- 12 hours ago
Two men travel deep into the woods to search for a Bigfoot-like creature called "Big Bay-Ty" which has recently been sighted near Boggy Creek. Three children secretly follow. Meanwhile, a hurricane is brewing.
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00:00:05Oh
00:00:31Oh, no, no, no.
00:01:00Oh, no, no, no.
00:01:37Oh, no, no, no.
00:02:09Oh, no, no, no.
00:02:29Oh, no, no, no, no.
00:02:50Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
00:03:36Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:03:43What are you shooting, T-Fish?
00:03:48Cypress balls?
00:03:49They won't kill anything.
00:03:51T-Fish don't want to kill anything.
00:03:53He just shoots.
00:03:54If it was a snake, he'd want to kill it.
00:03:58Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys don't ever kill anything.
00:04:01They just scare it off.
00:04:02And I'm going to be a detective just like Nancy Drew.
00:04:16Oh, we're going to cream, Bruno, today.
00:04:19Yeah.
00:04:24Remind me to tell Uncle Bo that we're about at a catfish Kool-Aid.
00:04:29I think Bruno's finding her hiding places and stealing it.
00:04:32It's disappearing too fast.
00:04:46I hope that smart-aleckly Renee Davis isn't at the landing today.
00:04:50She makes me sick with those ribbons and dresses.
00:04:54Maybe we ought to bring her out with us one day.
00:04:56I could really scare her.
00:05:00If I told you once, I told you a thousand times.
00:05:04Ain't nobody ever caught a bigger guard than that one of mine.
00:05:08I did.
00:05:15Me and my boy, we shot one down there in the channel.
00:05:18It's as long as your truck.
00:05:22I said caught, Bo.
00:05:24You killed that one.
00:05:25I brought mine in still fighting.
00:05:27He'd bite your hand off even when I got him to town.
00:05:33Well, I seen one one time begging yours.
00:05:37No, you never.
00:05:39How come you didn't tell me that before, huh?
00:05:43You didn't tell me cause it ain't so.
00:05:45Cheers, too.
00:05:46No, it ain't.
00:05:48If it was, I'd have heard about it.
00:05:50If anybody bring in a guard bigger than that one, I'd hear about it.
00:05:55Cause it was before your time when you was just a little squirt.
00:05:59I know lots of things went on around here when you was just a little squirt.
00:06:04Now, that's a sneaky way to try to win an argument.
00:06:07Dang, you could claim you saw anything before I was born.
00:06:10You're 20 years older than me.
00:06:13Five.
00:06:14Yesterday it was ten.
00:06:16You better make up your mind.
00:06:18Why, you was already married when I was born.
00:06:21You wasn't born.
00:06:24The alligators left you and then run off cause they couldn't stand you.
00:06:29Dang it!
00:06:30You'd argue with the sunshine!
00:06:31Will you two quit it?
00:06:34Why, no one would ever believe you've been friends for 40 years the way you argue.
00:06:38Why, you're worse than Evie Jo and John Paul.
00:06:41Oh, Grandpa, where are they?
00:06:42They're supposed to be back by now?
00:06:44Well, they'll be here in a minute.
00:06:46Don't worry.
00:06:46We'll get you to work on time.
00:06:48And remind me to get me more snuff.
00:06:50All right.
00:06:51And be sure and pick up the shopping list, will you?
00:06:53Or you won't have any supper.
00:06:54Well, I tell you, it's a good thing Henry needed me at the store this week.
00:06:57That storm's coming up and it'll ruin the fishing for sure.
00:07:00Oh.
00:07:23You do like your mother says and me and Uncle Bo, we'll put the fish in the truck.
00:07:34Some time I worry about them kids running around that bottom all by themselves.
00:07:39Oh, don't worry.
00:07:40That Evie Jo knows about the swamp.
00:07:43Why, she's a better fisherman than you and handles a boat better than lots of men.
00:07:48What about Big Bay Thai?
00:07:50What if that monster see them kids?
00:07:52Big Bay Thai don't stay in these bottoms no more.
00:07:55That monster is gone.
00:07:58You don't know that.
00:08:03He's gone, I tell you.
00:08:08He got my boy, Johnny, and then he went away.
00:08:11Now, stop it.
00:08:13There's no monster around here and you know it.
00:08:15I won't have you talking that way in front of the kids.
00:08:18I saw Big Bay Thai as close as you to me one time.
00:08:22Bo saw him too.
00:08:24I don't care how close you were.
00:08:26No monster talk in front of the kids.
00:08:27You hear me?
00:08:28Okay.
00:08:29We won't talk about it.
00:08:31Uncle Bo, we're about to have a catfish coup date.
00:08:33Can you give us more?
00:08:35Sure.
00:08:35We're making you back when I get back.
00:08:38We're not going to have that Bruno catching like you do.
00:09:01You don't like the way I drive.
00:09:04You get out and walk.
00:09:05Oh, cut it out.
00:09:07I want to hear the radio.
00:09:11935.
00:09:11This weather advisory.
00:09:13Hurricane Elsie is expected to move in.
00:09:15Son, would you go to the van and get my camera, please?
00:09:17After tomorrow, winds up to 100 miles per hour.
00:09:21That was a fine snack.
00:09:23It might hold me to lunchtime.
00:09:26Honey, tell Charles to be careful.
00:09:28And tell him not to let Toncho get into the water.
00:09:38Come on, Doctor.
00:09:49Dad!
00:09:50It's a bear!
00:09:52What is it, Charles?
00:09:54It's a bear, Dad.
00:09:56Right over there.
00:09:57What's all the problem about, fella?
00:09:58No bears in the swamp, son.
00:10:00It couldn't have been a bear.
00:10:02See you, Dad!
00:10:07Did you see that?
00:10:08What was that thing?
00:10:09Charles, take Concho to the van.
00:10:10Right now.
00:10:11Let's go, honey, please.
00:10:16$3.25.
00:10:18Our fish is $2.50.
00:10:20How much is all your fish?
00:10:21Shrimp for $2.69 a pound.
00:10:22About $0.75.
00:10:23That'd be all right?
00:10:24Good-bye, ladies.
00:10:25Good-bye, ma'am.
00:10:26How much is this?
00:10:27Our fish?
00:10:28This is the best.
00:10:38You want a catfish, lady?
00:10:42All right.
00:10:43You want a catfish, lady?
00:10:44Yeah, let's wait.
00:10:45Here, let me give you a hand here, Bruno.
00:10:47OK, let's get another, Bruno.
00:10:49What do you got?
00:10:50Good cat.
00:10:51Good cat.
00:10:53Good cat.
00:10:54Hey.
00:10:56Hey.
00:10:57That'll sit down.
00:10:58Hey.
00:10:59Hey.
00:11:00Good cat.
00:11:00How's it going, man?
00:11:01Here we go.
00:11:02Here's a fish for a bite.
00:11:02Are you guys a commission any other day or anything?
00:11:05Great, sir.
00:11:18Hey, Grandpa Landry.
00:11:23Oh, just got here! It ain't weighed in yet, Hubert.
00:11:28Bet you didn't beat that Brutal. I'm giving names.
00:11:46Oh, no. We've got Renee Davis again. Let's go get an apple.
00:11:55Morning, Mrs. May. Teepish wants an apple.
00:11:58Plain or canned? What's plain?
00:12:01How's Teepish feeling? His pa said he was poor yesterday.
00:12:06He's much better today, ma'am. His sniffles were gone when he got up,
00:12:09and his stomach's a whole lot better than yesterday.
00:12:12That's good. Swamp fever's out. Glad Teepish is better.
00:12:17You tell him I said that, and tell him to watch what he eats.
00:12:20Yes, sir.
00:12:21Who's that boy named Joe? Jill Landry?
00:12:25Yep, that's Crawfish Charlie's boy, Teepish.
00:12:29You know, Charlie's grandpa's youngest son.
00:12:32Does he ever talk?
00:12:34I ain't never heard him. But folks say he talks to every Joe.
00:12:38I don't know anybody that's actually ever seen or heard him do that.
00:12:43Somehow, she always knows what he wants.
00:12:46She even knows what he's thinking.
00:12:50Teepish, it's okay. They don't mean any harm.
00:12:54Come on, let's go watch this.
00:12:58Well, Bruno, how are you doing? You get a good catch today?
00:13:02I got a good catch. Sure, but is it good enough to beat the Landry kid?
00:13:08Hey, Bruno, here comes Evie Joe. Must be at least a hundred pounds in here.
00:13:14What do you think, man? We got rocks in here? That's all fish, partner.
00:13:23How much was yours, Bruno?
00:13:2641 pounds, 6 ounces.
00:13:30Evie Joe and John Paul Landry, 51 pounds!
00:13:34Hey!
00:13:40Is that Evie Joe and John Paul's catch?
00:13:42That's right.
00:13:43I'll buy it. I want Evie Joe's catch.
00:13:46I've already offered 65 cents a pound.
00:13:48I'll give 70.
00:13:49Look, I already got it in my menu.
00:13:52Fresh Evie Joe catfish.
00:13:54Oh, okay, okay, Claude, it's yours.
00:13:57All right.
00:14:01We've eaten Bruno again. We've eaten Bruno again.
00:14:05One day I'll beat you fishin'.
00:14:08One day I'll beat you good.
00:14:10You and your secret formula.
00:14:12Tee fish!
00:14:14John Paul, is my mother here? She'd wear you out.
00:14:16Just look at what you're teachin' Tee fish.
00:14:19Tee fish, you must always be nice to everyone.
00:14:21Goodie-bye, Evie Joe.
00:14:24Let's see how she handles this Tee fish.
00:14:26And I've got this...
00:14:27Oh, it's beautiful.
00:14:28I've got this other pair of shells.
00:14:30I wish I could have gone in.
00:14:31And it's so pretty.
00:14:32Oh, no, it's Renee!
00:14:35Jesus!
00:14:42Evie Joe! Evie Joe!
00:14:44Evie Joe Landry!
00:14:46Oh, hi, Renee.
00:14:48How do you like my new dress?
00:14:51My Aunt Matilda made it.
00:14:53Mother fixed my hair, but I did the ribbon.
00:14:58Well, when I get my nurse's uniform, it'll be prettier than that.
00:15:02Nurse's uniform?
00:15:04That's right. Nurse's uniform.
00:15:07Last week you were going to be an airline stewardess.
00:15:09Which is it going to be, Ms. Landry?
00:15:13That's my business.
00:15:14Who knows, one day I might even be a detective like Nancy Drew.
00:15:21Well, I think a detective would be better.
00:15:23A nurse's uniform is so plain.
00:15:26Besides, you might get a catfish on it.
00:15:31Don't you ever wear anything else but jeans?
00:15:34Sure I do, but not to the fish market, I don't.
00:15:37Well, I like to look clean and neat all the time.
00:15:41I'm neat and I'm clean too, just because I don't wear a dress every time I come to town.
00:15:47Well, I just wouldn't want to be caught in town in jeans.
00:15:50It just isn't ladylike.
00:15:52Besides, I don't even have any just plain jeans.
00:15:55Oh, mine are...
00:15:58My dress! It's ruined!
00:16:01Who did that?
00:16:04I just love your new dress, Renee!
00:16:20Good morning!
00:16:24Now, fill it up, would you please?
00:16:26Oh, okay, sir.
00:16:38What's going on over there, Affair?
00:16:40Oh, darn it.
00:16:41That's every day, Mark.
00:16:42That's every day, Mark.
00:16:42It's always like that.
00:16:46Honey, why don't you get out and stretch your legs?
00:16:48I want some pictures of this.
00:17:02The bridge.
00:17:08Say, we saw something pretty weird a while ago.
00:17:11We stopped over by the Boggy Creek Bridge to take some pictures, and we saw...
00:17:16Well, you don't have any bears around here, do you?
00:17:18Bears?
00:17:19Listen, we ain't never had a bear around here.
00:17:21Well, I saw something.
00:17:23It was big as a bear and hairy, but it walked upright.
00:17:27Where did you say you were?
00:17:28Sign of the bridge at Boggy Creek.
00:17:32Mister, you didn't see nothing.
00:17:33You better off just forgetting about it.
00:17:35My son and I both saw something out in that swamp.
00:17:38Folks around here don't do much talking about Boggy Creek or what it might be in.
00:17:42You act like it was some sort of monster that we saw.
00:17:44Did he say he saw it?
00:17:46What was it?
00:17:47Who saw it?
00:17:48When?
00:17:49What's the matter?
00:17:50Just what is it?
00:17:51He's the killer, that's why.
00:17:52Oh, shut up, Louisiana.
00:17:54Not yet?
00:17:54Yes, there is.
00:17:56Huh?
00:17:57Just what is it?
00:17:57Who's seen it up close?
00:17:58Lots of people have seen it, but not up close.
00:18:01I saw Auntie took chickens right out of my yard.
00:18:03Ask Grandpa Landry.
00:18:05It got his boy.
00:18:06Gotta tell him and Uncle Bo there's nothing out there.
00:18:08Yeah, somebody get Grandpa.
00:18:10Yeah, he and Uncle Bo will tell you all about it.
00:18:12Yeah, they are now.
00:18:17I'm Harry Perkins, a photographer from Little Art.
00:18:20Bush from Landry.
00:18:21This here is Beauregard Guidry.
00:18:23We call him Uncle Bo.
00:18:25They say you saw something in the bottom.
00:18:29Over by the Boggy Creek Bridge.
00:18:30Big, hairy, but walking upright.
00:18:34Big Bay Tide.
00:18:35He moving around on account of the storm.
00:18:38Usually he stay down at the deep bottom.
00:18:40But when it starts the storm, he always move around.
00:18:44Folks say he got your son.
00:18:46Maybe something got my boy, Johnny.
00:18:49He went back into the swamp five years ago
00:18:51to take a man fishing.
00:18:53They didn't come back.
00:18:55Well, just what is this thing?
00:18:57He's strong like a team of mules
00:18:59and fast as the wind.
00:19:02One time, he was tracked by 40 dogs.
00:19:05He killed every one of them.
00:19:07Today, he might kill a cow around here.
00:19:10Tomorrow, he'd carry something off a hundred miles away.
00:19:14Big Bay Tide been shot maybe ten times,
00:19:17but he won't die.
00:19:18Well, I want some pictures of this thing.
00:19:20Will you take me out to look for him?
00:19:24I'm a good piece past 60, Mr. Perkins.
00:19:27Them bottoms ain't no place for an old man,
00:19:29especially when Big Bay Tide's around.
00:19:32If he came for us, I'd slow you up too much.
00:19:36Hey! Hey!
00:19:39I'll take you, mister.
00:19:41You'll take me looking for the monster?
00:19:43I'm a guide in these swamps,
00:19:45and I'll take you any place you want to go.
00:19:47Got any kind of boat you need,
00:19:49and I'm not afraid.
00:19:52I'll take my gun.
00:19:54And if there is a monster out there,
00:19:57you'll get pictures of a dead one.
00:19:59And when we get back,
00:20:00you won't have any more monster stories to tell, old man.
00:20:07When can you be ready to go?
00:20:09Any time.
00:20:10You pay my guide fee, and I'll take you any time, any place.
00:20:14All right.
00:20:15I have to take my family back to Little Rock,
00:20:17but I'll be back here first thing in the morning, ready to go.
00:20:20What about your storm?
00:20:21It's going to hit tomorrow.
00:20:22That storm's going to hit way west of here.
00:20:24Don't you worry about any storm, mister.
00:20:27You got the best guide in these parts.
00:20:30Good.
00:20:31But I am a little worried about the storm.
00:20:35What do you think are you bringing away clothes?
00:20:43What you reckon?
00:20:44He'll kill Betai?
00:20:45Hmm.
00:20:46That Bruno, he's looking for trouble here.
00:20:50Nobody going to kill the big Betai.
00:21:01Slicky slime, mud and moss, deep dark water where the gator is boss.
00:21:09Stir it good when the day is late for a batch of Mojo Catfish bait.
00:21:16Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
00:21:34Now, just a little bit more of this deep bottom moss.
00:21:47so it'll stick real good to that bait
00:22:00and now
00:22:03now for the secret secret ingredient
00:22:18hey watch out don't put too much in
00:22:22those kids can't carry no 60 pound fish
00:22:25what is it uncle Bo?
00:22:28oh no no that's what makes the secret formula so secret
00:22:34but what is it?
00:22:36that's mojo catfish magic
00:22:40oh just tell us uncle Bo if you tell me I can make it when we run out
00:22:47one day I'll tell you one of these days
00:22:51looks like it needs more tabastro to me
00:22:54we trying to catch them catfish man not kill them
00:22:58if that stuff don't kill them they can eat anything
00:23:03wait now for the last thing
00:23:07the aging process
00:23:12one thousand
00:23:15two thousand
00:23:19three thousand
00:23:22that's it fill up them bottle of you Joe
00:23:24you've been playing with those kids long enough you lazy old man now come on help me work
00:23:44you reckon Bruno can find the monster?
00:23:47won't have to the monster will find him
00:23:50you know maybe you ought to help the monster
00:24:02I kinda like that photographer man
00:24:05not like Bruno
00:24:08Bruno's always talking about killing something
00:24:11I hate them
00:24:14I hate them
00:24:16look you fish don't drop it
00:24:19that's all of it let's go on the line
00:24:26you kids catch a bunch of fish and be careful
00:24:29don't worry grandpa we'll be alright
00:24:31I hate
00:25:01I hate them
00:25:01I hate them
00:25:01I hate them
00:25:01I hate them
00:25:01I hate them
00:26:01To a hiding place
00:26:03That they only know
00:26:07Foggy Creek
00:26:08So mean they say
00:26:12Ain't no place for
00:26:15Living with children to play
00:26:18Danger lives there
00:26:20And men have died
00:26:24That old creek
00:26:26Has a secret to hide
00:26:30Watch that log
00:26:33Saw it crawl
00:26:35Ha!
00:26:37Ain't no log at all
00:26:41It's a croc
00:26:42Look at a man
00:26:44He ain't small
00:26:47Shooting teepish
00:26:49With that cypress ball
00:26:53Foggy Creek
00:26:56Mean they say
00:26:59Ain't no place for little
00:27:01Children to play
00:27:05Danger lives there
00:27:07And men have died
00:27:09That old creek
00:27:12Has a secret to hide
00:27:15A secret to hide
00:27:22Ashley
00:27:23Hey you
00:27:28Yeah you
00:27:28And men have died
00:27:49T-Fish, bring those four bottles.
00:27:52Have you got the string, John Paul?
00:27:54Got it.
00:28:02Wind's really building up in the water.
00:28:04Yeah, let's get through with this in a hurry.
00:28:26Be careful, John Paul.
00:28:27Don't fall.
00:28:29Every drill I could climb this tree blind for.
00:28:52Don't fall.
00:29:23Don't fall.
00:29:25Don't fall.
00:29:43It's calling me, Joe.
00:29:44It was a brown bun.
00:29:53Reckon Bruno's funny are hitting catfish Kool-Aid?
00:29:56He wouldn't know what to do with it if he did.
00:29:59He'd probably drink it and die.
00:30:02Can't kill anything mean as Bruno.
00:30:03He's half catfish anyway.
00:30:08Let me go.
00:30:16Let me go.
00:30:44Let me go.
00:31:03What is it, Tee Fish?
00:31:05What'd you see?
00:31:06What is it?
00:31:07Oh, don't be scared.
00:31:09Abby, Joe, and John Paul are right here.
00:31:11What'd you see, Tee Fish?
00:31:12Something like this.
00:31:16You saw the monster?
00:31:18You really saw it?
00:31:33Did he get you, Tee Fish?
00:31:35Did he try to hurt you?
00:31:37Just stood there and looked at you?
00:31:41He could have got Tee Fish if he wanted to.
00:31:44He could have got all of us and eaten us.
00:31:49But he didn't.
00:31:51Reckon why he didn't?
00:31:54Don't know.
00:31:56Maybe he knew we weren't out to hurt him.
00:32:01Come on.
00:32:02Let's get home.
00:32:03Yeah, let's go.
00:32:10I want to see Bigby Tee again.
00:32:13What's she going to do?
00:32:16Don't know.
00:32:19Hey, tomorrow let's follow Bruno and Mr. Perkins.
00:32:24It'd be all right.
00:32:26We'll stay behind him.
00:32:27And Bruno will have a gun.
00:32:29Besides, that's just what the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew would do.
00:32:35Another thing.
00:32:36We don't tell anyone what we saw, okay?
00:32:40Okay.
00:32:41Blood oath?
00:32:42Blood oath.
00:32:43Tee Fish?
00:32:46Stop him.
00:32:46He's going to tell.
00:32:56If we tell about the monster, Mama will never let us go out again.
00:33:00We can't run trot lines or anything.
00:33:03We ought to know more about it before we tell.
00:33:06We'll stay close behind Bruno and Mr. Perkins.
00:33:09Everything will be all right.
00:33:13Tee Fish, you just got to keep the secret.
00:33:16He won't tell, will you?
00:33:20Blood oath?
00:33:22Come on, kids.
00:33:24It's time for supper.
00:33:26All right.
00:33:27As soon as we finish supper, John Paul will start getting things ready.
00:33:32Tee Fish, if you ever break a blood oath, all your hair turns to snakes and black little
00:33:37spiders will bite you.
00:33:39Nobody breaks a blood oath.
00:33:48Tomorrow night,
00:33:50it will be a bad one.
00:33:54Oh, Bruno, don't keep that city fellow out in it.
00:34:01If Bruno finds Big Betai,
00:34:05there's going to be trouble.
00:34:09Why do you reckon he came back?
00:34:15Ain't no way of telling what that creature's going to do.
00:34:19He's got a mind of his own.
00:34:24They tie a jet, Bruno.
00:34:27Like he did my boy, Johnny.
00:34:32Mom?
00:34:38Will you took me in?
00:34:40Of course.
00:34:53Dearest God in heaven above,
00:34:56protect our home with tender love.
00:35:00Bless Mommy, Grandpa, and Uncle Bo.
00:35:04Bless John Paul and Tee Fish.
00:35:09Say hello to Daddy for me, in heaven.
00:35:14Thank you, God.
00:35:15Good night.
00:35:22Hey.
00:35:23Oh, we don't do enough of this, do we?
00:35:33Mama, what really happened to Daddy?
00:35:38Did the monster get him?
00:35:42No, darling.
00:35:45No, it was the swamp that got him.
00:35:50Oh, your Daddy was such a good man.
00:35:53He was kind and gentle.
00:35:58But he had a
00:35:59I-can-do-anything attitude about some things.
00:36:05You have to treat the swamp right
00:36:07if you expect to survive in it.
00:36:11Your Daddy wasn't kind to the swamp.
00:36:14He never listened to the warnings.
00:36:19He'd...
00:36:21He'd roar through the creeks and the bogs
00:36:24like he owned them.
00:36:27He'd get up every morning and...
00:36:30and dare the bottoms to stop him.
00:36:36He challenged the porgy creek
00:36:40to a personal duel.
00:36:45One day.
00:36:48One day, he lost.
00:36:55Sweetheart.
00:36:57That's why Grandpa and I
00:36:59have tried to teach you kids
00:37:01to respect the swamps.
00:37:07I can still remember what he looks like.
00:37:11But I still love him.
00:37:13Oh, of course you do, Angel.
00:37:16I do, too.
00:37:20Good night.
00:37:21Good night, Mama.
00:37:24Good night.
00:37:25Good night, Mama.
00:37:26Good night.
00:37:26Good night.
00:37:27Good night.
00:37:45Oh, Johnny.
00:37:50I miss you so much.
00:37:55Hey!
00:37:56Are you ready?
00:37:58Go ahead, you old goat!
00:38:21Hey, Charlie, how are you feeling this morning?
00:38:24We're fine, Pa, fine.
00:38:26How are you, Uncle Poe?
00:38:27Oh, yeah, okay.
00:38:28Hey, how's that tea fish?
00:38:30Fine, fine.
00:38:31Uh, don't you make Jolene late, you hear?
00:38:33I won't, Pa.
00:38:34We'll see you tonight, huh?
00:38:36Goat, huh?
00:38:40Are you ready?
00:38:45Are you ready?
00:38:49Tea fish?
00:38:51Be careful now.
00:38:52You mind every joke.
00:38:54Kids, come here.
00:38:56Now, I want you all to stay close to home today, you hear me?
00:39:00Now, that storm is supposed to hit 50 miles from here sometime this afternoon or tonight,
00:39:04okay?
00:39:05I'll be home early.
00:39:06All right, Charlie, I'm ready.
00:39:11Oh, there's some sandwiches in the refrigerator for your lunch.
00:39:13Bye.
00:39:14Bye, darling.
00:39:15Bye.
00:39:16See you.
00:39:22Bye.
00:39:23Bye, Mom.
00:39:24Bye, Uncle Charlie.
00:39:25See you, kids.
00:39:25Bye, Mommy.
00:39:26Bye, Uncle Charlie.
00:39:32Now, we've got a lot of things to do so we can be ready.
00:39:35Come on, I've got most of the things we'll need inside my detective kit.
00:39:38Wow, what you got in there?
00:39:40I'll show you later.
00:39:41First, we've got to make our plan.
00:39:43Now, according to my deductions, the two suspects should be departing the area about noon.
00:39:47We've got to be ready to follow them.
00:39:51Now, but Mama said for us to stay close to home.
00:39:54Well?
00:39:56Well, we can't stay close to home and follow them.
00:39:58Besides, what about the storm?
00:40:00John Paul, our home is the Bottoms.
00:40:04Anywhere we go in the Bottoms is home.
00:40:06And just look at this weather.
00:40:08It's beautiful.
00:40:09Besides, good detectives aren't afraid of a little rain.
00:40:13Now, the quarry will have a motorboat.
00:40:16But they will have to stay in the main channel all the way around Wilson's Point.
00:40:21Then we can paddle through the cut and catch them.
00:40:24Hey, Joe.
00:40:25What's a quarry?
00:40:27Dummy.
00:40:27It's not a quarry.
00:40:29It's a the quarry.
00:40:30The quarry is the folks you're after.
00:40:32Oh.
00:40:33Now, here's what we do.
00:40:35We watch for Mr. Perkins' car to go past.
00:40:37Then, you can get on the other side of the bridge and watch what's going on with this.
00:40:42Then we'll know when Mr. Perkins are leaving.
00:40:45Are they still the quarry?
00:40:46Oh, yes, dummy.
00:40:49Listen, we need some signals for when you're on the other side.
00:40:52That's the way Nancy Drew does it.
00:40:59T-fish, that's not for playing.
00:41:01That's for detecting.
00:41:02Okay, hear the signals.
00:41:05When they begin to load the boat, hold up one hand like this.
00:41:09And when they're ready to go, hold up a foot, too.
00:41:13Okay, we better change the signals.
00:41:17Hold up one hand when they're ready to go.
00:41:20And two hands if there's two of them.
00:41:23Two of them's all there is.
00:41:24I know that.
00:41:26Then why do we need signals for that?
00:41:28The Hardy Boys wouldn't do anything that dumb.
00:41:31Well, I've made the plans, and that's the way we're going to do it.
00:41:35Well, what if there's three of them?
00:41:36What do you want me to do then?
00:41:38Will you stop it?
00:41:39Well, I just want to do it in case there was three of them.
00:41:45That's Mr. Perkins.
00:41:47I'll get the sandwiches and the lantern.
00:41:49You get in position across the creek.
00:41:51Okay, men, let's move out.
00:42:06Oh, he's not supposed to be waving at us.
00:42:08He's supposed to be spying on the quarry.
00:42:11Oh, he'll never make a good detective.
00:42:14They're holding up, Evie Jo!
00:42:17You're not supposed to yell.
00:42:19You're supposed to give the signal.
00:42:22All right!
00:42:23They're ready to go!
00:42:25And there's two of them!
00:42:26And I'm coming back!
00:42:31If I pull this off, it'll be a miracle.
00:43:06Hurry up, John Paul.
00:43:07We don't want them to get too far ahead.
00:43:40We don't want them to get too far ahead.
00:43:58Down that creek, to the swamp they go.
00:44:03Jean Paul, tee fishin', heavy joe.
00:44:08Past the trees and the stumps they roll.
00:44:14To a hidden spot, they only know.
00:44:20Foggy creek, so mean they say.
00:44:25It ain't no place for little children to play.
00:44:32Danger lives there, and men have died.
00:44:37That old creek has a secret to hide.
00:44:43Hurry up now, paddle a little faster.
00:44:48There go the folks that we've been after.
00:44:54Watch out, children.
00:44:57Don't you go too deep into no man's land.
00:45:02They call boggy creek, boggy creek.
00:45:09Oh, mean they say.
00:45:12Ain't no place for little children to play.
00:45:18Danger lives there, and men have died.
00:45:22That old creek has a secret to hide.
00:45:31That old creek has been found.
00:45:45Have a joke.
00:45:46You think we can make it?
00:45:47We've got to.
00:45:48It's the shortest way.
00:45:49Hey!
00:46:20I mean, Joe, it sure is getting cloudy behind us.
00:46:24Oh, don't worry. Didn't you hear the manifestation?
00:46:27We're not gonna get any of the storm.
00:46:29Maybe so, but I sure don't like the way the sky looks.
00:46:32And the wind's blowing, too.
00:47:00Easy, John Paul. We don't want them to see us.
00:47:22Come on. We better hurry.
00:47:25Here is a late-weather bulletin from the KRBC News Center.
00:47:28Hurricane Elsie has shifted to the east,
00:47:30and residents in low-lying areas are advised to seek immediate safety inland.
00:47:3570-mile-an-hour winds are expected late this afternoon and evening.
00:47:39Heavy rains will accompany these winds.
00:47:41Many businesses are closing, and employers are sending workers home to prepare for this...
00:47:50Charlie, it's not raining. I bet it's not gonna be as bad as they said.
00:47:54No, it's just a calm before the wind comes.
00:47:56Hey, Judy, Grandpa's a villain hit his head.
00:47:59He may be hurt bad, and...
00:48:01I can't find the kids.
00:48:04Charlie, see if their boat's gone.
00:48:07I'll help you with Grandpa.
00:48:09Right.
00:48:13Grandpa?
00:48:14I'm all right, I tell you.
00:48:17It's just a little bump on the head.
00:48:19We...
00:48:19We gotta go find them kids.
00:48:21Shh, shh.
00:48:22Let me see.
00:48:23Oh.
00:48:23It knocked him out cold.
00:48:25I'll almost never get him to the house.
00:48:27We ought to get him to a doctor right away.
00:48:29The boat's gone.
00:48:30They're out on the water.
00:48:33Charlie, they're just babies.
00:48:35What are we gonna do?
00:48:36Well, we're gonna get you and...
00:48:38and Pa and Uncle Bo to safety, and then I'll come back and find them.
00:48:41No!
00:48:42I'm not gonna leave while they're out there in the storm.
00:48:44You've got to.
00:48:47We gotta get Pa to a doctor, and...
00:48:49and you've gotta drive.
00:48:51I'll follow you into town, and I'll come right back.
00:48:54Look, we've got to trust that Evie Jo can take care of them.
00:48:57Now, it's starting to rain outside, so we've got to go now.
00:49:01Help me, Bo.
00:49:02All right.
00:49:31I don't know.
00:49:32I think we'd better go back now!
00:49:34What?
00:49:37Did you hear that? He's out there!
00:49:40This is a chance of a lifetime for me, and let's get going!
00:49:43No! We're going back now!
00:49:51I paid you your fee to take me to find the monster!
00:49:54No! We're going in!
00:49:59What are they doing?
00:50:00What? They're fighting!
00:50:01What are they fighting about?
00:50:03I don't know! I can't figure it out!
00:50:07All right! I'll take you!
00:50:10But you must be half-crazy!
00:50:19Not running!
00:50:20They're gone! Let's wait!
00:50:23That way I think! Run!
00:50:25Let's wait!
00:50:26Uh-oh!
00:50:43Never mind!
00:50:43Oh, no!
00:50:45No!
00:50:46No!
00:50:47No!
00:50:54Yeah!
00:51:05Is there a doctor in there?
00:51:07What?
00:51:07Is there a doctor in there?
00:51:09One's on the way.
00:51:10We're setting up rescue teams here.
00:51:12Good.
00:51:16I'm going back, Charlie.
00:51:18Hold it, Charlie.
00:51:19Where are you going?
00:51:20Kids are out of the water.
00:51:21I'm going back to find them.
00:51:22The bridge is out, Charlie.
00:51:23You can't get back now.
00:51:26You're crazy.
00:51:26I just came across it 10 minutes ago.
00:51:28I just heard it on the radio.
00:51:30Some logs turn loose upstream.
00:51:32Not the piling's right out from under it.
00:51:34Look, we're setting up rescue teams here.
00:51:37Come on inside and wait till a temporary bridge is up.
00:51:40All right.
00:51:47Dang it.
00:51:49Sit over here, Bert.
00:51:50The dock's on his way.
00:51:51It's just a little bump.
00:51:55Jolene, the bridge is out.
00:51:57I can't get back home.
00:51:59We've got to.
00:52:01Listen, those children are out there alone.
00:52:03We've got to find them, Jolene.
00:52:04It'll be all right.
00:52:05Jolene, our boats are standing by.
00:52:07Our men can do a better job than you can.
00:52:10Jolene, you keep things under control now.
00:52:14Go check and see civil defense's role.
00:52:16Jolene, please.
00:52:17No, please, no.
00:52:20Please.
00:52:21I can't stay here and do nothing.
00:52:28Jolene, it's just maybe.
00:52:33I don't know which way they went.
00:52:35Jesus, it's getting cold and we've got to get off this water.
00:52:39Over there.
00:53:08Hold the lantern, T-fish.
00:53:10Let's get underneath that tree.
00:53:26Where are Bruno and Mr. Perkins?
00:53:28I don't know.
00:53:29I didn't see them.
00:53:34There they are.
00:53:35Hey, Mr. Bruno.
00:53:36Over there.
00:53:37Hold up the lantern.
00:53:39Maybe they'll see it.
00:53:54I see them.
00:53:55There.
00:53:57They're hurt.
00:53:58We've got to help them.
00:53:59T-fish, you hold the lantern.
00:54:01Hold it right on Mr. Bruno.
00:54:03Jolene, and I will go get them and bring them back here.
00:54:08Hold the lights steady so we know where you are.
00:54:12They're hurt bad.
00:54:14We've got to find a place to get them out of the rain.
00:54:16We've all got to get dry.
00:54:17We've got to find a place to get them out of the rain.
00:54:30Quick, young pals.
00:54:32Turn them on their backs so they won't drown.
00:54:34They're stunned from the lightning.
00:55:03Let's go, Charlie.
00:55:05Pull down to the bell, Mr. Bruno!
00:55:23We'll come back for Bruno, Mr. Perkins.
00:55:26First, we have to get Teepers inside, somewhere.
00:55:31Look at that old boat! Come on, let's hurry!
00:55:41Come on, Teepish! Get into the boat!
00:55:44We saw a place where we can get out of the storm!
00:55:54Come on, Teepish! Get into the boat!
00:56:01We saw a place where we can get out of the storm!
00:56:20Let's get over to that old boat! Push us, John Paul!
00:56:24I'll try to keep Teepish warm! Push hard!
00:56:53Be careful!
00:56:55Okay!
00:56:56Be careful!
00:56:56Oh, it's kind of dry.
00:57:14Come on, come on, you gotta make it down.
00:57:28Come on.
00:57:43Look, there's some sticks.
00:57:47I've got some accidents on my detective kit.
00:57:49We can build a fire.
00:58:10We can build a fire.
00:58:10You can build on my camera.
00:58:13I've got a fire.
00:58:13I can build a fire.
00:58:14I can build on my fire.
00:58:15Let's bring on my fire.
00:58:22I'm building up the fire.
00:58:30Come on, up close, T-Fish. You gotta get warm.
00:58:38We still have to go outside and get Bruno and Mr. Perkins.
00:58:41They may be dying.
00:58:44T-Fish, we have to go outside to get Bruno and Mr. Perkins.
00:58:48But I want you to stay here by the fire where it's warm, okay?
00:58:55Look, you can see where we're gonna go.
00:58:57And it's not that far at all.
00:58:59And we won't be gone but just a few minutes.
00:59:02Now, won't you be a big man forever, Joe?
00:59:05And stay here and keep the fire going?
00:59:08Oh, good boy.
00:59:10Now, you watch this fire real close, and don't you let it go out, okay?
00:59:15Come on, John Paul, we gotta go.
00:59:43Let's try to get to that near bank, then work our way back to Bruno and Mr. Perkins.
00:59:59He's coming, John Paul. He's coming.
01:00:03He's coming.
01:00:12Oh!
01:00:46He's coming.
01:00:51We gotta get out of here.
01:00:54Where are we gonna go?
01:00:55I don't know. We gotta go somewhere.
01:00:57There's no place to go.
01:00:59At least here it's not dark.
01:01:01Well, I'm sure not going out there in the dark where he is.
01:01:04Come on. Let's get back to the fire.
01:01:08Wow, looky here.
01:01:09How do you reckon this got here?
01:01:12Oh, anybody could have lost that.
01:01:13Not a home top in the middle of the bottoms.
01:01:17Look how shiny it is.
01:01:20Hey, there's all kind of stuff.
01:01:22A broken shotgun.
01:01:25A bunch of jars and bottles.
01:01:28And some bones.
01:01:31Wow, looky here.
01:01:33Remember this?
01:01:35Hey, that's the bottle we used to hide our catfish Kool-Aid in.
01:01:40I wondered what happened to it.
01:01:45Let me see that stuff.
01:01:51These are all the missing bottles we used to hide our catfish Kool-Aid in.
01:01:55You mean the ones we thought Bruno got?
01:01:58What kind of crazy place is this?
01:02:01Does somebody live here?
01:02:05Yeah, the monster.
01:02:09What?
01:02:12This is where the monster lives.
01:02:14He's been stealing our catfish Kool-Aid and drinking it.
01:02:18He must have been watching us for a long time.
01:02:22This is the monster's house.
01:02:25Maybe Joey ain't going to like us being in his house.
01:02:28We've got to get out of here.
01:02:48We've got to get out of here.
01:02:49He's got a boat out there!
01:03:14Bruno and Mr. Perkins are in the boat!
01:03:16He's got them out of the water!
01:03:19Oh, jump ho!
01:03:20Look!
01:03:21They're hurt bad!
01:03:22I don't know if it was the lightning or the tree limbs!
01:03:27I've got to help them!
01:03:29Monster or no monster!
01:03:32We've got to get in the boat!
01:03:34Help me with Cheapish!
01:03:35Jump, jump, Hulk, jump!
01:03:43Oh, help me pull this tarp over the boat!
01:03:46Cheapish, turn on the light!
01:03:50Is everyone all right?
01:03:51I'm okay, Drew!
01:03:54Teapish?
01:03:56Oh, let's take a look at Bruno and Mr. Perkins.
01:04:01Help me with my detective kit!
01:04:02I've got some alcohol in it!
01:04:05Here you go.
01:04:13I'm going to tell you a little story while we sit here.
01:04:18It's a story about a little boy named Hansel and a little girl named Gretel and they live on the
01:04:24bayou.
01:04:26And they've got a mean, mean step-mama.
01:04:30She's so mean, she take them out in the wood and leave them so the big crocker-gators can eat
01:04:36them in the night time.
01:04:39Oh, yeah.
01:04:41But, they get away, they find their way out of the wood because they find a pi-roll.
01:04:47And Gretel, she lay down in the bottom of that pi-roll so it wouldn't tip over.
01:04:52And Hansel, he get him a pole and he pole all night long trying to keep away from them crocker
01:04:56-gators.
01:04:57They got to make it out to the lake.
01:04:59Of course, if they make it to the lake, they know they can find their land in what it is,
01:05:03you know?
01:05:04Yeah.
01:05:05And they do that just about daylight.
01:05:08They get up to that lake and they go past a point and there's a big ol' crocker-gator weep
01:05:12right on that point.
01:05:13And he slip off into that water just as easy.
01:05:15And he follow that boat and his tail goes just like that right through that water.
01:05:19And they don't see him, no.
01:05:21And he get close to that boat on them.
01:05:23He gon' bite them, you see?
01:05:25And the closer he get, the wide mouth open.
01:05:29And he get closer, and it's wide open.
01:05:32And they go, oh!
01:05:36We miss him!
01:05:40And they get from away.
01:05:42And pretty soon they see that landing way over yonder where they live here.
01:05:46And they see that daddy waiting for them.
01:05:49And they get there.
01:05:51And when they tell their daddy what that mean stepmama did to him, he get mad, yeah.
01:05:56And he told her she better not do that no more.
01:05:58And she said, okay.
01:06:00And then she go and make the biggest gumbo you ever did see.
01:06:04And they eat that gumbo, ooh, till they sun full.
01:06:09And they ever after happy, eh?
01:06:24There's not much more I can do without some first aid supplies.
01:06:28Here's some kind of kid, maybe it's a first aid kid.
01:06:38This is daddy's tackle box.
01:06:45And this is all his stuff.
01:06:51And his diary.
01:06:59Daddy wrote this, John Paul.
01:07:00Listen.
01:07:03We've both been bit by cotton mouths.
01:07:08Mr. Johnson is dead.
01:07:11I'm lost in two weeks to get out.
01:07:14Love you.
01:07:15Bye-bye, my beautiful Jolene.
01:07:19Ivica Jol, and John Paul.
01:07:23I love you.
01:07:28Oh!
01:07:30We're moving!
01:07:31Get in!
01:07:39It's him!
01:07:40He's pulling the boat!
01:07:56Mr. Bruno, Mr. Bruno, please wake up.
01:08:01You've got to help us. The monster's got the boat.
01:08:04Oh.
01:08:06Mr. Bruno.
01:08:20I just can't keep my mind on anything but those kids.
01:08:27Oh, Grandpa.
01:08:31They've just got to be all right.
01:08:35They've just got to.
01:08:36They've done to be.
01:08:38And we've done to find them real soon.
01:08:40You'll see.
01:08:45How many boats can you come up with, Buford?
01:08:47Three boats with drivers.
01:08:50When do you think this ain't gonna break up, Charlie?
01:08:52Uh, hold on a minute, okay?
01:08:53Okay.
01:08:55I'm lining up some boats.
01:08:56When do you want them here?
01:08:57Who is that, Buford?
01:08:58Right.
01:09:01The wind seems to be dying out some now, and all the reports say that it should break just before
01:09:05dawn.
01:09:06Have two of them get here as soon as they can, and have the other one put in at Buford's
01:09:10place and work this way on the water.
01:09:11Got that, Buford?
01:09:1310-4.
01:09:16Buford, hurry up.
01:09:19My boy's out there.
01:09:23Somewhere.
01:09:37Where are you taking us, Abby Jo?
01:09:40I don't know.
01:09:41I just don't know.
01:09:43I just don't know.
01:10:05I don't know.
01:10:20Wait!
01:10:22Wake Mr. Bruno up! I can't! I tried!
01:10:59He turned us loose! He's gone every joke! The monster's gone!
01:11:12One of the men found Bruno's boat over to Wilson's Point.
01:11:17Looks like the smartest thing would be to start the main search there.
01:11:19Any sign of the kids? Not yet. No bad signs either, Joey.
01:11:27The rain's starting to let up. It'll be light in an hour,
01:11:29so let's get that gear and those blankets loaded.
01:11:32Hey, I'm going with you. I'm not going to stay around here any longer.
01:11:35Please. Well, all right. All right. I'll be leaving soon.
01:12:17We're stuck out of the tree limbs!
01:12:18We're stuck out of the tree limbs!
01:12:19Be careful, John Paul!
01:12:22Help me, I'm a joke!
01:12:25What are we going to do?
01:12:27We can't move the boat and those legs won't move.
01:12:35He's back!
01:13:04See you!
01:13:20He's moving the tree limbs!
01:13:22I mean, Joey's trying to help us!
01:13:35I'm sorry.
01:13:36All right.
01:13:40Oh!
01:13:49Oh, my God!
01:15:32Come on down, Charlie.
01:15:35All right, Sheriff.
01:15:36Got the men gathered together with their guns now.
01:15:38All right, men.
01:15:39If you find anything, fire one shot, then the second shot, and get to the scene as quick
01:15:43as you can.
01:15:52Hey, who's in that boat out there?
01:15:55There is a boat out there!
01:15:56Where?
01:15:57Right there.
01:16:00It's the kids!
01:16:02Oh, grab them!
01:16:03Hey, it's the kids!
01:16:05Fight, rat!
01:16:06Go down, view bar!
01:16:08Oh, go down!
01:16:10Fight!
01:16:10Ha-ha-ha!
01:16:14Knele- nawet, UFO!
01:16:15Let's go!
01:16:37It's Johnny's boat.
01:16:43Why?
01:16:44Golly, Bert, I think you're right.
01:16:46That is Johnny's boat.
01:16:49Hey, Mom!
01:16:59It's gonna be there!
01:17:05It's all right!
01:17:06You're hurt there!
01:17:09I've got help!
01:17:10Come on, fellas!
01:17:22Where's your blanket?
01:17:24Here, Hunter.
01:17:26Where's the line?
01:17:28Here it is.
01:17:30Hold it tight there.
01:17:32Hold it down!
01:17:35Charlie, let's get him out of here.
01:17:37Can we get home?
01:17:38Sheriff said there's a temporary bridge up.
01:17:40Let's go.
01:17:42Charlie, Jolie.
01:17:43The doc says Bruno and Mr. Perkins are gonna be all right.
01:17:45They're coming around now.
01:17:47They owe their lives to you, kids.
01:17:49I wanna thank you personally.
01:17:50Jolie, if y'all need anything else, don't you?
01:17:53Let me know you're here.
01:17:53Thanks, Dick.
01:17:54See y'all later. Bye-bye.
01:18:09How come you always shoot cypress balls in yours, Tee Fish?
01:18:12I used to shoot rocks in mine.
01:18:15That looks like bud, don't it?
01:18:19Hey, that's me. Give me some cypress balls, Tee Fish.
01:18:22You know, honey, this is the first plant your daddy ever gave to me.
01:18:27Now, where should we plant it?
01:18:29Hmm? I think here would be nice.
01:18:31Well, we can plant it any place you want to,
01:18:33but, you know, John Paul and Tee Fish run through here every day.
01:18:37Any other ideas?
01:18:39I think I know the perfect spot.
01:18:41Okay.
01:18:44What are we gonna do about that new motor for that boat for them kids?
01:18:49You know, I've been thinking about that boat.
01:18:53I was thinking about that last night,
01:18:55and I think I got a plan as to how we can raise that money.
01:18:59Do that in the boat.
01:19:01Well, you know I can't see that far.
01:19:03If you'd spend more time sawing
01:19:05and less time looking at who's coming down Balgy Creek,
01:19:08we might get this Doc Finney.
01:19:10Hey, Bruno.
01:19:11Bruno and that photograph of Bella Perkins.
01:19:18Morning.
01:19:19Morning.
01:19:21How are you, Bruno?
01:19:23Morning.
01:19:24We just stopped by to thank you, kids.
01:19:26You probably saved our lives.
01:19:28Me too.
01:19:30Why don't you kids come on down to my place sometime,
01:19:33see my hound Lulu.
01:19:34Just had pups.
01:19:35That was a nice thing you said, Bruno.
01:19:38I thank you too.
01:19:39But we still ain't gonna tell you the secret formula.
01:19:43I've been by the landing and talked to the storekeeper.
01:19:46He has $20 worth of credit for the Landry children.
01:19:49It's for candy or anything else you want.
01:19:52But it's just for the kids.
01:19:55One other thing.
01:19:56When I was out in that storm just before the lightning struck,
01:20:00I heard a roar and it wasn't like any animal I know of.
01:20:03Do you think there really is a monster out there?
01:20:07Well, everyone knows a monster's just a legend.
01:20:25That Mr. Perkins is a nice man.
01:20:27What about Mr. Bruno inviting us down to see his pups?
01:20:31Maybe hope for him yet.
01:20:33Grandpa, how much can this $20?
01:20:37Huh?
01:20:39A fool is a giant man in the sea.
01:20:41That's the only thing he's got.
01:20:41Thank you to the birds.
01:20:41Happy to the birds.
01:20:43You make me.
01:20:56I'm gonna throw you out.
01:21:00I'm gonna get some water.
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