…and I knewit was over.

The door couldn’tkeep the screaming

out. I don’t know whyI expected it to.

I kept waitingfor it to come

for me.

But then itgot quiet.

I saw my dad…

I knowthis is hard,

david, but is thereanything else you can remember?

Idon’tknow.

beforeyou ran inside,

did you seea bear?

Newcomb, New York.

11:45 PMJuly 22, 1994

Your son…he’s going to

need somestitches.

I’msorry.What?

Mr. Lassiter,did you seeanything?

I’ve got Rangers outlooking for a bear orsomething big. That’s

the only thingthat could

have…

…I was intown getting

marshmallows.

Me? No.Nothing. I was

getting…

Okay.

Mr. Lassiter,your son is going

to need to getsome stitches

before…

Could you start at thebeginning David? I know

this is hard, but wewant to make surewe know what we’re

looking for.

…Mr.Lassiter?

…well,that couldhave done

this.

Even if youdon’t remember

exactly what it wasmaybe we can piece

it together from somethings that you mighthave heard or seen.I hate to make you

think about itagain but…

I swear…it’s great

that you readhoney but youneed to listen

too, ok?OK, mom.

It’s just thisbook is reallycool and I’m

finally gettingto the exciting

part.

Earthto David?

David, getyour face out

of that book andhelp me.

It’s a bitbuggy tonight.i’m thinking we

should eatinside.

David, couldyou watch theseburgers while I

go in and setthe table?

I’m assumingby the excitingpart you meansome horribly

gory fight sceneor somethingequally as

inappropriate?

3 hours ago...

Mom!Which one is Dad’s?

Of courseyou do. How

could Iforget?

Yeah.

S’mores!

I wantswiss

cheese.Flip your

dad’s burgerhe shouldn’t be

much longerin town.

I can’tbelieve your

father…

…he gets thekid all worked up

about S’mores andhe forgets themarshmallows.

Itdoesn’tmatter,

hon.

SNAPSNAP

CrackCrack

Hello?

Dad?Don’t mess

with me…

grrrrrrgrrrrrrgrrrrrr

owW!

NotDad...

grrrrrrgrrrrrrgrrrrrr

Mom!

DAvid!get

inside!

I know it’s tough David, butanything you could tellus would be a big help inmaking sure this doesn’thappen to anyone else.

Even the size of thebear would help

us out.

Run!!

Nooaaarhhh--

grrrrrahh!grrrrrahh!grrrrrahh!

Nooaaarhhh--

Nooaaarhhh--

I don’tknow. I guessit could have

been a bigbear...

enough.I know you’re

trying to do yourjob, but I want

to get myson to thehospital.

And wehave to letpeople know

whathappened

here.

Yeah. Ofcourse. Weunderstand

Mr. Lassiter.

We’llget thisanimal,

sir.

Youcan count

on it.

...Ormaybea bigwolf?

Right...a bigwolf.

Itwasn’ta bear,

I didn’tknow what

to do. Ishouldhave--

david...

Marcellus, New YorkThe Lassiter Home

a week later.

the night of susanLassiter’s funeral.

Susan!

“...I sawit too.”

Getoff ofher!

Susan?

Jesus!

Ohmy god.Susan…

grrrrrrgrrrrrrgrrrrrr

Ishouldhave…

no.

what?

I’m goingto hunt thatthing downand kill it.

canI

help?

Dad,I should

have donesomething

I--

Stop it.There's

nothing youcould've

done.

theywouldn’tbelieve

us.

Shouldwe tellthem weboth--

But Iknow whatI’m going

to do.

You andyour mom are

everything to me.I'm sorry I

couldn't do anythingto stop it... I thoughtfor a second I'd lost

you both, but thenI found you...

I wasrelieved. I

hated myself forthat but I couldn'tstop myself from

feeling that way. Godhelp me, at least

one of you wasstill with me.

Foryourmom.