United States

Two young students from the University of Chicago hear of the mysterious happenings at Black Lake and armed with a van packed with scientific equipment set out to solve the mystery. The local people are reluctant to talk to them, but it is reported that a creature said to weigh over four hundred pounds, stand eight feet tall and run [sic] like a deer has been seen. With the help of Joe Canton, a local trapper, they locate the creature, so beginning a spine tingling confrontation....