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Docu-horror, monster, bigfoot, violence, mutilation
nightmare, supernatural, thriller, horror
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is the true story of various encounters with big, hairy,
seemingly supernatural Bigfoot-like monsters and other
strange phenomena in the lonely bottom lands of Western
Kentucky. The bulk of the work centers on the eleven
month ordeal experienced there by the Nunnelly family
in 1975. The remainder is the result of over 20 years
of investigative field research into the area and, in
particular, the occupants of Mound Ridge Rd. from 1935
to present.
The story begins in that year with a devout widower
and her two children residing in a small, isolated farmhouse
on Mound Ridge Rd. At this time the area is part of
a very small town. But its population is dwindling fast
because of a frightening monster said to dwell in the
foreboding forests there. After a traumatic encounter
they leave the area as well and we jump forward to 1975
as the Nunnelly family, after several years of unhappy
city life, make their entrance. Eager to return to the
relative simplicity of country living, Nunnelly parents
ignore the warning given them by the current residents
and waste no time moving in.
The Nunnelly’s are a somewhat troubled and unusual
family. Red, the husband and father to the six young
children, is a rough and tumble, no nonsense renegade
who suffers from glaucoma. They are, at heart, simple
country folk forced to live in the city by a series
of strange encounters with the unknown at their previous
country home some three years earlier. The disturbing
memories, forgotten in the hope of a better life, quickly
resurface when their farm animals begin to disappear.
Enter Roy, a fearless local firefighter and expert tracker/hunter
who lives just a short distance away. While hunting
in the area one day he becomes aware of the monster’s
existence and sets off to warn the Nunnelly’s,
thus beginning a lasting friendship with the family.
As the encounters with the creature become more intense,
and fearing that his friend’s failing eyesight
might hinder his ability to gaurd the safety of his
family, Roy takes it on himself to track and kill the
creature and thus protect the Nunnelly’s and his
own two children. He is drawn into a series of frightening
encounters with The Spottsville Monster which make clear
its terrifying, supernatural nature. It can appear and
disappear at will, walk over freshly turned dirt without
leaving tracks and no bullet of any caliber can harm
it. Mutilated animals are found as ufo’s glide
silently beneath the surface of the nearby Green River.
Local authorities, with their own agenda concerning
the creature, force Roy to turn over all evidence and
give false statements to the media. After an encounter
with the monster which leaves him clinically dead, he
somehow manages to survive on will alone and succeeds
in warning his friend to take his wife and children
and flee the area at once.
The story ends with a particularly disturbing dream
sequence where Roy discovers the remains of his wife
and children, savagely violated by the creature, and
falls victim to it himself. He awakens with the strong
feeling that the story, which is unique and disturbing
on many levels, is not over.
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