1 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,593 When I began my field research here these frogs were thriving. 2 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:17,679 Since then the adult population has dropped to fewer than 200. 3 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:21,435 If you don't take protective measures, in a few years... 4 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:25,830 ..Rana sphenocephala will be extinct here. 5 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:32,433 Frog populations are declining all over the globe, Dr Faraday. No one knows why. 6 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,791 We can't place them all on the endangered species list. 7 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:39,555 You'd find a way if it were cute, furry mammals we were talking about. 8 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:44,350 Regardless, your study remains inconclusive. Speculative, at best. 9 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:49,873 You have no evidence the frog depopulation is the sole result of human encroachment. 10 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,952 A frog holocaust is currently being executed, Dr Bailey. 11 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,793 And man is the executioner. 12 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:57,950 You're a biologist, Faraday. 13 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:01,396 You've never heard of survival of the fittest? 14 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,995 Well, don't forget that rule also applies to mankind! 15 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,632 You can't turn your back on nature! 16 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:12,393 Or nature will turn her back on you! 17 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:25,830 Ah, dammit! 18 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:28,670 Freakin' beeper. 19 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,030 Argh! 20 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:28,879 No! No! No! 21 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,237 Argh! 22 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:43,593 - Nature's calling. We should pull over soon. - Did you really have to bring that thing? 23 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:48,397 You wake me up on a Saturday morning, tell me to be ready in five minutes,... 24 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,233 ..my mom's away, all dog-sitters are booked, 25 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,312 and you know how I feel about kennels. 26 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:58,069 So, unless you wanna lose your deposit on the car, I suggest we pull over. 27 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,550 All right. I'm lost anyway. I gotta stop and ask for directions. 28 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:05,918 I know I'm lost as to why you're so interested in this missing-persons case. 29 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:10,596 Dr Bailey works for the US Forestry Service. It makes his disappearance a federal case. 30 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,069 It's not jurisdiction I'm questioning. 31 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,232 Dr Bailey's not the first person to go missing from the lake. 32 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,750 Two weeks ago a Boy Scout troop was out here fossil-hunting. 33 00:04:19,840 --> 00:04:24,197 Their troop leader went to relieve himself, and hasn't been heard from since. 34 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,437 So you think there's a serial killer at large? 35 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:30,034 The operative word being large. 36 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:43,475 - What are you leaving out? - Why d'you think I'm leaving anything out? 37 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:46,791 Multiple missing-persons cases are not that uncommon. 38 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,792 Why this one warrants a flight halfway across the country 39 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:53,156 and a two-hour drive's a mystery! 40 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,190 Oh, tell me you're not serious! 41 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:09,556 According to the sheriff's report, you were the last person to see Dr Bailey alive. 42 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:11,238 That's what they tell me. 43 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,557 You argued over an endangered species petition. 44 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,915 Bailey was the worst kind of hypocrite. 45 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:21,391 Closest he came to communing with nature was subscribing to National Geographic. 46 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,836 - You sound bitter, Dr Faraday. - Of course I'm bitter. 47 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:29,471 The man wrote off three years of carefully collected data in a two-hour inspection. 48 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,757 Which doesn't mean I plotted his demise. 49 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,076 That is what you were suggesting. 50 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,715 Aside from having a motive, you don't seem too upset. 51 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:41,990 You expect me to cry for one man 52 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:45,356 when entire species are on the brink of extinction? 53 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:49,991 You know the wildlife in and around this lake as well as anybody, don't you? 54 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:51,519 I'd say that's accurate. 55 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:56,594 Are you aware of any indigenous species that's capable of attacking a human being? 56 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:58,392 Yes. 57 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:03,274 - Another human being. - Aside from that. Is there a creature that... 58 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:07,956 Has anyone ever told you two you have a great problem coming to the point? 59 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:12,637 OK. In your work, have you come across any evidence... 60 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:17,595 ..that lends support to the existence of this creature they call Big Blue? 61 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,951 See, this is what always happens. This is how it starts. 62 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:25,715 - What? - The deflection, sleight of hand. 63 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:29,554 Whenever an issue requires any real thought or mental effort,... 64 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:34,270 ..people turn to UFOs and sea serpents and sasquatch. 65 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,360 Afternoon talk shows and tabloid TV - 66 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:40,908 they've reduced our attention span so much... 67 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:45,630 ..that soon our ability to think will be as extinct as the Rana sphenocephala frog. 68 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:50,112 I'll take that diatribe to mean you don't believe in the existence of such a creature. 69 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:52,390 I won't even grace that with a reply. 70 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,233 A prehistoric animal in a lake is not without precedent. 71 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:59,598 Last August they pulled a bull shark from Lake Onota in Massachusetts. 72 00:06:59,840 --> 00:07:02,798 An anomaly, which proves nothing. 73 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:08,069 It only serves as fodder for pseudo scientists... 74 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,755 ..with nothing better to do than chase fairy tales. 75 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:13,956 Excuse me. 76 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:20,674 Lake creatures have been reported for centuries in many countries. 77 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:26,118 From the monsters in Loch Ness and Shiel, to the Ogopogo in Lake Okanagan. 78 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:29,431 And Lake Champlain, Lagarfljot, Iceland... 79 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:33,195 - Sounds like you know about the subject. - I did as a kid,... 80 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,033 ..but then I grew up and became a scientist. 81 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:40,312 Some grown-up cryptozoologists think it's an evolutionary throwback, 82 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:42,709 possibly prehistoric. 83 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,553 - An aquatic dinosaur. - A plesiosaur, actually. 84 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:49,394 Though, admittedly, there's not a lot of hard evidence to back that up. 85 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:52,392 You know why? Because those creatures don't exist. 86 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:55,950 They are folk tales born out of some collective fear of the unknown. 87 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:57,393 How many folk tales do you know 88 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:00,074 that could eat a Boy Scout leader and a biologist? 89 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:23,876 Check this out, Scully. 90 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:31,358 It looks an insect casing or carapace. Something from a beetle. 91 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:35,911 - How can I help you folks? - We're looking for the Lakeview Cabins. 92 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:38,793 Oh, you passed the turn-off a few miles back. 93 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,519 It's pretty tough to find. 94 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:46,116 A map might help. Oh, they're $2.50 each, plus Uncle Sam. 95 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:48,671 Fine. 96 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:52,435 If you don't mind my sayin', don't look like you're here for the trout. 97 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:56,433 No. We're with the FBI. We're investigating two missing-persons reports. 98 00:08:56,720 --> 00:09:01,919 Oh, yeah. Yeah. That's big news round here. Everybody's been talkin' about it. 99 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:06,956 - What are they saying? - Same thing they've been saying for years. 100 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:08,712 I'm not one for spreading rumours. 101 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,633 The truth is, I've heard the stories since I was a kid. 102 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:15,799 - About Big Blue? What kind of stories? - Well,... 103 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:19,871 ..I was ten years old, fishin' with my daddy,... 104 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:23,714 ..and I heard a big commotion clear across the lake. 105 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:29,397 A wailing sound, the likes of which I had never heard before - haven't heard since. 106 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:34,918 My daddy told me later it was a cow who'd escaped and was drinking by the lake... 107 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,276 ..when Old Blue came up and snatched her right off the bank. 108 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:41,756 - That's quite a story. - Well, that's just one. 109 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:44,991 Those stories must sell a lot of T-shirts. 110 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:47,909 Well, a man's gotta survive. 111 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:50,470 Do you believe those stories? 112 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:54,070 Every man's gotta look at the evidence, decide for himself. 113 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:57,994 But if you wanna ask a real expert,... 114 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:02,437 ..you should probably talk to Ansel here. He's out there practically every day. 115 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,637 It was his daddy's cow that got eaten. 116 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,189 Can you get these developed by tomorrow? 117 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:11,198 Give me another five rolls. Put 'em on my tab. 118 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,510 These folks are with the FBI, Ansel. 119 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:17,792 They're looking into that unsolved mystery of how those people disappeared. 120 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,110 Unsolved mystery? 121 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:24,796 - Since when's it a mystery? - So you think Big Blue's responsible? 122 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:26,950 Don't you? 123 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:29,349 Have you ever actually seen it? 124 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:31,988 Not directly, no. 125 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:34,877 But I aim to. 126 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:40,512 One day I'll be in the right place at the right time, and I will snap a shot of that monster. 127 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:46,870 There we go. 128 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:32,033 If you hit Striker's Cove, you've gone too far. 129 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:35,590 Call the sheriff! We got a floater! 130 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:08,430 It's Scott Moosley, the Boy Scout troop leader. 131 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:13,236 - Well, his fly's undone. - Are you insinuating something? 132 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:18,314 No. Most drowning victims have high levels of alcohol in them and their flies unzipped. 133 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:23,554 While urinating over the sides of boats, they lose their balance, fall in and drown. 134 00:12:23,680 --> 00:12:27,150 It still doesn't explain why half of him is still missing. 135 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:30,312 - Looks like something took a big bite. - Maybe not so big. 136 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:32,914 - What do you mean? - Fish eat decomposing matter. 137 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:37,596 Any body suspended in this environment for a period of time will become a food source. 138 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:40,148 We eat fish and fish eat us. 139 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:45,153 Are fish also known for eating half and saving half for later? 140 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:06,076 Argh! 141 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:11,516 Oh, God, no! No! Argh! No! 142 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:14,114 Help me! Help me! Argh! 143 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:32,673 - Like I said, I recognised his hat. - How could you not? 144 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:37,838 There's Ted Bertram's four-by parked a mile up that way, here's his hat,... 145 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:40,275 ..and here's these tracks. 146 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:42,516 Know what I'm sayin'? 147 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:44,989 I mean, look at the size of these tracks. 148 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:48,470 Mulder, this is Sheriff Lance Head. 149 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,438 Wait. Watch out... watch out for the tracks. 150 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:54,399 Careful. Watch out where you're walking. 151 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:58,470 Queequeg. 152 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:05,154 Pleasure. Ansel, why don't you go check the woods? 153 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:07,951 Today's the day, Sheriff. 154 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:09,792 - I'm gonna get him. - Yeah. 155 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,348 - Any sign of Ted Bertram? - No. 156 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:16,991 I'm not jumping to conclusions. Speakin' of which, I hear you want to close the lake. 157 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:19,230 Just until we figure out what's going on. 158 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:23,154 Well, I can tell you what's goin' on. Same thing that goes on every year. 159 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:26,789 Fishermen get drunk, they drown. Folks get run over by a powerboat. 160 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:31,635 Hell, on a lake this size you'll have eight, nine deaths a season. It's a statistical fact. 161 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:33,597 But you got two or three in as many weeks. 162 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:36,638 I'd say you're outside your bell curve, Sheriff. 163 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:39,553 Agent... Mulder? Mulder? 164 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:43,519 This lake has 48 miles of shoreline. 165 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:46,160 I got four deputies full time. 166 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:48,754 Now, to close down a lake this size,... 167 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:52,355 ..hell, you'd have to call out the National Guard for that to happen. 168 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:55,193 - You'd need irrefutable proof. - And these tracks? 169 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:58,078 A creature as large as the one you're looking for 170 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:01,118 would have left much deeper impressions. 171 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:02,872 Queequeg! 172 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,117 Queequeg, come back here! Queequeg! 173 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:18,514 - Mulder! Sheriff, come take a look at this. - What you got? 174 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:24,270 - There's your lake monster, Mulder. - That's what it looks like. 175 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:28,717 - It's all a hoax. - I'll be damned! Sure seems like it. 176 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:35,112 Yeah, but what happened to the hoaxer? 177 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,669 I saw it on the Discovery Channel. 178 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:49,395 They got, like, this whole, you know, cult built up around these tree toads. 179 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:56,437 The skin's got these hallucinogenic properties - let's you see all these visions. 180 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:59,514 It's really spiritual. 181 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:01,397 Yeah? 182 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:04,710 I don't know. 183 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:08,879 It's supposed to take the doors of perception 184 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,838 and swing them so wide open, you know. 185 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:16,755 Plus you get to see all these really cool streaks and trails and crap. 186 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:31,757 Well? 187 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:37,631 - Are you sure that's even a toad? - Argh! 188 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,709 Dude, what's wrong with you?! You made me drop my toad! 189 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,712 Chill out, man. I'll get you another one. 190 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:55,391 How long till we get down to Lauderdale? 191 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,150 Dude! 192 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:15,552 Oh... No! 193 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:23,597 Dude? 194 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:26,918 Oh... 195 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:33,630 How about you? 196 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:36,790 Neither of you can remember anything? 197 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:39,952 - Great - If this is a hoax, it's an elaborate one. 198 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:44,192 I got zip out of them - no tellin' what they've been smokin'! What's it look like? 199 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:48,717 It's hard to tell without an autopsy, but it looks like propeller damage from a boat. 200 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:53,635 - Well, this is a designated boating area. - 20 feet from shore and twice in one day? 201 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:56,632 Mulder, look at it out there. It's like rush hour. 202 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:58,597 I think you're ignoring the obvious. 203 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,318 What about Ted Bertram? 204 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:03,836 He might've stepped in something and bled into those funny shoes. 205 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:07,356 He's probably so embarrassed he doesn't want to show his face. 206 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:10,830 Is that the psychological approach to crime solving? 207 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:16,876 Regardless of what I believe, there's no hard evidence that it's what you believe. 208 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:21,396 I see your true colours 209 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:23,914 Shining through 210 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,595 I see your true colours 211 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:30,558 And that's why I love you 212 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:33,154 So don't be afraid 213 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:35,871 To show your true 214 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,117 Blue 215 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:40,714 Colours 216 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:44,592 OK, Big Blue, you're mine. 217 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:48,310 Today's the day! 218 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:58,476 ..colours 219 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:01,870 And that's why I love you 220 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:13,512 Crap! Jesus! 221 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:17,837 Argh! 222 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,668 This has been exposed. Can you develop it? 223 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:28,591 Yes, sir. 224 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:30,552 Three in one day. 225 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:34,269 Driving from crime scene to crime scene is giving me highway hypnosis. 226 00:20:34,360 --> 00:20:38,069 - Close down the lake. - I done told you once. It ain't that simple. 227 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:40,628 I just ain't got the manpower. 228 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:43,030 Furthermore,... 229 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:46,835 ..I'm not at all convinced we're dealing with an aquatic menace. 230 00:20:47,120 --> 00:20:51,113 He's right. Those two sets of remains we've found so far are inconclusive. 231 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:54,033 We really need to find this body. 232 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:56,435 My thoughts exactly, ma'am. 233 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:58,829 If you'll give us a couple more minutes... 234 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:01,549 - Argh! - Sheriff! 235 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:03,511 Shenfi! 236 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:13,516 You all right, Sheriff? 237 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:18,238 Are you OK, Sheriff? 238 00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:20,078 Something... 239 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:24,557 Something brushed up against me out there. Something big... 240 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:27,393 - Close the lake! - Right, Sheriff. 241 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,432 Call the State Police and the Wildlife, Fish and Game. 242 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:33,512 You tell 'em we got an emergency situation! 243 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:39,915 Looks like Ansel took 'em during the attack. 244 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:41,194 I agree. 245 00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:44,432 I just wish that he gave us something more. 246 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,194 Whoa... Look at this. 247 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,235 Could this be a tooth? 248 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:56,399 Yeah. It could be a lot of things, Mulder. 249 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:02,429 15 years of fruitless hunting, and all the guy comes up with is a blurry picture of a tooth? 250 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:05,028 There are thousands of pictures here, Scully. 251 00:22:05,120 --> 00:22:10,353 There's gotta be some visual evidence somewhere. Here, go through these. 252 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:18,909 Mulder, these are just a bunch of poorly composed tourist shots. 253 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,190 That could be something. 254 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:24,078 A tooth? 255 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,757 I'm taking Queequeg for a walk. 256 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:34,711 - Want me to come with you? - I'll be fine. 257 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:47,037 - Good night, Mulder. - All right. I'll see you in the morning. 258 00:22:55,120 --> 00:22:57,111 Come on, Queequeg. 259 00:22:59,360 --> 00:23:02,670 Queequeg, we're not gonna go into the woods. 260 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:06,196 Come on, do your business. I thought you had to go. 261 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,550 Queequeg! 262 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:10,676 What is it? 263 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:17,678 Queequeg! Where are you going? 264 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,677 Queequeg! 265 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:21,995 Queequeg, come back here! 266 00:23:22,120 --> 00:23:23,872 Queequeg! 267 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:26,157 Queequeg! 268 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,119 Queequeg! 269 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:41,596 Quee...? 270 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:43,557 Queeq... 271 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:51,957 Quee... 272 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:24,910 I'm sorry about Queequeg. 273 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:30,832 - I've learned something from these photos. - Mulder... 274 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,718 They're not pictures of the monster, but of the lake - 275 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:38,112 locations where the creature's been sighted over the past several years. Look. 276 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:42,716 Five years ago all the sightings occurred in the center of the lake. 277 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,598 But the sightings have moved closer to shore,... 278 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:49,116 ..until this year they're practically on the shore. 279 00:24:50,120 --> 00:24:52,759 Could you repeat the last part again? I faded out. 280 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:54,910 Which... which part? 281 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:57,836 After you said "I'm sorry." 282 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,994 Can you drive a boat? 283 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:10,871 - It's too bad we're not out here fishing. - We are fishing. 284 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:18,599 - You really expect to find this thing. - You wanna head right... here. 285 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:21,197 I'll take that as a yes. 286 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:24,710 I know the difference between expectation and hope. 287 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,439 "Seek and ye shall find," Scully. 288 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:33,079 On old mariners' maps, the cartographers would designate uncharted territories... 289 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:35,196 ..by writing "Here be monsters." 290 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:37,669 I have a map of New York City just like that. 291 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:43,116 - What was that? - It ain't no bass. 292 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,230 What is that? 293 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,868 What is that, Mulder? 294 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:57,996 - There be monsters, Scully. - It looks like it's coming straight at us. 295 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:00,275 Yup. That's what it looks like. 296 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:13,115 Mayday! Mayday! Can anybody read me? 297 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,315 This is a distress call from the Patricia Rae! 298 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:21,995 PA7A3A27! 299 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,150 I'm on... 300 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:32,752 - Mayday! Mayday! - Scully, let's get outta here! 301 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,913 There goes our $500 deposit. 302 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:13,795 I say we swim to shore. 303 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:17,714 - Swim? - Yeah. The shore can't be too far from here. 304 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:19,870 In which direction? 305 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:34,032 Yeah. You know, living in the city, you forget that night is actually so, uh, dark. 306 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,272 Living in a city, you forget a lot of things. 307 00:27:38,360 --> 00:27:42,956 There you're always thinking about being mugged or hit by a car. 308 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:48,788 It's not until you get back to nature until you realise everything is out to get you. 309 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:53,670 That's why Father always taught me to... respect nature - 310 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:57,714 cos it has no respect for you. 311 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,030 That was him, Scully. 312 00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:29,395 That was Big Blue. 313 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,629 So what if it was? 314 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:36,437 Mulder, what are we doing here? 315 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:39,432 What do you mean "What are we doing here?" 316 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:41,988 What are you hoping to accomplish? 317 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:48,230 So many of the things we investigate are intangible,... 318 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:52,791 ..but this creature exists within the specific earthly confines of this lake. 319 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,348 - And I wanna find it. - What for? 320 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:57,908 You're a scientist. Why do you ask that? 321 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,116 It would be miraculous. 322 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,317 It could revolutionise evolutionary biological thinking. 323 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,636 Is that really the reason why? 324 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:11,554 You know when you showed me those pictures that the photographer took? 325 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:13,710 Wanna know what I really saw in them? 326 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,235 - A tooth? - No. You. 327 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:18,788 That man is your future. 328 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:25,433 Listening only to himself, hoping to glimpse the truth for who knows what reason. 329 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:28,751 I read in his journals that he hoped to live off the copyright fees 330 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:30,512 from a Big Blue photo. 331 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:36,472 As dumb as it sounds, at least it's a legitimate reason. 332 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:39,637 You don't think my reasons are legitimate? 333 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:43,349 Mulder, sometimes I just can't figure them out. 334 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:56,117 Mulder! 335 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:15,155 I'm still tempted to fire. 336 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:24,470 Hey, Scully, d'you think you could ever cannibalise someone? 337 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:27,279 I mean, if you really had to? 338 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:30,033 Well, as much as the idea's abhorrent to me,... 339 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:35,240 ..I suppose under certain conditions the living entity is practically conditioned... 340 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:40,952 ..to perform whatever extreme measures are necessary to ensure its survival. 341 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,429 I suppose I'm no different. 342 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:46,630 You've lost some weight recently. 343 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:49,996 Yeah, actually, I have. Thanks for... 344 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:55,114 But it is amazing what some animals will do 345 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,839 to guarantee the continuation of the species. 346 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:01,077 A creature of this size must have adapted its behaviour... 347 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:05,073 ..to minimise its chances of being seen by its only predator - us. 348 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:09,956 This coming closer to shore for its prey must be an act of desperation on its part. 349 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:12,110 Poor Queequeg. 350 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:19,113 Why did you name the dog Queequeg? 351 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:22,112 It was the name of the harpoonist in Moby Dick. 352 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:26,599 My father used to read to me from Moby Dick when I was a little girl. 353 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:29,513 I called him Ahab and he called me Starbuck. 354 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:31,352 So I named my dog Queequeg. 355 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,634 That's funny. I just realised something. 356 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,837 - That's a bizarre name for a dog, huh? - No. 357 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:42,590 How much you're like Ahab. 358 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:48,157 You're so consumed by your personal vengeance against life,... 359 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:55,113 ..that everything takes on a warped significance... 360 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:57,794 ..to fit your megalomaniacal cosmology. 361 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,238 Are you coming on to me? 362 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:05,997 It's just... the truth or a white whale - what difference does it make? 363 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:09,197 Both obsessions are impossible to capture,... 364 00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:11,709 ..and trying to do so will only leave you dead, 365 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,473 along with everyone else you bring with you. 366 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:16,630 You know, Mulder, you are Ahab. 367 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:22,510 It's interesting you should say that - I always wanted a peg leg. 368 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:25,154 It's a boyhood thing I never grew out of. 369 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:27,993 I'm not being flippant. I've given it a lot of thought. 370 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,753 If you have a peg leg or hooks for hands, 371 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:33,434 maybe it's enough to simply carry on living,... 372 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:37,069 ..bravely facing life with a disability. It's heroic just to survive. 373 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:41,233 But without these things, you're expected to make something of your life - 374 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,311 earn a raise, wear a necktie. 375 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:46,750 So, if anything, I'm actually the antithesis of Ahab... 376 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:50,674 ..because if I did have a peg leg, I'd quite possibly be more happy... 377 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:54,753 ..and not feel the need to chase after creatures of the unknown. 378 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:58,116 - And that's not flippant? - No. 379 00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:01,397 Flippant is my favourite line from Moby Dick. 380 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:05,837 "Hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple dumpling." Yeah? 381 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:24,795 - What was that? - I don't know, but it ain't no duck. 382 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:48,352 I thought I heard voices. What are you two doing out here? 383 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:51,716 - Dr Faraday? - Hope I'm not interrupting anything. 384 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:55,196 No. No! We had a little trouble with our boat. 385 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:56,759 Actually, it sank. 386 00:33:56,960 --> 00:34:00,475 - How'd that happen? - It was my fault. 387 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:04,795 We'd have been here all night if you hadn't answered our distress call. 388 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:08,714 I didn't. I was walking by. I heard you talking. 389 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:10,870 - Walking by? - Yeah. 390 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:14,316 Yeah, the shore is just a stone's throw from here. 391 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:18,788 Come on. I'll take you back. 392 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:43,077 It was just out of fuel. 393 00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:47,312 The sheriff'll be along in a minute. I'd drive you myself, but I got work to do. 394 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:51,837 What exactly is it that you're doing out here? It's well after midnight. 395 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:56,994 Night is Rana sphenocephala's most active period. This is its primary breeding ground. 396 00:34:57,080 --> 00:35:01,995 Or at least it used to be. Thousands of eggs used to cling to these reeds. 397 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:04,350 Beautiful jelly clusters. 398 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:09,512 Now one must turn over many a leaf in order to find potential offspring. 399 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:11,670 - What's in the sack? - Adult frogs. 400 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:16,510 I've been breeding them in captivity and releasing them into the wild. 401 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:19,710 - This is Striker's Cove? - Mm-hm. 402 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:22,360 - The frogs. - I beg your pardon. 403 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:25,233 The unexplained depletion of frogs originates from this cove. 404 00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:27,709 It's the food chain. 405 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:31,110 - What about it? - If you alter one life form in an ecosystem,... 406 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:34,954 ..the rest is necessarily affected, either by an increase or decrease. 407 00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:38,350 So if an aquatic dinosaur primarily ate frogs,... 408 00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:40,317 ..then if those frogs became scarce, 409 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:42,789 it'd have to turn to an alternative food source. 410 00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:45,235 - Humans. - Agent Mulder,... 411 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:50,229 ..you are taking my legitimate research and basic biological principle... 412 00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:52,351 ..and stretching them out of proportion, 413 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:56,319 in an effort to give validity to a ludicrous theory. 414 00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,074 There is no prehistoric lake monster. 415 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:03,119 This creature lives here. That explains the frogs' disappearance - 416 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:07,591 for which you have no explanation, ludicrous or not - and the human attacks. 417 00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:12,151 That's crazy! If something was in these waters, you don't think I would've seen it? 418 00:36:12,240 --> 00:36:14,310 I've worked here for three years! 419 00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:18,069 I'm talking about an animal that's gone unnoticed for centuries. 420 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,430 If it knows anything, it knows how to hide. 421 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:24,672 They say the Loch Ness Monster doesn't even live in the water, but in cliffs. 422 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:26,432 Maybe Big Blue has an inland habitat, 423 00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:30,115 somewhere in the rocks or in this forest here. 424 00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:32,589 I have no time for these absurdities. 425 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:38,718 If you'll excuse me, I have some amphibians to release. 426 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,878 Well, captain, what now? 427 00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:47,633 Agent Scully! Agent Mulder! 428 00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:50,116 There's been another death. 429 00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:54,472 And this time it does appear to be an animal attack. Bit a fisherman's arm off. 430 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,558 - Where? - Other side of the lake, couple of hours ago. 431 00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:00,200 I have the cooperation of the State Police,... 432 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:05,314 ..plus the full use of all the Wildlife, Fish and Game vessels. A search is underway. 433 00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:08,955 No. We need those men searching this cove and these woods. 434 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:12,152 But I got 30 boats on the water. If we're gonna kill this... 435 00:37:12,240 --> 00:37:15,676 We gotta sweep this cove. It's here at Striker's Cove. 436 00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:19,673 The boats are searching the area of the latest attack. I'm not gonna move 'em. 437 00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:23,230 If you wanna waste your time searching these woods, go ahead. 438 00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:25,550 I got me a lake monster to catch. 439 00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:28,319 Sheriff, this is Dispatch. 440 00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:30,396 Sheriff,... 441 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:32,232 ..Agent Mulder and I would appreciate it 442 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:35,676 if you could spare two men to assist us here. 443 00:37:37,240 --> 00:37:39,629 All right. I'll send 'em on back. 444 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:44,434 Thanks. 445 00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:48,750 What was that? 446 00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:51,668 Dr Faraday. 447 00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:02,113 Argh! 448 00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:11,274 - What happened? - I think something grabbed my leg. Agh! 449 00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:13,396 - Did you see it? - No. 450 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:16,671 It came from behind me. Before I knew it, 451 00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:19,957 it was shaking me back and forth. Then it let go. 452 00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:22,316 Give me your belt. 453 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:25,318 I didn't wanna believe you. 454 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:29,552 Oh! You nicked an artery. We gotta get him to a hospital. He's losing blood. 455 00:38:29,720 --> 00:38:32,393 - Where did it go? - I didn't see it. Agh! 456 00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:36,156 I think I heard... It went through those reeds there. 457 00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:40,074 - Mulder, help is coming. - You take care of him, Scully. 458 00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:42,230 Mulder! 459 00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:25,436 Alligator... 460 00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:34,917 Millikan County, unit three... 461 00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:42,034 All right then. Go ahead. 462 00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:55,510 How's Dr Faraday? 463 00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:59,713 He'll be fine. 464 00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:02,957 - How are you? - I'm fine. 465 00:41:04,720 --> 00:41:07,188 Well, you slew the big white whale, Ahab. 466 00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:11,478 - Yeah, but I still don't have that peg leg. - How can you be disappointed? 467 00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:14,870 That alligator would've gone through the local population. 468 00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:17,235 I know. 469 00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:19,834 I guess I just wanted Big Blue to be real. 470 00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,872 I guess I see hope in such a possibility. 471 00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:29,469 Well, there's still hope. That's why these myths and stories have endured. 472 00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:31,915 People wanna believe. 473 00:42:51,240 --> 00:42:52,958 I made this!