Skinwalker Ranch

This is Cody's special day, November 11th.

Jump.

Dad! Dad!

Well, there he is.

Wait, is it your birthday today?

You got to make it! You got to make it!

I told you. I told you I would get it.

Happy Birthday.

Next birthday we'll have a whole team of guys here.

We'll all be playing baseball together.

Get set.

Go!

Argh!

I pulled a muscle. Got to do...

What... What the hell was that?

- Cody? - Cody?

Cody? Cody!

No!

Nah, I don't think Hoyt had anything to do with it.

Uh, sad but true, kids are kidnapped.

Well, right after it happened, 'cause, you know,

they had to, like, drag him into court and all that stuff...

so he's kind of forced to be around everybody and all that stuff...

there was a difference. And there was some mean in him then, you know.

I didn't consider him, up until that time, a drunkard or anything.

I didn't talk to him at length about it, but, you know,

we were delivering hay, and he was just broke up.

You know, show it to me and then I'll believe it.

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

Maybe everybody's projecting their fear on Hoyt.

Maybe that's what's going on.

That's why he's left alone.

But he's staying there until he finds his boy.

I mean, it's sad. It's sad as can be.

I've got kids and grandkids.

And if an 8-year-old grandkid of mine disappeared, I'd be...

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

Cody was in my little girl's class.

I've been having to go in and sleep with her almost every night,

you know, 'til she falls asleep.

So, yeah, it's been hard.

Of course, I know Cody, man.

He's a good kid. Funny.

Little wiry. He was gonna grow into them feet one day.

Yeah, man.

Yeah. I knew Cody.

I mean, I've followed it quite a bit.

I don't really buy either one. I'm not into the paranormal stuff.

I've never seen that tape. And I've never seen a wolf like that.

Um...

But it could happen.

Could happen around here if it's going to happen somewhere.

That's... I don't believe any of it, you know.

I got to see something to believe it.

I've never seen anything like that.

You stick around, man, you'll see something.

My name is Sam green.

I'm a PH.D. In socio-cultural anthropology

from the university of Chicago. I've been working for MDE

for about six months as a field scientist.

Sorry.

My man!

Hey, Sam!

How are you, buddy?

- Good to see you, man. - You, too.

My name's Cameron Murphy. Um...

I'm an investigative journalist from Los Angeles.

Sam and I grew up together. He called me about a month ago.

Told me he was heading up an investigation to some strange cattle ranch.

Asked me if I would come out and observe it from a third party perspective.

Hey, this is our videographer Britain.

Hey, man. Cameron. Nice to meet you.

My name's Britain Sloan. I'm a freelance cameraman.

Normally don't like to be in front of the camera.

So I'll make this short.

I've done this kind of work before with other groups.

And we've never come across anything strange or out of the ordinary.

So I hope this trip is a little different.

Hey, man, would you grab his bag for him?

Yeah.

- Thanks, man. - How about a little tour of the grounds?

- Yeah. - All right.

Hoyt!

I want you to meet my friend Cameron Murphy.

- Hey, Cameron. - Hoyt, pleasure.

Hoyt Miller. That's my name. Hoyt Miller.

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

This ranch, oh, four years... little over four years ago...

with the idea of turning it into something, you know,

special or... say, uh...

Do I have to do this?

Can I... do I have to talk to the camera right now?

I don't really feel like it.

Nice to meet you.

All right, you guys be up in about 45 minutes.

We'll have the ATV ready.

- Sounds good. - Come on, girl.

This is our main vet tech Lisa.

Lisa, Cameron.

Oh, Cameron, I heard a lot about you.

My name is Lisa Moreau. I'm the field veterinary tech.

I've worked locally for years.

I just started working with MDE a couple months ago.

This is my first big case with them.

They brought me on because I'm so familiar with the cattle mutilations in the area.

It's disturbing.

I've seen a lot of sick and dead animals in my line of work.

But... The cattle mutilation phenomenon is...

I don't have an explanation for it.

Is the horse still acting unusual?

Uh, no. The horse's moods have stabilized.

Their behavior's been completely erratic.

So, it's fine now. But talk to me in 10 minutes.

- All right, I will. - OK.

Uh, you seen Matt?

Yeah, I think Ray has him setting up something behind the house.

- Lisa, pleasure. - Nice to meet you.

That's a long time to be in Afghanistan, man.

Actually, I was embedded with a group of about 10 soldiers

for a period of nearly three months.

- How's it going? - You mean, motion sensor hell?

Hi, I'm Matt Johnson.

And I work in the media lab at MDE, which is how I met Sam,

who brought me onboard the project.

We both share a passion for the paranormal.

And, uh, well, I really hope that this project

helps legitimize the field a little bit.

Also I'm here as the team's driver, cook, and resident bitch.

You ready?

Copy.

What was that?

My hand, over.

Walk in front of it, you stupid ass.

That's Ray. Let's go meet him.

Ray, I want you to meet Cameron Murphy.

Hey, man.

You here to help with the sensors, man?

Ray Reed. Ex-military.

Here for the security and wires and shit.

If lady luck shines upon us, this place is gonna be a God damn fortress.

That's all I got. We done?

Hmm.

How are the cameras coming?

They're almost set up. When you guys are done,

why don't you pop on by and I'll show you.

Afternoon, Hoyt.

Ready to roll?

Let's go.

All right. Everybody in?

Where we headed?

Hoyt found a dead deer on the property.

Sam wants to check it out.

What's the acreage?

About 1,000 give or take.

Well, it's not clearly defined.

But parts of Southern Idaho, the Uintah basin, four corners,

all the way to Nevada and California is considered

the paranormal Mecca of the United States.

Local tribes won't even set foot on this land to this day.

There's evidence for this?

We got, uh, evidence going back to the 1800s

with the first documented UFO sightings.

Roswell crash in '47.

First reported cattle mutilation in '67.

Dugway is basically the new area 51.

Never heard of it.

You passed it right on the way up here.

Ground zero for U.S. military research.

I mean, we're talking everything from remote viewing to psychological warfare.

Just over the ridge here.

Sam, I'm sorry to burst your bubble. But she died of natural causes.

Do you see the discoloration in the tongue?

It's a classic case of hemorrhagic disease.

Take a sample anyway.

Sure, whatever you want.

Hey, uh... We'd better get back.

We got a big storm coming.

Thanks, Hoyt.

All right.

All the feeds record directly into the server here.

Just in case, I got it all backed up on the C-70.

It's generator powered.

It's all independently wired, and it's set to record 24/7.

Camera one's a wide shot of the road

so we can monitor everyone coming in and out of the property.

Camera two is wide of the house.

Camera three is of the Western pasture.

Camera four is of the corral.

Camera five is the barn exterior.

And camera six is inside the barn.

That's it for the exterior cameras.

What happens at night?

They all switch to infrared.

This is the X-ray I was talking about.

Not really my thing.

Oh, let me see it.

Well, just pass it along.

Thanks.

If I could, I'd like to propose a toast.

Uh, I just want to, um...