Darkness Waits

[Waylon K. Smith & Kevin Yost "Darkness Waits"]

(A hub of many strange phenomena is Dead Woman’s Hollow Trail)

Did anyone see it that time?

Seriously you guys?

What is that?

-That, I believe is photographic evidence of a shadow ghost.

Sometimes called shadow people, dark entities, black mists.

Evil Sprits?

-Western society kind of has us programmed

to think that anything related with darkness

is associated with evil or demonic spirits.

So they can be bad?

-Believers feel that shadow ghosts are genuine ghosts.

People who passed on physically,

but not necessarily made it to the other side spiritually.

It's not uncommon to find the reports detailing their Earrhly clothing.

If you look close,

you can almost make out a long coat and a hat.

Hats get reported all the time.

Damn.

Is that the girl from the film?

-These are the actual crime scene photos.

Taken in fairly close proximity to the swimming hole.

All four of them had been shot with a .22 caliber rifle.

No arrest was ever made.

They didn’t even have a suspect.

What if it's not even a ghost?

What if it's their killer?

These images have been recorded by

- hikers, photographers, park rangers,

and even early settlers.

So these have been happening for over a hundred years.

And I find that

each one closely resembles the figure captured in the film.

-Is it the same figure in all of the pictures?

-Most shadow ghosts do seem attached

to a more specific location.

I looked up Dead Womans Hollow Road and get this…

Natives named the area,

after a woman who was bitten by a snake,

died there.

-Untimely deaths are nothing new to the area.

And that's why I’ve chosen it

as the next location for our project.

What?

How far away is that?

A few hours, I think.

A few hours?

And how long are we shooting for?

Until we get what we need.

Maybe all weekend.

This is some bullshit.

Why the hell can’t we just do it here?

Here doesn't exactly qualify

as a hotbed for paranormal activity.

There is absolutely no reason

it should take us all weekend to do this.

Well, that depends.

On?

On whether or not we capture shadow ghost.

Capture?

Like on camera.

So what your saying,

is that chances of me,

trapping any beaver pelts this weekend,

are uhh, pretty much slim to none.

You know Ryan,

you're never gonna fuck me.

You know that, right?

Right there.

If we get the shot we'll pack up and go home.

All for a hoax.

Some made up,

found footage, ghost chasing.

I verified the events. They happened.

So how does this movie, shot on film mind you,

find its way on the internet in the first place?

Isn't it like police evidence?

Darryl you and Megan are responsible for your own wardrobes.

So you might wanna consider

wearing a little bit more cover than usual.

Pan...

tees.

You don't wear any underwear?

-Only when I know I am going to be taking them off.

I haven't had any luck

securing permits from the local authorities,

so we may have to shoot this guerrilla style.

-Or commando style, in Megan’s case.

From what I could gather,

the local sheriff had been let go…

so the department was kind of under transition.

Well, why was he let go?

He got drunk and

beat a black man in his custody,

with a baseball bat.

(Where legend and myth are woven together in a tapestry of dark history)

What's up Jeff?

Hey... Hi.

Brought some donuts.

Buck, I believe I speak for

each of us,

when I say thank you,

for coming in on your day off.

Mayor.

I'm sure you know Bob Billy?

-Of course. Best breakfast in town.

Well, Bob’s not only the owner of the longest running

and most successful restaurant our fine town has to offer.

Bob was recently elected president of our chamber of commerce.

Well done.

Thank you sir.

Jeff I believe you know.

Jeff!

Buck!

- And this is Joe Mason. He is our new town manager.

You are going to be working closely with him on the departments budget.

Great. Umm,

actually no I don’t have anything to do with the budget,

It’s not really,

This is Charlene, she’ll be recording the whole meeting.

Charlene.

Charmed.

- Buck you put in for sheriff some time ago? Yes?

Correct.

And you probably wondered why you were overlooked

immediately following the release of Hatsley?

I did at first, yes.

Well, its been a long road back.

Not only for the department,

for the entire community.

A community who’s trust,

in those sworn to protect and serve was shattered.

A department who's image,

was run through the muck.

Found itself on the hot seat.

Harassment. Racism. You name it.

- Not to mention the negative effect it has on economic growth and opportunities

- Tell me, what kind of experience do you have,

outside of the academy?

Uhhhh…Just practical.

Everything I learned here. On the job.

Under Hatsley.

- You see Buck, if the experience you have thus far

- You see Buck, if the experience you have thus far

Revolves around whatever training you received from Hatsley,

as your mentor.

Wouldn't it be safe to assume that whatever,

philosophies and values he had…

- No one is interested in another shoot from the hip cowboy

making our jobs more difficult.

Sure.

I mean you know what they say about bad mistakes and old habits.

Absolutely.

And if I were in your position I'd feel the same way.

Ummm,

was I trained by Hatsley? Yes.

Am I an advocate for the former sheriff?

No. Not at all.

Trust.

Goes back to trust.

Without it, you loose your ability to police.

Crime goes up.

Then our economic outlook goes down the shitter.

We have several business proposals

that we are shopping around as we speak

Some are more time sensitive then others.

But they're all going to require

tremendous support from the people

if we are going to move forward.

Do you still associate with Ward?

Ummm... just in passing.

I mean, it's hard not to in this town.