Woods, The (2024)

[bunniefuu]

Kate?

Hi. Mike. Yes.

Thanks so much for coming

on. It's so rad to meet you.

You too. I see you

found the poster.

I'm sorry?

We make limited edition posters

for all of our special series.

This one for yours.

I can get you one if you'd like.

No. That's okay.

Come on, lets get you set up.

You want some water? Kombucha.

I hope you don't mind, but

this is just so exciting.

I mean, you know all of this, but your

case was in the headlines for months.

Really had at all.

Lost campers, a mysterious

m*rder in the woods.

Youre like a living legend

in the true crime world.

This is going to

be really simple.

Um, we can talk as

long as you want.

We're going to edit all this later,

so don't worry if you mess up.

Did you get the questions

that I sent you?

Yes. Listen, I don't want to talk about

the trial or anything that happened after.

I just want to talk

about what happened.

You just want to lay out

your side of the story.

We totally appreciate that.

[sound of door closing]

Kate Reed,

I want to thank you for

sitting down with me today.

You were the sole survivor of

what has become one of the more

fascinating homicide

cases of recent years.

Yeah I suppose that's

one way to put it.

How would you put it?

A tragedy, maybe?

The worst chapter of my life.

Tragedy. Yes, absolutely.

You're aware though of the massive

community that's formed around this case.

Subreddits, TikToks,

YouTube videos.

I mean, you must know

that this was a big deal

for you to give us an exclusive

interview. I've been told.

But to be honest, I don't

go online much these days.

I envy you.

This might work better for me if I

can just start from the beginning

and tell you what happened.

Is that okay? By all means.

[music]

[car horn] Okay.

I'm coming.

Hey! Oh, my God,

I miss you both so much.

Oh, I missed you so much!

How are you? Good!

Hey, Lucas. Hey,

how was Seattle?

It was so much fun.

I cannot wait to

move out there. Wait.

I thought you guys said I

had, like, an extra hour.

We did.

Circumstances have changed.

What happened?

We'll explain on the way.

Being Amy-related circumstances?

What else would it be?

All righty.

Let's hit it.

So the fight started

this morning?

The fight started a

few years ago. But.

Yeah, her and her mom

got into it this morning, so she

texted that she had to leave early.

Oh, God.

Poor Amy.

Amy. Hey.

Hey. Hey.

You okay?

She's just so mean.

Sorry.

Amy was always troubled,

but things had gotten worse.

I see that now.

It's cruel how clearly I

can see everything now.

What can you see clearly now

that you couldn't before?

Well, maybe I misspoke.

It's not that I can

see everything clearly.

In many ways, I'm more

confused than ever.

What I mean is, I can

see now that a storm

had been building for years, and

I ignored the signs at every turn.

I didn't want to believe the

worst would come to pass.

And so I told

myself it wouldn't.

Okay.

Okay?

Okay I'm done feeling bad.

I'm just. I'm done.

I simply refused to feel so terrible

when we spent so long planning this trip.

Yes, that's our girl.

I just hope I didn't get

us off on the wrong foot.

Hey. Parents suck.

Okay, I know as well as anybody.

Oh, my God, it's so

beautiful up here.

Kate, thank you so much

for planning all this.

Yeah. Thank you. Kate,

this is really cool.

Please. It's my pleasure.

I don't want us to go our separate ways

without a proper sendoff or at all.

Really. But I'm trying

to be realistic.

That is so sweet.

We deserve to see it into

its next decade, right?

Yeah.

Okay.

It's kind of nuts that our school

ever even took us up there.

We were in middle school.

We were kids. We were children.

I told people that in

college, they did not believe.

Well, that's.

What happens when

your middle school

teachers are all a bunch

of old f*cking hippies.

Oh, yeah.

Ms. Campbell, that was her

name, I thought I had it wrong.

Oh, what are we all looking

forward to most on this trip?

You know what I'm

looking forward to?

What?

My man.

Oh, my God, you guys.

No hes such a good guy like

you just have to warm up to him.

Shut up. I'd love to meet him.

Personally I just want to say,

I want to get out of all the noise

and maybe get away from Sam, too.

Yeah. Same here.

You can actually pull over.

I'll walk away.

Okay, okay.

I would say hang out with

all of you, obviously.

And, I don't know, just

getting one last adventure in.

Oh, Amy.

Oh. Yes.

Same.

Just spending time

with all of you.

Yeah.

So it was your idea

to arrange the hike?

It was my idea.

These people had been my

best friends for years.

I didn't want to let them go.

I guess that's the

cruel irony, right?

I have to say so, yeah.

I mean, we all wanted to do it.

It wasn't just me.

Not my fault. I mean.

I never said it was.

Right, but it's taken me a

while to feel that way myself.

You know?

Everyone wanted this

trip equally. I.

I think I just wanted it

for a particular reason.

And that was?

I think I was scared of

the next phase of my life.

I mean, who isn't a

bit when they graduate?

Right.

But I think I wanted to go

back and do that hike again

because I wanted to preserve it.

But life doesn't work like that.

You can't save the

past by recreating it.

And I think that's

where I was at fault.

That feeling blinded me

to what was going on.

You know, they haven't come out

with a good record in, like, years.

Okay. Get Out.

She's right, dude. No.

All right. Whatever.

Okay. No. Okay.

This is the one that I

was telling you about.

Not going to listen

to good music at all?

I, Listen.

Just listen.

OK. I'll give you.

I'll give you this.

You know, so I think we're here.

Perfect!

[laughs]

Sorry.

Checking in?

Yeah.

It should be under Reed.

Okay.

Your rooms are five F and six E.

Thanks.

Anything else?

Uh, No.

Thanks.

Are you good?

Yeah. Sorry.

The owner's a weirdo.

Five F and we're six E.

I didn't tell you guys.

What? I got the job.

No way. Thats amazing Lucas.

So they didn't check

up on your fake resume?

Shut the f*ck up, dude.

Yeah, and one month's

time, Im gonna be in San Francisco

as the new head of development.

Ah so you lied on

the whole thing.

Shut the f*ck up.

bro. Shut the f*ck up!

Shut up.

Sam. That's great. Lucas.

Oh, what did your mom say?

You know, actually, I

haven't told her yet.

I was going to wait until we

get back and surprise her.

Right.

Amy, this place stinks,

you know that, Kate.

Am I really supposed to sleep

here for a whole f*cking night?

You do know we're

going camping, right?

Yeah, I know that as*h*le.

Okay.

And I'd like to reiterate that

I wanted to go to Atlantic City.

But these are the woods

we became friends in.

And it'll be nice to be

here. Before we all move on.

Yeah, it's poetic and sh*t.

There's plenty of

poetry in Atlantic City.

Where?

What do you mean, where?

It's Atlantic City.

Yeah,

besides being in the woods, it's

supposed to be good for you.

It's called forest bathing.

That is scientific term.

I had to take a lit class

to pass final semester.

Okay, so I took one on

Urban Legends and myths.

That's cool.

Thank you.

Amy was cool.

Are there any legends

about this place?

Or is it just some boring trail

in the middle of f*cking nowhere?

Hey. What?

I mean, we could look it up.

I didn't realize you were trying

to be an amateur Cryptozoologist.

College changed you, bro.

I know what you can

look up instead.

Pizza and wine

nearby. f*ck, yeah.

I am starving.

Well...

For at least half of that,

I got you covered. Yes.

Let's go. Amy.

Yeah. Oh my God, thank you.

Crypto jewologist?

I believe in you cmon crypto...

[haunting music]

Amy. Amy.

(screams) Oh.

It's okay. You were

just sleepwalking.

I was in the woods.

No no no its okay.

You were just dreaming.

I was different, I was calling.

Hold on, hold on. Oh.

Here.

Take this.

Yeah, sit down.

Sorry.

That hasn't happened in years.

What do you think triggered it?

I don't know.

I guess I've just been under

a lot of stress lately.

Like moving back in with my mom after

graduation has been really hard.

Well, you won't have to worry

about any of that this week.

Your problems, your worries, your

f*cking mom isn't going to exist

once we get out there.

Things keep...

You're really good friends.

Yeah.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

I'm fine.

Okay.

Do you remember how earlier

you asked us what we were looking

forward to most on the trip?

Yeah, I'm looking

forward to the hike.

But I'm just really not

looking forward to

what comes after.

What do you mean?

Like, for the past

couple of weeks,

as we've been thinking about

and planning for the trip.

Like, I can see it.

I can see the woods and I can

see the trees, and I can see us.

But I can't imagine

what comes next in my life

after I walk out of here.

Like my future Just goes dark.

Amy, you would tell me if

something was wrong, right?

Oh, yeah. No, of course I.

I'm fine, I just.

I'm not. I'm not looking forward

to the future, that's all.

Sorry.

I don't even know what

time it is, but it's far too late to

be having a conversation like this.

You don't need to be listening

to my bullshit right now.

I'm here for you. Okay?

And I was going to wait until after

the trip to give this to you, but

I think I should do it now.

That is so sweet Kate.

This way, no matter how far we are,

you'll always be able to find me.

Oh, this is so beautiful.

Thank you.

Okay.

Yikes.

Okay.

I think I'm gonna

try to get a couple extra hours of sleep

before we have to get up in the morning.

Yeah.

Thanks again.

Yeah. Of course.

So let me know if you

need anything, okay?

Oh, sh*t.

Morning.

You know, smoking kills.

Don't worry.

I only do it when I'm stressed.

What do you have to

be stressed about?

Wait.

I have to check out.

Not very inviting for a motel.

Not meant to be.

How did so many

people go missing?

Some people just want

to disappear, I guess.

How does that. Work?

You think I know?

Opportunity strikes.

The door opens.

Some people walk right through.

Thanks.

[music]

Okay.

You have your phone,

right? Yeah. Oh.

We should share locations

with each other, just in case.

I left my phone

in the car. What?

Why would you do that?

Well, we're not going to

get signal in there anyway,

so I thought it might be nice

to be offline for a couple days.

Yeah, I need a break

from all the work stuff.

Seriously?

I'm bringing mine.

You never know. Yeah.

Same. Stupid. All right.

How much do you remember

of this drill, anyway?

From when we were kids.

Well, we walk more or less

straight to the pines.

Then we hit the boulders and

the foot of the first mountain

before getting to the river

on the other side. Right.

You remember all that?

You dont?

I mean, I remember some

parts, but not that much.

I've forgotten most of it.

I don't think I ever forgot it.

All right, let's go.

We had pizza Fridays.

So I liked the round ones

that were cold in the middle.

All right.

Lets see how good

Your memory is.

Sam, you got the map, right?

I do not. Hey.

I remember that

first step so vividly

for some reason, but the

rest of them blend together.

I think back to it often.

I've had dreams about

that first step.

It's strange.

Right?

Every step I had ever taken before

that, from my first steps as a baby,

were all leading up to that one.

I wonder sometimes if I could go

back and change just one thing.

Maybe just one step in my life.

Maybe everything

would be different.

Maybe I wouldn't have ended up

in those woods.

Oh, Boop.

Did I hear screams coming

from your room last night?

Oh, yeah.

Amy was sleepwalking.

She's sleepwalking again.

It was just last night.

It's not a big deal.

What?

I don't know, Kate.

I think it is a big deal.

I mean, we're in the middle

of the g*dd*mn woods,

but if she wanders

off or gets hurt.

That won't happen.

Oh, yeah? Why not?

Because we're her friends,

and we'll take care of her.

What's your problem?

My problem is that pretty soon, we're

all going to go our separate ways.

And Amy isn't going to have

us to take care of her.

You're being a real

b*stard, you know that.

And you know Im right.

Look, I know

she's been dealt a hard hand,

and I know she's got her issues.

But once we leave here, she's

not going to survive, okay?

And I'm tired of all of us pretending

like everything's going to be okay.

She's navigated this

trip really well.

I mean, she figured out the

path without needing a map.

Yeah, because it's not the real

world, Kate. It's the woods.

Okay, once she leaves here,

she's not going to survive.

I just feel like if we

really are her friends,

then we need to be able to be

honest with ourselves about her.

Honest about what?

Something isn't right with her.

Yeah.

I agree that...

there's something wrong here.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Okay.

I think you need to lighten up!

Come on.

Stop. Come on. That sucked.

I wasn't afraid.

What are you guys doing?

Oh, wait, I want one.

Its not even that

far down there.

I still try. Well, I

could do it, but. Yeah.

Let's see.

Oh, we dont have any rocks.

Ready?

I got a pebble.

That's

pretty good.

[ominous music] I'm really

happy we're doing this.

Yeah.

Me too.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Earlier this week, I wasn't.

I was, like, really sad thinking

about how we're all not going to be

friends anymore, like not in

the same way that we are now.

But then I started

to realize something.

Like this trip.

It's going to last forever,

in our minds at least.

So whatever we do out here,

it isn't going to go away.

Even if we do.

And that kind of makes

everything precious, don't

you think?

Yeah.

I'm glad we're doing this.

Okay.

Okay. Wait.

Okay.

Never have I ever

gone hitchhiking. Oh.

You're full of sh*t!

What about that time our rental

broke down outside of Yellowstone?

That's not. Hitchhiking.

Yes it is. No it's not.

We didnt know the person

giving us the ride.

He was just a nice guy

who was giving us a ride.

So what?

Hitchhiking is when you stand on the

side of the highway with your thumb out.

It's not hitchhiking. Literally.

No. It's not.

Shut up.

And you're on your

way to California.

We were already in California.

Wait you were in California?

Yes. Yellowstone is in

Wyoming, you dumb a*s.

You guys. Suck.

God forbid I'd be

specific. God forbid.

We should stop playing anyway.

We know each other too

well to play this game.

All right.

(coughs) Let's try this.

Wait.

I don't hear anything.

[distant howls] Oh,

I didn't think they had wolves

in this part of the country.

Probably coyotes.

All right.

Was that weird just now, or...

Yeah.

I think it's beautiful.

I don't know, I think there's

something really special

about the woods, don't you?

I mean, they're special

because we have memories here.

They're special because we're

making them special, right?

Yeah, but no, I think

there's something else like.

Like an energy that

the trees have.

Like, when we're out here,

there's, like, a different...

Okay, okay. Okay.

Okay. Amy. Okay. Enough.

Seriously, stop.

I mean, enough with the

weird sh*t, right, guys?

Enough with the cryptic

platitudes. Enough.

I mean, what the f*ck

is wrong with you?

I don't know what you're

talking about. Oh, okay. What?

So you're just acting this

way because everything's fine.

Really? Lucas! What?

Go f*ck yourself.

Whatever.

Was that necessary?

What?

You're telling me you haven't

had it up to here with her weird

bullshit?

We're her friends, Lucas.

We're supposed to be taking

care of each other. What?

By letting her spiral.

By not questioning her

when she's acting strange.

Which, by the way, by Amys

standards, that's a pretty high bar.

All right.

It is day one of

a four day hike.

Jesus Christ.

All right.

He shouldn't have said that. No.

But you have to admit,

she's been acting kind of weird.

Yeah, but

I don't know what to do, though.

Well, you're going to

apologize to her tomorrow.

I'm not.

And can you talk to her?

Maybe she'll tell

you what's going on.

Yeah,

I'll talk to her tomorrow.

Im going to bed for now.

What?

You laughed.

(Laughing) Come on.

Don't get me going.

[distant

howls,

[now closer]

You're just being a d*ck.

I'm not trying...

Its you thinking Im being a d*ck, but

I'm not like, I'm just being like myself.

Like. Just like trying to,

like, be fun for everybody.

But, like, you think I'm a d*ck.

You think they'll make up?

What other choice do they have?

I guess you're right.

I don't know, I guess I hoped this

trip would be good for her, but

now I'm worried it's just

putting more pressure on her.

If this is too much pressure.

She's not going to make it.

Once were out of these woods.

You sound like Lucas.

Look, Lucas is an as*h*le.

But he has a point.

She's just going through

a tough time, Sam.

What?

You're not wrong. But

this isn't just

about graduating.

She's been going through a

tough time for a long time.

[music]

(chatter) and it's

so many people go missing

there this hunter one time.

They found his coffee cup in

an area they already searched.

It has, like, coffee, he was overlooking

the towns overlooking safety.

So, like he got k*lled?

No. They found his remains

11 miles away from the...

What do you think

about all this?

About what?

Bigfoot destroying

Our country? No.

About people disappearing.

Dont you think

that's interesting?

Uh, I guess.

It sounds like it's just

incompetence though.

Oh, my God, you guys

have no sense of mystery.

Like, what if it isn't?

Do you think that people just,

like, disappear in the woods?

Go missing, sure.

Disappear?

I don't think anything

just disappears.

Okay.

I think that, if you die out

here, animals will eat you.

Or, like, you'll

slowly decompose.

But maybe, like in

woods as old as this.

Do you think

people become absorbed by them?

Like become a part

of the fabric?

What are you talking about?

Maybe.

Okay, wait. Maybe,

like, one happens first.

Like you decompose

before your body does.

I don't think I'm high

enough for this conversation.

Oh, wait.

Campsites over here.

Coming.

I don't think at that point Amy

really wanted to be here anymore.

What do you mean by that?

You can call her loopy

or strange or untethered, and all

of that would basically be true.

But none of it

really describes her.

Amy lived in the

doorway at a threshold.

It's like only half of her was

ever really here to begin with.

And the other part

was somewhere else.

Her own thoughts.

Fantasy, you can

call it. Whatever.

But again, none of it really

describes where parts of her

would disappear to.

Sometimes

she was mostly here,

other times mostly there.

But again, none of it really...

She was never totally together.

I think graduating

really triggered her,

or at least put her

in a bad headspace.

It's like she was finally

going to have to choose

to really be here in the

world, and she couldn't do it.

Do you think she became

something else out there?

I wouldn't say that.

Whatever she did,

it was all her.

So you think she was faking?

I don't think that either.

Well, but you said she pretended

to be possessed when she was a kid.

No, I mean, she just

wanted attention.

She was in real pain.

But what did she do back then?

Like, how did she pretend.

It wasn't all pretend.

But you've said that... I'm

just trying to be clear...

She said she never locked me in

the closet, and I believe her.

And it wasn't her fault

that it was on the far side of the gym,

and no one could hear me for hours.

I was the one that fell

in. And it's that...

I don't

understand how this is relevant

to what we're talking about.

Right.

My apologies.

We don't have to talk

about it anymore.

And we can cut all this thing.

Amy? Amy!

Amy? Amy!

Amy! What's going on?

Amy's gone.

I think she's

sleepwalking again. Amy.

Are you sure? Yeah, I

think I'm pretty sure. Amy.

Hey, wait. You can't run into

the woods without a plan.

Hold on. Yeah,

she might be gone.

Look, let's just

spread out, okay?

Just far enough that we can still

see each other's flashlights.

Okay. Maybe if we walk a

little, we can find her.

Wait, wait.

(music)

I thought I was gone.

It's okay.

No. It's about to disappear.

You're right here.

You're

right here.

You're right here. It's okay.

You're right here. You're right.

Oh! Yeah.

No, thanks.

I feel like

I feel like nobody

would actually use that.

You know, it's like.

I don't think it

would actually be...

beneficial.

Kate - stop working so hard

and come get some breakfast.

I'm okay.

I also know, I want to know,

if it, If it's poisonous or...

(trails off)

Lucas.

I think something's wrong.

What with Amy?

Yeah I've been saying that.

I know it.

And yes.

I'm not sure.

This is about the whole

sleepwalking thing?

That thing that you said

wouldn't happen out here.

Yes, but

just before you and Sam

got there last night.

What?

It looked like she

was disappearing.

What, like, physically?

Yeah.

A trick of the light.

Simple.

Yeah,

I thought of that, too.

Look. Amy's weird.

Okay. And annoying, but

I think she's basically

harmless on this trip.

And we only have one more night,

and then we can turn around

and head back into town, and Amy can

check herself into whatever program

she needs.

Do you want to go back?

No. Let's keep going.

You sure? Yeah.

I must've been imagining things.

Everything's fine.

Okay.

It's your words, not mine.

Look, I just got scared. Okay?

But I think it's a good

thing we're doing this.

I agree. It's.

I just want to make sure that you

agree with yourself, you know?

What's that supposed to mean?

It means...

I don't know.

Amy is not the only one

who's stressed on this trip.

You're the one who planned this all

out, even though you didn't have to.

And you pulled us all together.

Even though, honestly, Kate, we

haven't hung out in, like, months.

It's a lot of pressure to

put on yourself. I just.

I don't know,

I just want to make sure that all

of this isn't getting to you either.

Yeah,

you're probably right.

You need anything,

you let me know.

Yeah? Yeah.

Thanks.

Let's get going.

I mean, a lot of people are

going to be hearing that bit

for the first time, I

know, I certainly am.

Do you really think that you

saw her begin to disappear?

I don't know.

I've thought about

it so many times,

but I have no idea what I saw.

What I think I saw?

When you replay a

memory that many times.

It's like saying a word

over and over again.

Eventually it loses all meaning.

That's how this whole

chapter of my life feels.

And I've repeated and repeated my story

not just to others, but to myself.

And you would think that would give me

some sort of clarity on the whole thing.

But I feel more lost than ever.

I'm gonna ask a question

that might be sensitive.

Do you think that Amy

was already planning

something?

I can't allow myself

to think that.

I can accept that

my friends are gone,

but I can't accept that it was

always going to happen that way.

I can't accept that what happened

was anything but random chaos.

So one of the camps online talks about

the sort of weird woods theory,

you know, like that there

was something supernatural

about the area of the

place you were hiking.

Is that, does that resonate?

There were no ghosts there.

No spirits, no g*dd*mn Bigfoot.

Okay, I was there. All right.

All right. Fair.

But something weird

did happen out there.

I mean, how do you

just change like that?

How do you go from being friends

with somebody to k*lling them?

I don't know, Mike. Those hands.

I'm sorry.

I'm just hung up on that point.

Did it seem magic?

Magic isn't real. Well, then

what do you think happened?

I'm sorry. Can I,

I just need a minute.

(building music)

okay?

I, I get the feeling

you're looking for answers.

I can't give.

Something happened

in those woods, but

I can't figure out exactly what.

Even for myself.

These memories aren't a story.

They're a burden.

And part of what

makes them a burden is

they don't fit into a

nice little narrative.

There are no answers here, because

nature doesn't ask questions.

So I think I'm just going to lay

out what happened as best as I can.

But I can't.

I, I can't promise

anything else.

That's fine.

So we're right where the first trail

ends and the second one begins.

And then there's a ridge

up ahead where we can rest.

Do you remember any of the

trail from when we did it?

In middle school?

Kind of. Not really.

I don't remember, like, actual,

like, trees and stuff, but I

remember the feeling of going.

You know what I mean?

Yeah, I know what you mean.

And that's why you shouldn't.

Drink lake water.

Good. To.

Know.

(laughs) Yeah, well,

not to drink water.

All right.

This seems like a good

place to take lunch.

Okay.

Oh, man Im starving.

I feel like I've eaten more

Hiking on tthis trip than

I do in my regular life.

For real.

See whats over there?

Yeah.

That's the whole thing.

Yeah, I guess that's true.

And, like, what am

I going to like?

I don't know. And

then this other woman.

She gave me a bag of pennies.

You're getting a signal here?

Its my dad.

Hey. What's up?

Oh my God.

Is she okay?

Yeah. No.

I'm, I'm like a

day and a half out.

Okay.

Yeah. Okay.

I can do that.

Okay.

Guys, my,

My mom was in an accident.

What?

Is everything okay? No.

I think someone hit

her car or something.

I don't,

I don't know, I,

They said she was

in the hospital,

and they don't know

how much time she has.

Guys. I'm sorry, I

think I have to go.

Yeah, sure. Lucas,

anything you need.

We can pack right

now and turn back.

What?

What do you mean?

We have to turn back?

Amy, We have to go back.

I know it's tough,

but we just can't. So.

So you wouldn't have even known

that if your dad went and called.

If we didn't, if we didn't

have signal out here.

Okay, let's just get going

while we still have light.

Amy, I think we should

all just go back together.

Lucas can't carry all

the stuff by himself.

And he doesn't deserve to be

alone right now. And I do?

Amy, you won't be

alone. Yes, I will.

When we get out of here, you're all

gonna go back to your fancy new jobs

and your nice families,

and I'm just gonna be stuck

where I always have been with no job

and no money and no way out. Amy.

I'm sorry the impending death of my

own mother is so f*cking hard for you.

And I'm sorry that you're so

f*cked up that you can't even see.

Why is that so important?

It's just DNA that connects you.

We are here because we

chose this. And this.

It's real.

Parents, everybody has those.

But this.

We will never have this again.

I'm sorry that your

mother is a b*tch.

Okay, I am, but mine isn't.

And I love her. And I

need to be there for her.

And if you're too f*cked

up to understand that...

(screams),

Oh. Oh, sh*t.

(crying) Amy?

He fell.

He fell. I did...

Oh, you pushed him.

You f*cking pushed him!

We saw you.

Amy what the f*ck did you do?

Was this your plan all along?

Get us stuck out here and k*ll

us so we can't f*cking leave?

Is that what you wanted?

What the f*ck is wrong with you?

Why did you do that?

Oh, you know, you

don't know that

(crying) Oh my God.

Oh. Oh.

Oh oh.

Hey, guys?

When we get back, you'll tell

them that I'm innocent, right?

What?

What do you mean?

When they asked what

happened, you'll.

You'll just say that he fell.

You won't tell them

about the fight?

Amy of course.

We'll figure it out.

Wait a minute.

Now you want to lie to the cops?

We don't know that

Amy meant to do this.

I didn't mean to do it.

Hey, I didn't do it.

Why can't you trust me?

Why can't you protect me?

Amy, we will protect you.

But you need to talk about

what just happened. Sam.

What are we supposed

to tell Lucass family?

Oh, so you think it'll make them

feel better to think that their son

was m*rder*d?

Two family tragedies in

one day with no recourse.

We don't know that this

wasn't an accident.

You saw what happened!

I don't know what I saw.

I just know that two of my best

friends just got in a fight,

and now one of them is dead, and

the other one is really scared.

She is?

I just need to talk to Amy and calm

her down and figure out what we can do.

Do you hear?

Do you f*cking hear

yourself right now? Sam.

We have... You

saw what happened.

We need to get out of here. Can

we get back on the same page?

I don't give a f*ck.

We need to leave now.

If. If she did do it.

Do you want her to be mad

at us the whole way back?

Come on. Think. Sam, please.

We can't leave her.

We can't leave

Amy, please. Fine.

We can talk to her, but

we're getting out of here.

Okay, okay. Okay.

Amy? Amy.

Where were you

keeping your phone?

I had it in the front - Amy!

f*ck. It's not here.

You lying to me?

No, I had it.

It's not in your

pocket. Just a few.

Why the f*ck? Sam!

Look.

Satisfied now?

I'm not lying, Sam.

Amy must have taken my phone,

and now we're really f*cked.

Amy! I'm sorry.

Yeah, I bet you are. Amy!

We can get you another

water if you'd like.

I felt like two

of my best friends

disappeared in a minute.

Kate, do you want

to take a break?

I felt lost.

I felt confused.

Everything was different

in that moment,

though I still didn't know yet

how different.

When you're that

deep in the woods.

Especially when you're scared.

The openness can actually

start to feel claustrophobic.

You can go in any

direction you please,

but going in the wrong

one can be deadly.

Life is everywhere but

life you're used to as far away.

Do you think it was Amy's

intention to k*ll Lucas?

Phew. Um.

I don't believe it was.

I have to believe that. Why?

I think it's easier for me

to think that I

lost her that day.

Than to think I

never had her at all.

I need to believe that

Amy changed that day.

Not that she revealed

her true self.

Maybe we should

take turns sleeping.

I'll take the first watch.

You sure?

I'm not going to sleep

much tonight anyway.

Yeah.

That's fair.

Don't even worry about it.

This is so f*cked.

Do you think

Amy pushed Lucas?

I don't know.

What if she did?

I mean, if that's the case.

Did we ever really

know her at all or

did something just

come over her?

That might be something

we just have to

decide for ourselves.

(twigs snapping outside)

(screams)

Sam? Sam?

I just...

What?

What?

Are you okay?

You're okay.

You're okay.

You're okay. It's okay.

You're okay. Oh.

How do you think

this all happened?

Well, a billion years ago,

a meteor laden with bacteria...

Shut up Sam.

You know what I mean.

I don't know.

I guess you don't

really know a person.

But is that it?

Could we have done something?

I don't know.

I guess you don't

really know somebody.

But is that it?

Could.

Could we have done something?

Are you wondering

if you did this?

No. I mean.

I. I just keep going

back and wondering.

Wondering

if we could have done

something different.

Was there a moment when we could

or should have intervened?

Maybe.

Maybe not.

I don't know what's the point.

We didn't do this to ourselves.

I remember back in

fifth or sixth grade,

one time Amy's mom forgot

to pick her up from school.

So she called my mom and I from the

guidance counselors office to pick her up.

When we got there, it was late.

Everyone had picked up

already and it was pouring.

I mean, just coming

down in buckets and,

Amy was just standing there.

In the rain.

She wasn't even shivering

when we brought her

back into the car.

I never asked her about that.

Why she did that?

Why Her mom never picked her up.

Hey. You arent

responsible for the

death of our friend

because you didn't ask

her why she was acting

weird one day.

The other night.

The other night,

I saw something.

You saw something?

When Amy was in the woods.

She reached out her hand.

She started disappearing.

And I didn't say anything because

I thought I was going crazy.

And I still think

I'm going crazy.

But maybe if I would have said something,

we would have turned around and.

And Amy would still be here,

and Lucas would still be alive.

And none of this

would be happening.

You don't believe me?

I don't believe you're responsible

for the death of our friend.

But you don't believe

that I saw what I saw.

You just said

yourself, It's crazy.

Yeah, but I still

saw what I saw.

No, no.

I think.

You want to know what I think?

I think Amy was

never really there.

I think

she was just some projection

of whatever we needed her to be.

Have a friend, confidante.

But I think she was

always just a f*cking

ghost. No.

No, I don't believe that.

Then what?

What do you think happened?

I don't know.

Look,

I don't know if

I don't know.

Okay? Listen to me.

None of this is your fault,

all right?

When we get out of here,

you're going to see that.

We should get going.

We'll be tired.

But if we push

through the night,

we'll make it to the highway

in a little over a day.

Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah.

Can you pass me that?

What was it like moving

through those woods?

I don't think I've

ever experienced adrenaline

in its pure state

like that before.

You're just going and

going, and it's not logical.

It's just instinct.

It's like your body remembers

something that your mind

has tried to forget.

Explain then.

Well, that's just it.

Right?

Instinct comes from a

time before explanation.

It's. It's not

about rationality.

It's your body trying

to keep you alive.

And somehow it knows

how to do that.

Your feet carry you out when

you have fear like that.

Not your mind.

And did you know

where you were going?

Yeah.

I knew the general

direction I was headed in.

I started on the trail,

but Amy was following me.

I knew that.

I also knew that if I stuck

to the trail, I was dead.

An obvious target.

I had the map,

some snacks, and

I left the trail

and just continued in

the same direction.

(screaming)

Oh! Oh!

Well, I guess the

rest is history.

Amy disappeared.

The authorities never

found any trace.

What do you think happened?

I don't know.

I guess she really did end up

disappearing into those woods.

She's part of them now.

Well, Kate Reed,

I want to thank you for sitting down,

recounting your harrowing experience

for us.

Were grateful that you would choose

us for this exclusive interview.

Any final thoughts?

No. Thats everything.

Thanks so much.

I know that was rough. I

really appreciate it. Thanks.

Thanks for coming.

(fighting,

(screaming) Oh.

(coughing)

(yells)

(yells)

(soft crying)

What happened?

I don't know.

I don't know.

Thank you...

thank you...