The X Files: The Jersey Devil

A body found in the woods near Atlantic City has Mulder taking off to New Jersey with Scully in tow. There is an old myth about a savage (nearly) human living in the area.

When they arrive in town, however, local law enforcement is less than thrilled and asks the agents to leave. When Mulder finds out that a few homeless people have seen the mythical beast digging through the trash cans, Mulder spends the night in the outskirts of town, hoping for a sighting. And he does see a creature, but before he can get too close, he is taken into custody and thrown in the drunk tank for the night.

Meanwhile, Scully - in an attempt to have anything resembling a life - is back in DC on a date but returns to Atlantic City to spring Mulder loose. A park ranger Mulder has previously met with in New Jersey calls to inform the agents of the discovery of a male body. The agents, the ranger and an anthropologist go back to where Mulder initially saw the creature and he encounters it again, seeing that it is a woman.

Local law enforcement, well aware of a wood creature threatening the thriving tourism business is roaming a little close to town, hunt her down and shoot her, much to Mulders disappointment, who saw an opportunity to study her.

The last scene shows a small child pocking a head out of a cave in the woods.

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