having a lot
of fantasies about you
for the last year.
Fantasies about me?
Good or bad?
Not bad.
A friend of mine, a doctor, said
that, uh, when a woman starts
having fantasies about
the man she didn't marry,
she's not getting enough
realities from the man she did.
Hm.
I think your friend is talking
to you about sexual realities,
and you're not.
Reality is the problem.
You know, Tony, if I were an
archaeologist or something,
it wouldn't be so bad.
But I'm a reporter.
Television is all here and now.
It's exciting, it's
challenging, it's stimulating.
That's where I am all day,
then I go home to Gar.
And it's the winter of '68.
That's where he is.
How long has it been like that?
Do you know that he
hasn't been up on his skis
since he won the gold medals?
That's incredible.
But, maybe coming up here
will change all that.
Not his fault entirely.
25% of the world watched
him win those medals.
The president called him.
He was on magazine covers.
He did television commercials.
He was a hero for an instant.
And whatever it takes to go back
to being an ordinary mortal,
Gar doesn't have it.
It's-- It's really
a form of paralysis.
Well, as I see the
problem, doctor,
you're still in
love with the man.
If I could fall out
of love with him,
it'd be so much easier.
You know, marriage can
survive a lot of things.
But it can't survive
lack of respect.
And I've lost about all the
respect I ever had for him.
I need a nap.
Wait a minute.
You know what you need?
You need to have someone
say he loves you.
And I do, you know.
I always have.
[music playing]
[sighs]
I saw that, you know.
Kissing my wife in public.
Hey, um-- Guess
who's been elected
to crown Queen Betty Jo?
Yours truly.
Ta-da.
Gar, are you still
a good marksman?
You mean on the rifle range?
No, not necessarily.
[laughing]
What do you mean?
OK, whatever I tell you,
you're going to have to promise
me not to repeat it to anybody.
OK.
You're serious, aren't you?
Mm-hm.
Not even Ellen?
Especially Ellen.
Why especially Ellen?
Because she's a news person.
OK.
MRS. RILL: Tony.
Meet me in an hour at
the swimming pool, OK?
OK.
You better take the boy
home now, Mr. Cochran.
I appreciate your help.
Yeah, OK.
Sure.
Thanks, son.
[music playing]
[splash]
There's something that's
troubling you, Tony.
Why don't you tell
me what it is?
You remember a news
story a few months
back, uh, some hikers
claimed that one
of their party-- a
young girl-- was carried
off by a 12-foot hairy monster?
Yeah, Bigfoot.
Do you believe in
such a creature?
I really don't know.
But you know, they
say that there
are hundreds of 'em, roaming
around all over the country.
Who says?
GAR: Lots of people
Right after that story
broke, Ellen did a special
on the Bigfoot controversy.
So she traveled all
over the country.
Interviewed dozens of
people who supposedly
had seen one of them.
Has one of them been
seen around here?
Is that what your
crisis is all about?
Well, I saw something, Gar.
It was monstrous.
And it wasn't an animal.
It wasn't human, either.
[laughing]
And now you find that
you're too rational
and too realistic to
allow yourself to believe
it was something else.
Is that it?
Um, a little bit of all of it.
And that's why you hired me to
go out and blow its brains out,
right?
Talk about friendship.
You're really something else.
TONY: I didn't give you a
job as a hired killer, Gar.
Of course not.
You were only
thinking of this town
that you love so very much.
You're damn right I am.
That thing is dangerous, Gar.
Hey, just because it
doesn't look like you
and me makes it a thing.
And then it's all right to go
out and kill it in cold blood,
right?
And how do you know
it's dangerous?
Everyone who's ever
been in contact with one
says exactly the same thing.
It stares at you
for a few seconds,
and then it disappears
again into the wilderness.
Except when it feels like
carrying off a young girl.
That story turned
out to be a hoax.
I'm not talking
about this story.
I'm talking about
one of our guests.
I found her jacket
the other day.
It looked like it had
been ripped off her body,
and it was bloodstained.
And I believe that
thing killed her.
Have you seen my husband?
No, Ellen, I haven't.
[snowmobile driving]
Jimmy, are you looking for me?
No.
Sheriff Paraday needs
to see Tony right away.
You have any idea
where he might be?
No, I haven't.
Well, Ellen, it seems as if
both our men are missing.
Something wrong?
Nothing you want to hear about.
And look, I got to get
right back out there.
As soon as he shows
up, will you tell him
the Sheriff wants
him to come right
out to the old Fairchild farm?
[snowmobile driving]
[music playing]
Sheriff, I went off
to the Rill lodge.
They don't know where Tony is.
I talked to Mrs. Rill.
Told her as soon as he shows up,
send him out here right away.
OK.
You make anything of this?
[music playing]
Yeah, [inaudible].
[music playing]
[snowmobiles driving]
Hey, Tony!
I thought I saw
something up there.
Where?
Come on, we got to
get to the barn.
The Sheriff's waiting for us.
[music playing]
Hi, Cole.
I got here as fast as I could.
This is Gar Seberg, our
new ski school director.
Sheriff Paraday.
What's up?
Well, I think we found
that missing girl.
Where?
Cochran's boy had
found her inside, dead.
I understand she was
a guest at the lodge.
I was hoping you could
help me identify her.
[sighs]
I must have seen her somewhere.
Maybe I'll recognize
her when I see her face.
She doesn't have one.
[music playing]
It's pretty obvious
she wasn't murdered.
Only human beings commit
murder, and whatever did
that wasn't even halfway human.
What do you think, Tony?
Can you help me?
Is that her?
That's her.
What do you base that on?
Color of her suit.
How would you know the
color of her clothes?
TONY: It matches
the jacket I found.
You found the jacket?
Where?
On the north slope.
We were looking for
her up there yesterday.
Her friend thought she
might have had an accident.
So the patrollers told
me, but they didn't
say anything about a jacket.
We spread out in
different directions, Cole.
But you came together again.
That's right.
So why didn't you
show them the jacket?
What?
Why didn't you show
them the jacket, Tony?
I left it where I
found it, as a marker.
Is that what you wanted
to talk to me about?
[sighs]
That's right.
I wanted to see
you about it first.
I didn't want to put
the town in a panic.
And what about this
stuff, uh, Heidi told
the patrol about a monster?
Heidi only saw the footprints.
I saw the thing itself.
All right.
Tell me about it.
[breathing heavily]
[music playing]
[roaring]
[music playing]
[roaring]
Well, I can certainly
understand your grandmother not
wanting any of this to get out.
You know, she may be right
about it being a grizzly.
Winter attacks are not
all that rare, you know.
Cole, it's not a grizzly.
What do you think it is?
Gar thinks it's one of those
legendary creatures called
Bigfoot.
That's right.
The legends I've heard about
Bigfoot put him pretty firmly
in the Pacific Northwest.
Not necessarily, Sheriff.
Ellen tells me that there
are hundreds of them roaming
around all over the country.
Ellen?
Oh, my wife.
She's a TV journalist, and a
while back she did a special
on the Bigfoot controversy.
Did they settle anything?
No.
Not what you, a Sheriff,
would consider hard evidence.
But she did run across a
couple of interesting points.
She went up to Washington state
and met with an anthropologist.
He showed her--
well, I think she
said-- 150 photographs,
hand and foot
prints of so-called Bigfoots.
Now, if you want to
know more about it,
I suggest you go
and talk to Ellen.
[music playing]
[roaring]
Whatever did that to
that girl, the less
people would get in
its way, the more of us
are going to stay alive.
Right.
So we're going to
say that the girl
was mauled to death by a crazed
grizzly out of hibernation.
That's the story
I'd like for you
to tell your wife, Mr. Seberg.
All right, Sheriff, I will.
For now, that is.
Thank you.
Tomorrow morning,
when it gets daylight,
I'd like for the three of
us to sneak out here, track
that thing down, and kill it.
We just lost Mr. Seberg.
No you didn't, Sheriff.
Whatever did that to
that girl in there,
has got to be destroyed.
Fine.
OK.
[music playing]
[roaring]
she wasn't even twenty
to think that something like that
could happened to her
killed by a bear...
and in the dead of winter...
c'mon you can't believe that
something else happened
... I'm scared
where had you been?
we've been calling all other town
for you
what's wrong?
you were supposed to be
at the high school an hour ago.
Tony, would you go the the airport?
I had to notify her parents
they due in any minute
What you told them grandma?
nothing... except that
... you'll be there to meet them
C'mon
[band music playing]
Hi girls.
[interposing voices]
Hi, Betty Jo.
Oh, Betty Jo, smile.
I'm trying to smile
-but I keep imagining how that poor...
-Betty Jo.
it's carnaval time
and you're the queen.
Oh my God!
[roaring]
[screaming]
[car horn honking]
[roaring]
[screaming]
Gar.
Are you all right?
Gar, Gar, did you see it?
Did you see it?
[screaming]
The crown.
The crown.
[crack]
[screaming]
mother
Mother!
[SCREAM]
What a mess.
How we gonna write this one up?
I don't know.
Gar.
What?
Please tell Tony I'm sorry.
He was right.
I should have let him report it.
But we had to have
our Winter Carnival.
It was our 50th.
I guarantee you, it'll
continue for the next 50 years.
Now you take care of
yourself, all right?
In there.
I'll take care of this for you.
Thank you.
Take care.
[siren wailing]
still can't get a hold
of Tony
there is a lot of hysteria
bad news travels fast
let me drive you back
don't worry about the car,
I have one of my deputies...
... to take care of it.
your wife is probably worry about you
you picked a bad time
to work around here.
yep
what are you going to do next?
as soon as is day time
I'll get there and see
if I can track that thing down
I'd like to come along...
if you don't mind
Well, Tony said you are
a crackshot
sure..
by the way...
did you teach your wife...
... to sky like that?
like what?
when have you even seen her skying?
she followed us, I saw her from the hills
watching us
I guess she turned around and headed back
I wonder how she found out
there was something going on
I wonder the same thing until
I found out she was a reporter
My deputy figures she over-hear him
asking for Tony
I guess something in the way he said it
must pick her interest
anyway...
let's hope that by this time tomorrow night
we'll have an end of the story for her
hey, Billy
how are you?
have you seen my wife?
no since this afternoon
wait..
excuseme Mr Seavers
I got to check that couple out.
or they'll walk out without paying
you saw my wife this afternoon..
did you see her come back?
no
[music playing]
Ah!
Ah!
Oh!
Oh!
Ah!
That was so terrifying.
Oh!
Thank God.
You know, you scared
the hello out of me.
[laughter]
Oh.
Gar?
Yeah?
I'm proud of you.
I'm sorry I let us
drift so far apart.
Well, we both kind
of let that happen.
I should have been there when
you needed me all these years.
Yeah.
You finally were.
I was?
Sure.
If you hadn't gotten
lost, I would never
have had a good enough reason
to get back on those skis again.
I wasn't.
I stood on top of this
mountain, and looked down.
And I saw myself
instead of flying down,
I was falling down--
completely out of control.
But once I got
skiing, it was great.
It was really great, Ellen.
I should have told
you a long time ago
why I never skied after '68.
I think it's because I saw
too many champions become
has-beens.
I didn't want to be a has-been.
So, I figured by not skiing
any more, I'd stay on top.
But I didn't.
Of course, things
don't happen that way.
They don't.
I've been such a fool, Ellen.
Oh, not a fool, my love.
We're all afraid of failing.
No.
Not you.
Oh yes, me.
I never knew that.
I never showed you.
Have you been keeping
things from me?
No.
Will you kiss me?
I thought you'd never ask.
Come here.
[music playing]
[helicopter flying]
HELICOPTER PILOT [ON RADIO]:
This is Bud, Sheriff.
We've checked the north slope
for Mr. and Mrs. Seberg.
No sign of anyone or
anything in this area.
[helicopter flying]
[music playing]
I love you.
Did you say something?
[growling]
Let's go home, Gar.
Do we have to?
Come on.
[growling]
Are you sure you
want to go home?
[screaming]
[roaring]
Come on!
[glass breaks]
Come on.
Come on.
[roaring]
[straining]
I'm gonna check the barn, Cole.
Tony?
Wait a minute.
Up there on the hill.
It's gone, but I saw it.
I swear.
We're gonna have to go
back over the bridge
and turn around
to get over there.
Wait!
Wait, Tony!
Wait!
God.
Tony!
Oh, please.
Oh.
You OK?
We're all right.
The sheriff and
the deputy are up
there looking for it right now.
[music playing]
And so, we have gathered
to pay our last respects.
We pray that [inaudible] Smith,
as well as the rest of us
here today.
Let us all pause for a
moment of reflection,
and silent homage
to Buster Smith.
[music playing]
Ready.
Aim.
Fire.
[gun shots]
[music playing]
Hey, I told the sheriff I was
going to catch up with him.
Uh, I guess you two better
get some sleep, huh?
No.
I'll go with you.
After the night
you've been through?
Sure.
If I'm asleep when you
come in, wake me up.
DEPUTY: [SHOUTING] We got him!
The sheriff himself shot
it, right between the eyes.
We're bringing it in.
[cheering]
Right.
Over here.
[interposing voices]
I couldn't believe
one of those things
would be out in the winter time.
Yeah, I'm amazed.
That was some shot, huh?
[interposing voices]
[music playing]
Hello, it's the Segers, huh?
How are things at the lodge?
OK.
Do you mind if I ask you
a yes or no question?
That all depends.
As a friend?
--[inaudible] More as
a time saver, though.
Because if your answer is yes,
there's no sense in us talking.
Did you know you were
killing the wrong thing?
All I know for
sure, Mr. Seberg,
is that, uh, something came
charging out of that brush
at me, and it wasn't you.
Are you that sure that
it was the wrong thing?
Well, I don't know.
But it seems to me that
the best way to find out
is to cut it open and
see what's inside.
Look, Sheriff.
If the people of this
town are in danger.
Don't you think it's your
responsibility to warn them?
Even if it means calling
off the Winter Carnival?
Look, Mrs. Seberg, uh,
what is it that I'm going
to warn the people against?
A man-beast, a legend,
who's very existence
is hotly disputed?
Disputed by whom?
Well, by the US Army Corps
of Engineers, for one.
I wouldn't know this, but I
talk to Washington this morning.
They said that they don't have
one piece of evidence-- nothing
they've seen or
heard-- that would
stand up under scientific
scrutiny, unquote.
Now, is that what you want me
to warn the people against?
You honestly expect
them to believe it?
Now, an unseasonal
bear is one thing.
But a legend is, uh, well,
just that-- a legend.
Bigfoot has been
sighted in the northwest
for the last 150 years.
There are verified
recordings of attacks.
I heard a man on
my television show
just recently who swears
they threw a rock at one,
and it ran away.
But I don't think what
we're seeing is Bigfoot.
I don't think it's
as simple as that.
I agree.
There have been enough
happenings around here.
All it takes is one person who
doesn't believe it was a bear,
and you'll have a
stampede on your hands.
That's just the point.
I don't want these hills full of
people shooting at each other.
Now you don't believe it
was that bear, do you?
No, it was not a bear.
What do you think it was?
I don't know.
A mutant of some
kind, something left
over from the last ice age.
I don't know.
Whatever it is, it's
still out there.
And it's a killer.
What do you suggest we do?
What you told my husband we
should do in the first place.
But this time,
let's really do it.
That's right.
And you can count
on me, Sheriff.
What you're saying
is you, uh, want
us to go up there-- just the two
of us-- and destroy this thing.
That's right.
Just the three of us.
Just the four of us.
Everybody ready?
[music playing]
[snowmobiles driving]
[music playing]
[snowmobiles driving]
[growling]
[music playing]
[growling]
[music playing]
[growling]
[music playing]
Cole, I think we
should call it a day
and get back to the camper.
[growling]
[music playing]
[roaring]
[growling]
[snowmobiles driving]
TONY: Well, he knows
where we're at.
Maybe we ought to move camp.
No, we're going
to stay right here.
Settle down and wait for him.
Isn't that better than cruising
around on the off chance
that we might sight him?
He's got a point.
Well, we'll have to
keep watch all night.
ELLEN: Two at a time.
I said the four of us, didn't I?
You did.
Look, you two go first.
I'll make dinner.
Tony?
OK.
Would you hold these things?
[music playing]
TONY: They're bluer, you know?
What are?
Your eyes.
[laughs]
Can I ask you a question
that's been following
me around for a long time?
Yeah.
Why did you decide against me?
I didn't decide
against you, Tony.
I decided for Gar.
I loved you both, you know.
But he needed me.
And I didn't?
But it's OK, Ellen.
You've just answered an
eight-year-old question.
Friends?
Friends.
Always.
[music playing]
Our watch, gentlemen.
I made some dinner.
It's on the table for you.
All right.
Sounds great.
[music playing]
[growling]
[music playing]
Good morning.
[growling]
[roaring]
[logs clattering]
[SHOUTING] Cole!
Cole.
Cole.
Are you hurt?
Oh my God!
Come on, Gar.
Tony.
Tony!
[inaudible]
Cole!
[roaring]
[screaming]
[music playing]
Let's slow down.
It's not safe for us anymore.
It got what it wanted.
Well, he's no longer
killing just to eat.
That last attack
wasn't mindless.
That was a planned
counterattack.
We're not going to
get very far walking.
The barn's down here.
Let's head for it.
Hey, Tony-- that's
not a very good idea.
Why not?
Because that's where he's
been stashing his food.
Can you imagine us being
there when he shows up?
It's already lost
two from there.
If he's as smart
as you think he is,
he won't come back
to the barn again.
Let's go.
[music playing]
[growling]
[music playing]
Hey Tony, where you going?
There's three sets of
skis and three rifles
back up at that camper.
Why don't you stay with Ellen?
There's no sense in all
of us risking our lives.
Oh no.
We decided we would stay
together until this thing was
over, remember?
We're more vulnerable
if we split up.
OK.
Let's go.
[music playing]
This new snow is just
going to make everything
more difficult for us.
Yeah, but a lot easier for it.
Come on, baby.
[music playing]
Wait a second.
Where will you have access
when a camper turned over?
On the side of it.
The extra rifles were
inside, weren't they?
Yeah.
Now, if I pull the logs
out, will you go in again?
Yeah, I'll get in.
Tony.
Yeah.
[music playing]
GAR: Ellen, do you
see the rifles?
No.
Well, can you find anything?
There's some skis.
Oh great, throw them out.
Hey, there should be a
service revolver in the cab.
Ellen, look in the closet--
the rifles might be there.
All right.
[music playing]
[SHOUTING] Tony!
Look!
I found the gun!
GAR: Well, use it!
[gun shot]
[roaring]
Tony, [inaudible]!
[gun shot]
[roaring]
Gar, finish it.
[music playing]
Get the rifles, Ellen,
and the other skis.
OK.
[music playing]
[growling]
[music playing]
[gun clicking]
[music playing]
[growling]
[music playing]
[roaring]
[gunshots]
[roaring]
[screaming]
[roaring]
[crashing]
[music playing]