Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997) s02e10 Episode Script

[theme music playing]
To find the
truth on this show,
you will have to rely on
your animal instincts.
ANNOUNCER: Beyond
Belief, Fact or Fiction.
Hosted by Jonathan Frakes.
We live in a world where
the real and the unreal
live side by side,
where substance
is disguised as illusion,
and the explanations
are unexplainable.
Can you separate
truth from fantasy?
To do so, you must break through
the web of your experience
and open your mind to
things beyond belief.
[theme music playing]
The show you're about
to see is centered
around mysterious
creatures, animals
whose power to
influence lives is
both remarkable
and unexplainable.
What is truly
behind the mysteries
that animals seem to possess?
Take this elephant.
Even a simple question like
how many legs does it have
can be difficult to answer.
You are about to
see stories that
will challenge your judgment.
Are they fact or fiction?
We'll tell you at
the end of our show.
But keep in mind
that these stories
have something in common with
the legs of this elephant.
There's something about
them you can count on.
The motorcycle has held
a mystique for Americans
since the '50s.
Movies like "The Wild
One" and "Easy Rider"
have encouraged the
image of the cyclist
as the glamorous rebel
of the open highway.
And today, motorcycles
have joined
the ranks of classic cars as
valuable examples of Americana.
Greg Hanson never had much
interest in motorcycles.
He's much more into
horses these days.
But he's about to
encounter a motorcycle
that will change the road
map of his entire life.
GREG (VOICEOVER):
Barton Horse Ranch
used to be a thriving showcase
of championship thoroughbreds.
My grandfather ran
the ranch for 40 years
with pride and
tender loving care.
Prolonged illness sidelined him
and the ranch was neglected.
Before he died, he was
forced to sell off almost all
of his horses, except
for his favorite, Nugget.
Hey, Nugget, thought you
looked kind of lonely out here.
Brought you a little surprise.
Yeah.
Miss Grandpa don't you?
I do too.
He sure left me
with a mess here.
I know he didn't mean to, but--
I don't know how I'm
going to save this place.
GREG (VOICEOVER): My grandfather
left his ranch to me.
So if you have any
ideas, yeah, you tell me.
GREG (VOICEOVER): His
dying wish was that I
restore it to its former glory.
My mother called me almost
every day from her home
in Los Angeles.
She knew I was in
a difficult spot,
and she wanted to
give me support.
Did you check with
the bank about the loan?
Yeah.
And they turned me down.
I'm not surprised.
I don't want to break
Grandpa's heart,
but I'm going to have
to sell the ranch.
Oh, Greg, I'm so sorry.
I know how much that ranch
has always meant to you.
Spent all those summers
there as a little boy
and had such a great time.
Mom, I'm going to
have to call you back.
No, Nugget's out of the corral.
I love you too.
Bye.
GREG: Nugget.
Nugget.
All right, how did
you get the gate open?
Where you at, boy?
I sense an oncoming
carrot embargo.
Nugget.
I'm playing hide and
seek with a horse.
I need to get a life.
Nugget, what are you doing back?
If you're looking
for company, I am it.
Wow, this place
could use some work.
GREG (VOICEOVER): I might
have missed it all together
if it hadn't been for Nugget.
I couldn't believe my eyes,
a Harley Davidson motorcycle.
Where does it come from?
I didn't remember my
grandfather ever owning one.
How long had it been there?
Nugget, this is weird.
GREG (VOICEOVER):
I thought it might
be fun to ride around the
ranch, but I needed money
a lot more than I needed fun.
Yes, we should sell it.
Think we should fix it up?
GREG (VOICEOVER): I called
the local motorcycle shop
and spoke with the
owner, Danny Gaines,
about getting parts
for the old bike.
I gave him the serial
number and Gaines
told me that he'd call back
as soon as he found the parts.
I thought that if I
could clean up that bike
and get it running, I
might be able to sell
it and use the money to
pay off some of the bills.
I didn't have to wait long
for Danny Gaines to call back.
Hello, Greg, it's
Danny, Danny Gaines
over here Danny's Hog Heaven.
Hi.
That was quick.
So do you have the parts?
See, the thing is I couldn't
get those exact parts.
So tell you what
I'm going to, I'm
going to take the whole bike
off your hands for $1,500.
$1,500?
It's a junker.
You know, come on.
It's got to be
worth at least 3.
1,750.
GREG (VOICEOVER): I
wasn't prepared to give
up the Harley that quickly.
I wasn't sure what it was
worth, but I thought that $1,500
might be a little low.
Gaines continued up the
ante until he hit $10,000.
His final offer, he said, but
something didn't feel right.
Um-- look, I think I want
to think about it for a while.
Yeah.
GREG (VOICEOVER):
I called my mother
and told her about
the motorcycle
and the $10,000 offer.
This is so strange.
And Nugget led you to it.
Why don't you hold
off for a while.
Remember that biker I
rode cross country with?
[laughing] Well, he
owns a motorcycle shop.
So if you give me that serial
number, I'll run it by him.
5 3 0--
I don't have a pencil.
Wait, wait, wait.
GREG (VOICEOVER):
My mom's friend
at the Valley Bike Shop
checked out the serial number
of the Harley.
Later that same day,
she received a very
interesting conference call.
A team of attorneys representing
talk show host Jay Leno
was interested in purchasing
the vintage motorcycle.
The next day, I received
a personal visit
from somebody who never
dropped by the ranch
before, not in all the
time he lived nearby.
This was getting
real interesting.
Greg.
It's Danny, Danny Gaines.
Hey.
How are you?
This is a hard place to find.
I'll tell you that.
I wasn't expecting you.
Sorry to barge in on you,
but this couldn't wait.
So this is the bike, huh?
Yep.
It's in worse
shape than I thought.
Look, I'll be real
honest with you.
I got somebody interested
in this old hog.
I got him up to $15,000.
That's about as high
as he's going to go.
But it's a take it
or leave it deal.
And he needs to know right now.
So here's the check.
- $15,000?
- Yeah.
Well, if I were you, I'd grab
it while the grabbing is good.
GREG: Hey, easy boy, easy.
All Right?
What's wrong?
Probably something
spooked him.
Anyway--
[phone ringing]
Hold up.
I gotta get the phone.
Hold on, wait a second.
Why don't you
to take the check
and then I'll just wheel this
bike right on out of here.
Just hold on a second.
I'll be right back.
OK?
GREG (VOICEOVER): If
Nugget hadn't interrupted,
I might have taken that check.
But I'm sure glad I didn't.
Hello.
Hi, mom.
You haven't sold that
Harley yet, have you?
No, I didn't sell it yet.
Why you got an offer?
Sure do.
Are you sitting down?
$2 million dollars?
Take it.
I already did.
Wait.
Why would somebody pay that
much money for this motorcycle?
Oh, they told
me to tell you be
sure and look under the seat.
OK, thanks, Mom.
Look under the seat.
What do you, brother?
No, thanks.
I got a better offer.
To Priscilla, Love Elvis.
[horse neighing]
Legend has it that Elvis gave
Priscilla a motorcycle that
has disappeared
over the years never
to be recovered until now.
That is if our story
is really true.
But did this story
really happen?
If so, how did the motorcycle
mysteriously appear
on Greg Hanson's property?
And what stroke of
fate allowed his horse
to keep him from closing
the deal at a lower price?
Is this story of the legendary
lost Harley the truth?
Or are we just
recycling another lie?
ANNOUNCER: We'll tell
you whether this story
is true or false at the end of
our show, but coming up next--
[howling]
I'm telling you, there's
something wrong with that dog.
Every time he howls, somebody
in this building dies.
We're not saying that
he's the cause of it.
We just want him out of here.
ANNOUNCER: When we return,
the howling of a dog
is the premonition of death on
Beyond Belief, Fact or Fiction.
JONATHAN FRAKES: If the average
dog is man's best friend,
then what accolades does
a seeing eye dog deserve?
These invaluable
animals provide the eyes
for those who cannot see.
Within their staunch hearts lie
the power to protect and guide
their owners from harm.
But the dog at our next
story seems to possess
another kind of power.
And protection from harm
is nowhere in sight.
[music playing]
JONATHAN FRAKES
(VOICEOVER): Lloyd Weeks
has been blind since birth.
The most important thing in
Lloyd's life is his dog Buff.
Not only are they close friends,
but Buff has been his eyes
for the past eight years.
Hey.
Hey, Lloyd, what's up?
You're finally getting
some painting done.
Yeah, how do you know that?
Hey, I may be blind, man,
but I can still smell paint.
Can you smell
what color it is?
Of course, whatever's on sale?
[laughing]
Hey, Buff, how
you doing, baby?
He's the best.
I don't know what I
would do without him.
JONATHAN FRAKES (VOICEOVER):
Everyone in the building
was fond of Lloyd and Buff
until late one evening
when the howling started.
[howling]
[knocking]
MAN: Lloyd, are you in there?
Lloyd, I'm getting
a lot of complaints.
You're going to have
to keep Buff quiet.
My husband and I can't
sleep with that dog
howling like that.
I know.
I know.
I'm very sorry.
But I don't know
what's gotten into him.
[barks]
See, he seems to be OK now.
Something must have
spooked him, because this
never happened before.
All right, Lloyd.
All right.
Good night.
Just keep him quiet, will you?
Good night, Rick.
JONATHAN FRAKES (VOICEOVER):
Early the next morning, Rick
made a horrifying discovery.
During the night, the
tenant in apartment 1B
hanged himself in his bathroom.
The coroner's office
estimated the time of death
as around midnight, exactly
one hour after Lloyd's dogs
stopped howling.
Five days later
Buff howled again.
And another tenant died.
For the next two weeks,
the building was quiet.
And then the howling
started again.
[howling]
Rick.
Rick, you've got help me.
It's Roy.
I think it's his heart.
JONATHAN FRAKES (VOICEOVER):
Rick tried to revive Roy.
It was hopeless.
He died of a massive heart
attack exactly one hour
after the howling had stopped.
I'm telling you, there's
something wrong with that dog.
Every time he howls, somebody
in this building dies.
We're not saying that
he's a cause of it.
We just want him outta here.
Lloyd would never let Buff go.
The dog is his eyes.
Would you give up your eyes?
There's something wrong here.
People are dying.
If Lloyd won't get rid of
that dog, then Lloyd goes too.
He's blind.
I can't evict a blind man.
Then we're all we've leaving.
Ain't that right?
Look, the dog hasn't
howled for a week.
Why don't we give
him one more chance?
Maybe whatever it was it's over.
And what if it isn't over?
Who's going to die next time?
You?
Me?
Him?
It?
Which one of us?
LLOYD: I'm truly sorry
about all of this.
But you won't have to worry
about Buff and I anymore,
because we're moving out.
JONATHAN FRAKES (VOICEOVER): The
day Lloyd moved out, Rick felt
guilt and anger at himself.
But before Lloyd was out the
door, Rick would feel terror.
I feel really bad about this.
Where are you going to go?
Buff and I are going
to visit my sister.
She's always wanted me to come.
Now is the time.
RICK: What about the puzzle
Well, you keep it, because
I'm coming back here one day.
And we're going to finish
that thing together.
OK?
Here's my card.
Call me if you need anything.
Oh, buddy, you're not going
to start that again, are you?
JONATHAN FRAKES
(VOICEOVER): Rick couldn't
help what he was feeling.
It's going to be all right.
JONATHAN FRAKES
(VOICEOVER): Maybe Rick
would be the next to die.
I know.
I love you, too.
It's going to be all right.
JONATHAN FRAKES
(VOICEOVER): Rick
was relieved to see Lloyd go.
The last howling
had frightened him.
Hopefully, the lottery
of death was over.
Yet he couldn't lose
the fear he felt inside.
The following day,
two police officers
came to Rick's building.
They informed him that a man
was killed by a runaway truck.
Rick's card was
found in his pocket.
He went down to the
morgue and identified
the body of Lloyd Weeks.
It broke his heart.
Lloyd and his dog
Buff died exactly one
hour after the howling stopped.
And now it was clear who the
final howling was met for,
Lloyd Weeks and his dog Buff.
Did the dog's bark really
signify oncoming death?
Was Buff some kind of angel
of death, foretelling doom?
Or was it mere coincidence
that all those people died?
What about the death
of Lloyd and Buff?
How ironic that a blind
man and his seeing eye dog
would die this way.
Why didn't Buff lead
Lloyd to safety?
Perhaps once Buff's bark
foretold their oncoming doom
he was absolutely
powerless to prevent it.
What's your opinion?
Are we telling you a true
story of real substance?
Or are we just
barking at the moon?
[howling]
ANNOUNCER: We'll tell
you whether this story
is true or false at the end of
our show, but coming up next--
No, I'm planning on having
me some venison for dinner.
I don't know.
Trouble is all that game is
on their reservation land.
Can't hunt there.
Says who?
What are you up to?
I'm going to where the
deer and the antelope play.
ANNOUNCER: When we
return, two hunters
enter a world of terror
and fear on Beyond
Belief, Fact or Fiction.
Would you display
this as a trophy?
Many hunters do.
And without getting into a
debate on the pros and cons
of hunting, there is one thing
we can all agree upon the roles
must be followed.
When a hunter goes too far to
satisfy his own blood lust,
then some line between nature
and humanity is violated.
Judd Fowler has no
use for animals.
He only wants them to
satisfy his gross appetites.
Before this day is
through, he will
learn every living thing
comes with something
you can never digest.
a soul.
[speeding car sound]
HUNTER (VOICEOVER): Judd and I
spent the last two days trying
to bag ourselves a six
point buck with our new high
powered hunting bows.
We had no luck.
We were going home empty handed.
I say we just pack it in.
See a few next week.
No.
No, I'm not going to
be giving up that easy.
That's what you said last week.
We didn't buy these bows
here to impress the trees.
No, uh, uh, I'm
planning on having
me some venison for dinner.
I don't know.
Trouble is all the game is
on the reservation land.
We can't hunt there.
Says who?
What are you up to?
I'm going to where the
deer and the antelope play.
[music playing]
I'm telling you, Judd,
we're making a big mistake.
We're not supposed
to be in here.
This is Indian land.
It's sanctified ground.
I know.
You already told me that.
OK, OK, I'm just telling you
I've heard some weird stories
about this place.
Some peculiar things
have happened up here.
Would you just shut up?
You're going to scare
all the deer away.
I ain't the one yelling.
Don't Ah, man, don't do that.
Too late.
I already did.
HUNTER (VOICEOVER): Judd and
I continued to wander deeper
and deeper into the forest.
Judd, wait a minute.
Somebody's watching us.
- Nobody is watching us.
There's nobody
around here but us.
Would you just give me a break.
Sorry, got a weird feeling.
Wait a minute.
Here that?
Yeah.
It's some big rig going down
the hill there somewhere.
No.
It sounds like a drum.
Drums, yeah, right.
This is the last time that
I go hunting with you.
You are a pain in the butt.
[music playing]
Oh, mama.
I got me a buck.
I don't think so, Judd.
He's not very big.
He's big enough.
One shot right
through the heart.
Ha Ha.
I got him.
You missed him.
No, I didn't.
I got him.
No, no, come on, Judd.
You missed him.
Come on, let's go back.
I did not miss him.
He's up there, laying
up there somewhere.
Now hear that.
Those are drums.
Yeah, they're drums.
So what?
So who is playing them?
I don't know.
And I don't care.
But I got my deer.
He's laying up there
dead somewhere.
And I'm going to get him.
- I'd say you got him.
We're Going back.
We're going back.
Let's go back.
HUNTER (VOICEOVER): Late in
the afternoon by the time
we got back to our
truck, I was relieved
to get out of the reservation
forest and away from the drums.
Judd was still talking about
the buck that got away.
I'm coming back here tomorrow.
I'm going to find my buck and
I'm going to get me another.
And you ain't coming.
I don't want to come.
I don't any part of that place.
I don't know what
you are so afraid of.
I mean, it was just
some kids playing around
with some old oil
drum or something.
Wait.
Would you look over there?
That looks like your buck.
That is not my buck.
I killed my buck.
I'm going to kill this one too.
Hey, he's getting away
Judd, no.
No!
[crashing sound]
Sorry about your friend.
Thanks.
The deer that
caused the accident, I
just wanted you to know it
wasn't killed by your truck.
It was killed by an arrow.
What?
It's an old Indian arrow.
Not one of yours.
Old Indian arrow?
Yeah.
Come on.
I'll show you.
I don't get it.
That deer was laying right
here, dead as a post.
HUNTER (VOICEOVER):
The trooper led me
into where the deer had fallen.
But the deer was gone.
The arrow on the
side was an artifact
from an early Indian
tribe, the same tribe whose
property we trespassed on.
What happened here?
Was Judd's death an ironic
coincidence or revenge
executed by the Indian spirits?
Maybe the deer who
blocked the truck
was just wounded by someone
in the immediate area.
If so, then why were no
other hunters found nearby
and how do you explain the
presence of the Indian arrow?
Have you already decided whether
this story is fact or fiction?
Or are you still
hunting for the truth.
ANNOUNCER: We'll tell
you whether this story
is true or false at the end of
our show, but coming up next--
[camera snapping]
How could you?
Trula, you got to
understand, these pictures
are very important to me.
My grandfather
was right about you.
Your heart is not pure.
ANNOUNCER: When we
return, a young man
has to face the threat of a
deadly tribal legend on Beyond
Belief, Fact or Fiction.
Almost every culture
has some object
that's supposed to
ward off evil spirits,
from gold amulets
to the decorated
spears of the medicine man
to a simple rabbit's foot.
Man has a basic need to protect
himself from the unknown.
And it could be a
major mistake not
to take the fears
and superstitions
of another culture seriously.
Jason Reid came to
the native village
to study their
primitive society.
For now, love is in the air.
But soon, the air will
be filled with the sounds
of primal screams.
[music playing]
JONATHAN FRAKES (VOICEOVER):
American graduate student
Jason Reid has been living
with the Bentu tribe
deep in the lush rain forest of
Brazil for the past two months.
He's writing his
master's thesis on
the behavioral and
cultural traditions
of the primitive tribe.
Bentu people's
chieftain has allowed
the young American access
with certain restrictions
that he must honor.
It's finished.
That's great.
What are you going
to use it for?
It's called a dream catcher.
And the elders of
my tribe use it
for guidance and understanding.
I can catch your
dreams with that
and find out many
things about you.
All you'll find out is that
I dream about you every night.
Please, Jason, don't
say those things.
My grandfather would
never approve of our love.
Why?
Because he's a chief
and you're a princess.
I'm just a common American.
It is the tradition
of our tribe.
You know how sick he's been.
I don't what to upset him.
What he doesn't know
won't upset him.
[music playing]
You have broken our trust.
You say you come
here to study.
But you are only interested
in my granddaughter.
She's just helping me
understand your ways.
That's all it is.
There's nothing else
going on, I swear.
I see no love in
your heart for Trula.
I warn you.
Stay away.
No problem.
I'm just here to do my research.
Then I'll leave.
I have great respect
for you, Chief Yuka.
JONATHAN FRAKES
(VOICEOVER): Jason
did not heed the warning
of the great chief
and continued his pursuit of
the beautiful young princess.
Within the week, the
chief's illness became worse
and he died with his loving
granddaughter by his side.
What had started as
a summer romance,
now took on greater
significance for the princess
for she knew her grandfather had
died with anger in his heart.
I'm really sorry
about your grandfather.
He was a great man.
Yes, he was.
I loved him very much.
So now what happens?
I'm just curious.
There is a sacred ceremony
where my grandfather's spirit
will leave his body and enter a
crow, which then takes flight.
No one is allowed in
the hut until his spirit
has been released.
Wow.
I'd love to get some
pictures of that.
You're not listening to me.
Such an act would show great
disrespect for my people
and my grandfather.
You're right.
I didn't mean to
be disrespectful.
I would never do
anything like that.
Don't.
I'm sorry.
It's not the right time.
I understand.
JONATHAN FRAKES (VOICEOVER):
In the tradition of the Bentu,
the chief was laid out in state.
He was dressed in ceremonial
robes made from the feathers
of birds, including
those from the most
sacred of all, the crow.
The next day before
the ceremony started,
Jason allowed ambition
to win out over honor.
He disobeyed the
ancient funeral custom
for his own selfish gain.
How could you?
Trula, you've
got to understand.
These pictures are
very important to me.
My grandfather
was right about you.
Your heart is not pure.
Trula, wait.
Trula.
[music playing]
Trula, wait.
[crow cawing]
[crow cawing]
[tense music playing]
[screams]
JONATHAN FRAKES (VOICEOVER):
In the tribal laws of the Bentu
tribe it is written that
outsiders must never
be allowed to interfere
with the rights
and customs of the tribe.
Punishment for this offense
will be swift and sure.
And the trees will echo
with the sound of justice.
The soul of the
offender may redeem
itself in the future world.
These laws are kept in
the holiest of sanctuaries
in a secluded part
of the forest located
under the sign of the crow.
So Jason Reid pays the
ultimate price for superiority,
for failing to heed the
warnings all around him.
But wasn't really the crows that
killed or knowing the legend?
Did he imagine that he was
being stalked by a deadly enemy?
Perhaps the bird was only
as powerful as Jason's
own imagination.
Is this story an admirable
retelling of an actual event?
Or is it really
nothing to crow about?
ANNOUNCER: We'll tell
you whether this story
is true or false at the
end of our show, but next--
[western music playing]
GAMBLER (VOICEOVER):
Lucky Gene Avery
had been running a crooked poker
game out of the Deadwood Saloon
for the past six months.
When When we return,
a crooked card game
is visited by a mysterious
stranger on Beyond
Belief, Fact or Fiction.
There are so many expressions
in our everyday life
taken from the game of cards,
poker face, the Joker's Wild,
ace up your sleeve,
just to name a few.
It's because the game of
cards reflects life itself.
There are winners and losers,
skill combined with luck.
The boys and the Deadwood
Saloon loved a good card game.
In fact, there's
another card phrase
that describes them perfectly--
lowdown, no good,
double dealing liars.
GAMBLER (VOICEOVER):
Lucky Gene Avery
had been running a crooked poker
game out of the Deadwood Saloon
for the past six months.
GAMBLER: Jimmy, that's to you.
JONATHAN FRAKES: I know.
I'm going to 500.
GAMBLER (VOICEOVER): Wally
Pratt, a middle aged salesman,
was Lucky's latest pigeon.
Me and my buddy Carl played
along so we had a full table.
GAMBLER: How many cards?
Two.
Well, I'm going to call
that 500 and raise it 3,000.
GAMBLER (VOICEOVER): Lucky had
us trained to pick up our cues.
Too rich for my blood.
Me, too.
GAMBLER (VOICEOVER): Poor
Wally, he never could figure out
how Lucky could
beat him every time.
Now, Wally was already in for
more than he could afford.
But he didn't want to fold.
Besides, he-- uh--
he had a good hand.
We could all see it in
the mirror behind him.
You're about to see what
made lucky so lucky.
You could almost cut the
tension with a knife.
Me and my buddy Carl had
a side been on how long it
would take to clean Wally out.
I had under an hour.
And it was going on 59 minutes.
I'll call your Ace.
But I don't have the cash.
This watch is worth
at least $3,000.
My wife gave it to me
for our anniversary.
Throw it in.
[music playing]
Beat this, cowboy, full house.
Whoa, better put
on the brakes there.
Seems that my house is
fuller than your house.
GAMBLER (VOICEOVER): 59
minutes and 42 seconds.
I won the bet.
[laughter]
GAMBLER (VOICEOVER):
I sensed trouble.
So I motioned for Carl
to join me at the table.
Something is wrong here.
I drop by each week for
a friendly game of poker.
And each week I lose, big time,
no matter how good my hand is.
You accusing me
of cheating, Wally?
[horn blares]
GAMBLER (VOICEOVER): It's so
intense inside the saloon,
we forget there's a whole
modern world going on outside.
Man, his wife's going to
give him hell when he shows
up at home without that watch.
Who cares?
Just so long as he shows up next
week so we can take him again.
He ain't going to come back.
Oh, he'll be back.
Losers always come back because
they think they can win.
GAMBLER (VOICEOVER): It
was June 3, 1997, a week
since we tossed Wally out.
And he still hadn't come back.
lucky even put on his Hawaiian
shirt just to change his luck.
None of the locals
would play with him.
They didn't want to get
cheated out of their money.
[foot steps]
GAMBLER (VOICEOVER):
Then one day, the old man
and that dog came in
looking for some action.
And we was open for business.
Anybody here interested
in a friendly game of poker?
Are
You're going to need some
money for that old man.
This enough?
Looks like plenty.
Have a seat.
That old man sure
does look familiar.
I can't seem to be able
to place him though.
He just looks like
another mark to me.
GAMBLER (VOICEOVER):
Right from the beginning,
things started going bad.
First of all, the old man had
the confidence of a winner.
And then there was that dog
sitting there with his eyes
fixed on Lucky, almost like
he was daring him to cheat.
And then we saw a
Lucky lose a hand.
And that's something nobody
had ever seen before.
Lucky was actually
starting to sweat.
It was bad enough trying
to stare down the old man,
but that dog looked
right through you.
Seemed sort of like the dog
was reading Lucky's mind
and sending a telepathic
message to the old man.
All I know is the old man
was playing fair and square.
And he was cleaning
Lucky's clock.
7, 8, 9, 10, all diamonds.
GAMBLER (VOICEOVER):
You could tell
Lucky wanted to go under the
table for his lucky cards.
But the old man was
watching real close.
And what the old man didn't
catch, the dang dog did.
Must have been a police
dog or something.
[barks]
GAMBLER (VOICEOVER): For
the rest of the afternoon,
Lucky did nothing but lose.
All the while, he continued
to have trouble breathing.
He complained that it
felt like something
was tightening around his neck.
Something that felt an
awful lot like a noose.
You're the loser Lucky.
Catch you cheating
again, and I'm
not going to be so easy on you.
Who was that guy?
I'm telling you I've seen
that old man somewhere before.
But where?
GAMBLER (VOICEOVER): The answer
was right there on the wall,
a picture taken in
1902 of the late Roy
Bean, the hanging judge.
And he'd been dead for years.
But that old man
sure looked like him.
And it was definitely
the same dang dog.
JONATHAN FRAKES:
What happened here?
Could this really have
been Judge Roy Bean or just
someone who looked like him?
How do you explain the
gold watch in the photo?
Was it always in the picture?
Why hadn't anyone
noticed it before?
Are we giving you a
straight deal here?
Or do you think we're
really bluffing?
ANNOUNCER: Coming up, we'll
find out which of our stories
tonight were fact and
which were fiction,
when Beyond Belief returns.
Let's look at our stories
and see which are fact
and which are fiction.
How about the story of the Elvis
motorcycle that Jay Leno paid
millions for, true or false?
They told me to tell you be
sure and look under the seat.
OK, thanks, Mom.
Bye.
Look under the seat.
What do you say, bubba?
Uh-- no thanks.
I got a better offer.
To Priscella, love Elvis.
Although this story
has been spread as true,
it never happened.
It's false.
What about the story
of the blind man's dog
and his bark of doom?
[howling]
I know.
I love you, too.
It's going to be all right.
Did we base our
story of the foreboding
dog on an actual event?
Yes, it happened, according to
firsthand interviews conducted
by author Robert Tralins.
Let's take a look at
the story of the hunter
who turns out to be prey.
Well, would you
look over there.
That looks like your buck.
That is not my buck.
I got killed my buck.
And I'm going to
kill this one, too.
Hey, he's getting away.
Judd, no.
Was this story of
vengeance in the forest
based on a real event?
Not this time.
It never happened.
What about the story of the
young man who refused to take
the native curse seriously?
[crow cawing]
[music playing]
[screams]
Did the legend of the
crow really take place?
Not a chance.
We made it up.
Now let's turn to the
story of the card cheats
and the player that
taught them a lesson.
You're the loser, Lucky.
Catch you cheating again, I'm
not going to be so easy on you.
Did a story about a card
game similar to this one
actually happen?
Yes, it did.
So how did you do
with all of our stories
of mysterious animals?
Were you able to
tell the difference
between fact or fiction?
Or were we able to
prove that in both
the human world and
the animal kingdom,
things can often
appear beyond belief?
I'm Jonathan Frakes.
ANNOUNCER: Join us with
more stories on Beyond
Belief, Fact or Fiction.
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