The X-Files

B-l-N-G-O, B-l-N-G-O, and Bingo was his name-o

There was a farmer had a dog and Bingo was his name-o

B-l-N-G-O, B-l-N-G-O,

B-l-N-G-O, and Bingo was his name-o

There was a farmer had a dog and Bingo was his name-o

- Dad! What was that? - What's happening?

lt's OK, it's OK. l just had a flat.

- Oh, no! - No problem here, honey.

Darn it!

Honey, would you hold the light?

Paul!

Where are you? Paul?!

What happened?!

Paul!

Over here! l've found something!

His leg's been eaten off.

Hey! Up here!

l need some help!

lt's in here! lt's as tall as a house!

- We can smoke him out. - And then what?

- l see it! - He's coming at us!

X-Files Season 1 Episode 05 - The Jersey Devil

Agent Finley speaking.

Working hard, Mulder?

This woman claims she was taken aboard a spaceship

and held in an anti-gravity chamber for three days.

Anti-gravity is right.

Sorry to interrupt your serious investigation.

- l heard a story that'll take your knees out. - What's that?

They found a body in the New Jersey woods yesterday,

missing its right arm and shoulder.

They think they may have been eaten off... by a human.

- Where in New Jersey? - Just outside Atlantic City.

Not an uncommon place to lose a body part. They think it's the Mob?

He was a homeless man. There's no motive.

You feeling lucky, Scully?

Relative to whom?

lt's not our case, Mulder. The local police are handling it.

An X-File ?

Ever hear of something called the Jersey Devil?

A beast that's supposed to come out of the woods and attack cars,

like an East Coast Bigfoot.

Read the file about the case in 1947.

Save me the trouble.

1947. Family watches Dad get dragged off into the woods.

Cops find Dad with a few appendages gnawed off.

Cops corner a large, naked man in the woods

and gun him down. Autopsy shows human flesh and bones in his intestine. A beast man.

- ls the autopsy report here? - Requisition for a car.

No. The original disappeared from the files after the incident.

- There is a statement from the pathologist. - l've heard this story since l was a kid.

- lt's a folk tale, a myth. - l heard the same story when l was a kid, too.

Funny thing is, l believed it. Thanks, Doreen.

Fact is, we've got a cannibalised body in New Jersey.

Someone or something out there is hungry.

They say animals can develop an appetite for human flesh, but... this is no animal.

See the teeth marks, just below the clavicle?

They're human.

- Who found the body? - A park ranger.

Was he alive when it happened?

lt's hard to tell. There's no sign of a struggle. His blood alcohol level was up.

- Probably never knew what hit him. - Any ideas about that?

From the size of that bite mark, l'd say large, adult male.

- Detective Thompson is handling the case. - Glenna?

Hi. l'm Special Agent Dana Scully and this is Agent Fox Mulder.

l don't remember anybody calling the FBl in on this.

We're not here officially. Agent Scully is a medical doctor.

We heard about your victim and thought we'd look.

l'm sorry. l'm going to ask you to leave.

- We have an investigation. - Tommy, this is no time to get pissy.

- We have jurisdiction here. - Any suspects yet?

l don't work for you, sir.

Unless you hear from the attorney general, this is a local matter.

- Agent Mulder, we should go. - No need to get bent out of shape!

On the contrary, l think l've been exceedingly polite.

- So what's eating that guy? - He was perfectly in his rights.

The FBl has no overriding jurisdiction in a murder case.

You'd feel the same if someone horned in on your work.

Chances are, he'll be scratching his head when they bring the next body in.

You could have really humiliated him and told him who the perpetrator was.

The Jersey Devil.

What do you say we grab a hotel, take in a floor show, drop quarters in the slot,

do a little digging on this case.

- You're kidding? - OK, skip the floor show.

- Mulder, l have to be back in DC. - Have you got a date?

No.

l have my godson's birthday party at 6.30.

- What are you doing? - A little poking around.

- Maybe make a weekend out of it. - lt's a three-hour drive back by myself.

ln Friday night traffic.

Change of fifty.

l found the body just over there, lying face down on the rocks.

32 years with the Parks Service, l've seen some weird stuff,

but never anything like this.

The victim was a homeless man. You get many wandering around?

Well, occasionally, you'll see some, but...

most are scared of the woods.

Scared? Of what?

l don't know.

The devil.

- People say that's just a myth. - Depends on who you talk to.

What do you think?

Well, like l said,

32 years,

l see a lot of weird stuff.

Like one time,

a little over four years ago,

l saw what l thought was

a large man

come out of a copse of birch trees. Not a stitch of clothing.

He was about sixty yards away.

And he starts sniffing the air, you know, like a dog.

And then he looked straight at me, and l swear he smelled me,

because he took off into the woods so fast you'd swear he wasn't human.

Really?

- You never saw him again? - No.

But l feel him.

And... l've found things.

Some scat,

half-buried, like a cat's, only more human.

Found a half-eaten rabbit with what looked like a human cuspid tooth,

and deer bones, looked like they'd been sharpened into tools.

You think it's responsible for the body you found?

Well...

l got a pension coming up in a few years.

You know, you say the wrong thing... l'll tell you one thing.

l don't ever come out here without my weapon any more.

How far is it into town from here?

About a mile, a mile and a half.

l'm staying at the Galaxy Gateway for a couple of days.

- lf you think of anything, will you call me? - Sure.

Look at this gorilla mask!

Where am l? l can't see! Where am l?

lt's OK. lt's all right.

What happened? Did you bump your head?

Cruiser! Stop that!

Go on.

What happened?

- Jungle warfare. - l could kill that dog.

lf the hit squad doesn't get to him before you do.

l am so glad you're here, Dana.

Hey! Get off me! Cruiser!

Cruiser, get down!

Oh!

- You're amazing. - What?

You're a natural. l don't know how you keep it together.

Mommy radar.

l don't think l'm cut out for this, El.

You went to the FBl Academy. What better training for motherhood?

Seriously. You're great with kids. What do you mean?

- When do l find the time? - First you have to get a life.

Of course, it helps if you can find a man.

- Know of any? - They're disappearing faster

than the Brazilian rainforest.

- What about that guy you work with? - Mulder?

- l thought you said he was cute. - He's a jerk. He's not a jerk. He's...

He's obsessed with his work.

Hi. l'm Rob. Scott's dad.

- Oh! Come in. - Thanks.

Hey, tiger!

How you doing? You having a good time?

Divorced.

Did anybody here know Roger Crockett?

He was murdered two days ago.

Ma'am, can l...

Roger Crockett?

Anybody?

What do you want to know?

Did you know Roger Crockett?

Did you hear how he died?

Yeah.

Any ideas who might have done it?

You a cop?

No, l'm FBl.

l'll show you something.

OK.

l need some money.

- What is this? - Stuck in the pocket of ajacket l found.

Does it mean anything to you?

- l've seen it. - Where?

- Right here, digging in the trash. - Here?

Are you hustling me?

Swear to God.

- What do you think it is? - l don't know.

lt scared the hell out of me.

- Has anybody else seen it? - Everybody's pretty freaked.

- Anybody told the cops? - You think they don't know?

- Where are you sleeping tonight? - You're standing in my bedroom.

You know the Galaxy Gateway?

Room 756.

Go ahead.

They got HBO?

Yeah. They do.

Sir?

- You got a man up on that roof. - Nothing to be afraid of.

- We can give you a warm place to sleep it off. - Hey! Back off!

- There's a man up on that roof! - Get in the car! Now!

- What the hell are you doing?! - Enjoying the nightlife here in Atlantic City.

l'll go right to the DA's office if l have to.

- Obstructing an investigation. Misconduct. - Let's go see her together.