Panel
1
Exterior,
night, suburban neighborhood. Scully and Mulder walk quietly through
the night, flashlights in hand. The street and sidewalks are deserted
except for the two of them.
1. Scully: This is hopeless, Mulder. It was probably just some voyeur
with a strange predilection for dressing as an animal.
2. Scully: There is no “possum-man”. Just a sad man, with a sad
compulsion that probably skipped town as soon as the authorities
showed up.
3. Mulder: Perhaps, Scully.
Panel
2
Mulder
looks out into the darkness as he talks at Scully. Scully rolls her
eyes as she listens.
4. Mulder: But there are legends of skin-walkers. Men who could adopt
the guise of the very animals they worshiped. Those who weren't
constrained to the likeness of man. They--
Panel
3
Mulder
and Scully both turn toward a noise that was coming from a nearby
house, shining their flashlights in the direction.
5. SFX (op): Clang!
Panel
4
The
light of the flashlights illuminates a possum. The possum sits atop a
metal garbage can staring back at the flashlight source, eyes glowing
from the light. There are also some large hedges near the trashcan.
6. Scully (op): See Mulder. No skin-walkers here. Just regular old
vermin.
Panel
5
Viewed
from the direction of the possum. Mulder and Scully walk away from
the house. Behind the hedges of the previous panel can be seen the
silhouette of a large man-shaped creature, with a pointed face and
hands with claws.
7. Mulder: Maybe you're right. Nothing here but picket fences and
bored suburbanites.
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