The Beast of Trinity Texas

If you listen closely on a quiet night,

you can hear the beast roaming through the woods,

you can smell him 50 yards away.

Legend has it, he murdered a whole tribe of Indians

just for being on his property,

and that's why we never wander out into the woods.

He's always watching.

How many more Sasquatch stories

are we gonna have to listen to tonight?

But those are all just made-up stories, Dad.

Right, Dad?

Why don't we call it a night, honey,

and yes, those are stories

straight out of your father's over active imagination.

You guys go ahead, I'll be right in.

Who are you?

What's wrong with you?

I'm writing because I've tried everything else.

It's time that we talk and let the past be the past.

I love you.

Been trying

to get in contact with you, Sheriff.

Where's the victim?

This way.

Hey, I'm warning you, it's bad.

I've never seen anything like this.

Where's the rest of him?

Out there?

You need to slow down and take fewer breaths.

I know that there's been an intruder.

Yes, ma'am, slow, slow down, ma'am.

I understand that there has been some kind of intruder,

but I need you to take a few deep breaths

and to speak more clearly.

It's Mrs. Shelton.

Yes, yes, I have it written down.

Yes.

Yep, your phone number, address, I, I have it.

We will get back to you.

Okay.

Hello, this is Dr. Mariella Hastings.

This message is for the Sheriff and for the record,

this is my fourth attempt to get a return call.

I'm the senior analyst

at the US Crypto Zoological Research Center,

and as I've said before, we have reason to believe

there may be some kind of beast, a very dangerous one,

in your general vicinity.

I'm scheduling a trip to investigate.

Hey, Sheriff.

And it's protocol to inform local authorities.

Hey, what's up?

Is everything okay?

Yeah, just people and their problems.

Oh, I tried calling at least a dozen times this morning.

You almost had me worried.

Yeah, I'm sorry, I had an early call.

A friend over in Riverside needed some help.

I'll keep a closer eye on my phone for now.

So this killing at the campground,

it's really that bad, huh?

Morning, Sheriff.

Morning, Clyde.

Ted Whiteman?

God, Sheriff, I heard what happened

to that family last night.

Yeah.

I've never seen anything like it.

And you have seen a lot.

Well, take a seat.

You know, it's times like these that we

as the leaders of Trinity need to pull together.

So I'm offering up for any resources I have

to help with the investigation.

Sheriff, it's good to see you.

Can I get you something, a coffee or an iced tea?

Yeah, coffee's fine, thanks.

Be sure to leave a little room in the top of it.

Not for cream, of course.

Anyway, after hearing about what happened,

I went back through the town records.

You know, there hasn't been a wild animal attack

since the 1930s.

Mama bear and her cub came across a lone hiker.

What's got you convinced

it's an animal attack?

Well, I was told the body was mutilated, is that true?

Well, what else could have done something like that?

We haven't ruled out homicide yet.

Obviously, it was an animal.

Look, here's my concern.

We've got families moving here around the clock

from California, New York, a whole lot of investment

coming into our small town.

There's so much at stake here.

So if there's anything that you need, just say the word.

Oh, and be sure to keep me in the loop.

Well, I really appreciate the help, Mayor.

I seriously do.

Ha-ha, there he is.

Charles, it's good to see you.

Charles, this our town Sheriff.

Sorry, I forgot to tell you I had another meeting.

Pleasure, name's Dun, Charles Dun.

Sheriff Titus Ridge.

Don't let me hold you back, we all must be of help.

Hey, Sheriff, I mean it.

Anything you need, you should let me know.

Hi.

Howdy, Deputy, how can I help you today?

I need to see your evidence supervisor.

Okay, you need to see Layla, gimme one moment.

Hi, Layla, I got the Deputy over here.

He's looking for the evidence supervisor,

mind coming in for me?

Thank you so much, darling.

She'll be right with you, Deputy.

Thank you.

How can I help you, Officer?

I need to get a sample tested.

Well, let's get it logged, what is it?

Hair.

Okay.

And what is the presumed source of the hair?

Unknown.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Calm down.

It's okay, it's okay.

I'm here, I'm here.

Take a few deep breaths.

Can I come in?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Come on, come on, come on.

Hey, you're okay.

Now, now listen.

Tell me what's going on.

Well, there's, it's sounds from an animal.

It's, it's, it's wild.

It's everywhere.

Oh, just thank God you're here.

Okay, it was an animal this time?

It wasn't some noisy neighbor.

This, this is inside my house.

It, it's, it's a large animal.

Did you see anything?

No, no.

Okay, let me have a look around.

You stay put, I'll be right back.

- Okay. - You're okay.

Okay.

What, what did you find?

I'm gonna give you a phone number to a friend of mine.

He's an exterminator.

He'll come out and take care of your animal problem.

So this fella can, can take care of a wild beast?

Yeah.

Yeah, he'll take care of it.

Can't thank you enough, Sheriff.

Oh, bless you, Sheriff, for taking care

of the people of Trinity.

I, I heard about that family and those, those kids.

My heart breaks for them.

Tori, I'm so sorry for the late notice,

but I am gonna be away for a while.

Taking a long overdue vacation.

Chief, is everything okay?

Yeah, everything's fine.

Just please clear my calendar for the next two weeks

and of course, if anything urgent pops up,

just shoot me a text.

- Okay. - Thanks.

Dispatch to Sheriff Ridge.

Copy, this is Ridge, go ahead.

I've got another report from Agnes Shelton.

A disturbance on her property, you might wanna check it out.

Yeah, I already went by, it's nothing.

Now, she's saying there's something behind her house,

out in the woods.

Get Miles on it.

He ran the evidence down to Houston

and tonight he's got a baseball game with his son.

I don't give a shit, get him over there.

I'm sorry.

Look, I've gotta look into something.

Have Miles swing by on his way back from Houston

and check it out, I'm sure it's nothing.

Will do, Sheriff.

Hey, Sheriff, how's it going, man?

My brother, I'm glad to see you.

What's going on, Colonel?

Driving to the VFW Hall this morning.

I noticed this construction crew

pulling up mustard around our bridge.

So naturally, I stopped to investigate.

Turns out they got a permit to begin modification

for some high-speed rail.

That ain't gonna happen on my watch, Sheriff.

I'll walk smack dab in the middle of that bridge.

I'll lay down on it.

I'll be the first bridge hugger in Texas history.