Welcome to a new video. Today we're

going to be checking out Uncanny Tales:

The Watcher. This horror game takes

place in 2006, and we get to start a new

job as a reserve caretaker. State Nature

Reserve, year 2006,

one day before the main events.

Right. Let's start with a patrol, then

I'll check the camps and get to that

report. Okay.

Radio communication. Upon hearing a

radio signal, hold the right mouse

button to start talking to your partner.

Throughout the game, you will encounter

both mandatory and optional dialogues.

Pay attention. Oh, so kind of like

Firewatch vibes. Okay. Okay.

>> So, you got your bags back yet? The

final stretch up.

>> Oh. Oh. Um, hey Mitch. Uh, locked and

loaded, ready to go. Uh, no, not really.

Just thinking about my granddaughter,

Mr. Soda Maja.

>> I get it. My boy's turning five on the

26th, his first big birthday. And here I

am, stuck in the sticks, counting bear

tracks. How old is yours now?

>> Uh, she's seven already, starting school

this year. New guy takes over tomorrow.

Got a hand over the place so he doesn't

[ __ ] it all up.

>> We'll show him the ropes. We're all

green once. Come on. Don't get all sappy

on me. Finish the rounds and head back

to base. Over and out.

>> Ah, take care, buddy.

Can we do it up PC?

Oh, my little princess. Promise her that

as soon as I get back from the shift,

we're heading straight to the amusement

park. Photo with granddaughter. Oh,

okay. So, that's how we look like.

Interesting. Can I Oh, it's so wobbly.

All right. Put it back. Put it back.

What's in a fridge?

Cheese, sausage, beer,

case juice.

I love it. Uh, all right. I usually

despise this processed crap, but these

these are good. Charcoal grilled sausage

flavor. Perfect for watching something

total trash. Charcoal grilled sausage

flavor is kind of crazy.

Uh, to avoid getting lost in the deep

forest, use your compass. Oh god, I'm

I'm cooked. Main objective markers are

shown with exclamation mark and side

points of interest are shown with

question mark. Press tab to equip your

or put away. Okay.

Okay, it's up there. Refill the car. Um

Oh, right here.

Uh for fast travel across the location,

you have access to an old but reliable

UAZ buanka.

Uh brake, stop engine, and radio. Oh, we

get to drive. The car's out of gas. Got

to fill her up. Uh, the jerry can should

be near the workbench.

Oh. Oh.

Oh, I play DVD. Well, I don't anymore,

but I used to play DVD.

>> So, was the whole

dead

>> still at it? Don't you ever get tired?

>> Daddy in the st. Holy mother of God.

Anyway, how many freaking times do I

have to tell you? The area is

restricted. No trespassing.

>> He says the earth isn't close. The earth

is waiting for him.

And here you are,

stomping around,

making noise,

wreaking of caseline and scarp metal.

>> Back at it again. You should go home

before I call the cops. feeding your

delirium treatments again.

>> You'll all pay.

The forest craves silence.

I'll miss is coming, son.

>> They'll crawl out from the dark. Take

your children

and live nothing but ash where your

house is stored.

>> What the hell is an Elvis? You should

listen to few bedtime stories. Get in.

I'll drop you off at the gate before it

gets dark.

>> No, I'm not getting into that 10 bucks

of yours. I'll walk.

God might help you yet, but I'm done

with you.

All right, creepy lady. Have I got one?

Okay. Oh no, it was just a leaf. I

thought I saw something.

Uh, check the trail cameras. All right,

let's do it. Okay, the cameras are over

that way. Ah, oh, so I'll be checking

the actual cameras on the trail

probably.

Creepy lady around here. All right. All

right. Keep your guard up. There are

creepy ladies walking around here.

Can I talk to my Nope? No. No

entertainment while I walk here. Just me

and my thoughts and nature and this

creepy ass lady. But yeah, I don't know.

I don't know with her creepy stories,

dude. We'll probably meet her again.

We're almost there.

And there it is. There's the first one.

Um. Oh, okay.

Nice. One out of six. Wait, you're

telling what?

I have to walk, dude. We're going to be

walking for a long ass time here. Holy.

All right.

All right, guys. Sit back, relax, get

your snackies ready. We're going to

we're going to go on a walk,

but I probably I'll probably cut this

together a bit. because I don't think

just watching me walk when nothing's

happening is too exciting. But we shall

see. We shall see. Okay, the next one is

right here. Perfect.

Very nice. Two out of six. Damn.

That's nice. I guess we get to know the

footsteps.

But but but it's nice. We get to know

the area, I guess, is what I wanted to

say. And then I heard footsteps and now

I'm scared.

Dude, is this lady still creeping around

here? Is this someone else? I don't

know. But I don't trust this. I don't

trust this area. Oh, there we go.

Something's definitely sus here.

600. Damn. Can I go this way? I can.

I get ready to get jump scared or

something. Oh, wait. There she is. [ __ ]

she is still doing here.

Ma'am, can you leave?

Bro, I I don't I don't like that she's

just walking around here. I think she

should leave. Yep. And some crazy [ __ ]

about some random things. Oh,

who didn't put their stuff away? Huh?

Huh? We got to keep the park clean.

Poor girl. They've been searching for 3

weeks now. Her mother was standing by

the entrance yesterday, eyes swollen

from crying. Oh no. Girl who went

missing in these parts? The papers

crumbled in place.

Uh Malich, I looked at the board. Any

news on Ktova? Did the police call back?

>> Nothing, Sergey. The feds packed up

yesterday. Said she vanished into the

deep rush. You know what that means?

Either a predator got her or Well, it

ain't good.

>> Yeah, I get it. The whole thing is just

awful.

>> You can say that again. Even itch. You

can see that again.

>> And comes

right. Damn. Maybe maybe the lady has

something to do with that. Maybe the

lady has something to do with that.

Oh, I think it's just a river or a lake.

Oh, that's so nice here.

Check the trail. Four out of six. Oh,

wow. Oh, look at this place.

No fishing, no swimming. Uh, I'm at the

pier and the lake is quiet today. Uh,

like a mirror, not even a ripple,

>> isn't it? Just make sure that mirror

stays clear of any unauthorized boats.

Po troopers from the village have no

shame lately. Dropping nets right under

our noses. They think just cuz it's a

preserve. That's a free-for-all.

>> God damn, you're on a roll. Seems empty

though. Only our boats here.

>> Thank God for that. At least the fish

get some peace here. Don't spend too

long staring at the sunset though. The

mosquitoes on that pier are vicious.

Keep moving.

>> Oh, you got that right. I'm out. Out.

Out. Out.

Okay, the next one is rather close here.

That's nice. And then we only need one

more. Only one more after.

Oh, just do I keep saying the leaves

that are falling or something.

Oh, I mean, there you go.

Okay, one final one. Almost there. We're

almost there. Perfect.

It was so nice though.

Very pretty area

with a creepy lady wandering around.

Well, well, well. And there's something

hanging on the tree.

Oh. Oh, true. I'm at a point 6. Listen,

something s found something. Looks like

a headscarf. Green, faded, covered in

filth.

>> Tell me you didn't touch it with your

bare hands.

>> Of course not. But what's wrong?

>> The missing person report for that girl.

Remember headscarf?

>> Listen to me carefully. Leave it exactly

where it is and get the hell out of

there.

>> Yeah, that's creepy.

>> Call the local police in the morning.

Let them handle it.

>> He'd be fine for sure.

>> I don't like this.

>> Not one bit. Same. And I heard footsteps

again. By the way, I did hear footsteps.

Head home. That's the last one. Now back

to the cabin to finish the report.

Okay.

Wait, it shows that this way is my

Should I Should I follow this?

Yeah, follow the home. Go home signs.

That's probably smart idea, right?

Right.

Fallen leaves. Falling leaves. Falling

leaves on the ground.

I was just No, more leaves.

Great. Now, this song is going to be

stuck in my head during this entire play

through. So, get ready for that.

Get ready for that. I apologize in

advance.

And here we are. We're back home.

Very nice.

Close

the door. No freaky ladies allowed.

Sometime later. Uh-oh.

I'll check the cams, find out the

report, and then I have some dinner.

Uh, personal computer, the primary tool

for monitoring the territory and

completing your shift. Uh, CCTV, perform

a sector inspection at the end of your

shift. Photo captured. Images are stored

in the photo folder. Report: Fill in the

final data before leaving. Fulling

instructions can be found on the

desktop. Okay.

Oh, this is kind of scary that the

window is exactly behind the PC.

All right.

State Nature Reserve. Uh, use the

cameras application to check the

paramedia for unauthorized person. Enter

the following information.

Weather. No violations. Might

violations. Intervention required.

Camera status. Operational malfunction.

Unauthorized persons. Exact number. Holy

[ __ ] Additional information optional.

Enter the following. Damn. Okay, we have

to be careful. We have to actually pay

attention.

Um,

game mode. What?

What? Restart. No mouse.

Oh my god. We're playing Flappy Bird. Oh

my god,

dude. The music together mixed in with

the other music is throwing me off. But

I mean, jumping slime, my bad.

This is too slow, but it's getting a bit

quick already, I think.

Da da da da.

Do you think there's an achievement for

getting a certain high score? Oh god,

it's getting quicker. I'm scared.

Okay, we're only going to do one try.

There was another game where there was

like a fluffy bird thing and holy [ __ ]

that was so fun.

Oh, I got an achievement. I did it.

Yeah, I'm kind of a Flappy Board

champion. Um, I'm a professional Flappy

Board esports

uh esport. Yeah. Person. Yep.

Yep.

Sorry guys, this is a game now. I

apologize. The other game's gone. This

is what we're doing now. Don't want to

see it? Just skip ahead, guys.

Skip a bit forward.

I can't I I can't even see the number

top left because I'm so locked in on the

what's happening here that I don't even

know what my number is.

No, no. Oh, that was close.

Oh, I already got the achievement. So, I

don't know. I should probably just stop.

I don't think there's anything else to

me to get.

>> Guys, I'm so sorry.

I'll get to 200 and then I'll stop. Then

I'll stop if I can. Unless I [ __ ] up.

All right.

Sorry guys. Sorry. Restart. No, I'm

done. I'm done. I'm done.

Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Oh my god.

>> Am I hearing footsteps outside? I think

I am, but I don't care. I'm I have games

to play.

Okay. This dangerous over there. Maybe

here. Here.

[ __ ]

Okay, whatever. No more. Okay, let's

What? What are we supposed to do? And

we're going to watch the camera. See if

we see anything.

Night mode.

Okay, camera one. Rangers cabin. Looking

pretty good. I think no anomalies. I

thought this really anomalies, but

looking all good. I don't see anything

suspicious. Cam 2 is fine. Cam 3

crossroads looks pretty good. I don't

think we're going to see much on the

first day. Property entrance all looks

good and clean. Substation

pretty good. Substation crossroad all

clean. Road to waterfront looking pretty

good. lake. Fantastic.

Uh, photos

photo viewer

one out of six

30°

6°

Oh, 10 and then 251. Okay. Well, no,

it's it's it's okay, right?

But

uh where? Okay. Wait. Read me. Right. Uh

use the cameras application.

I did that. Weather. Okay. No

violations. My violation. No violations.

I hear footsteps. Unauthorized person.

No, I think it's all good.

Weather condition.

Camera status.

Oh, is is there for Oh,

uh what's the condition?

>> Is it cloudy?

I mean, it's kind of it's like

evening's kind of starting. It's It's

not really sunny. It's not really

cloudy, is it?

I would say maybe cloudy, but it's also

sunny because maybe cloudy. Uh no

violations. functional unear person zero

signature.

This is

>> nice. I'm done. What's in the trash?

Can't open it.

All right. Exit.

Complete sector check. Cameras and

report.

Heat up the soup.

Report sent. Time to eat and hit the

sack. Oh,

nice. Okay,

there we go. Great. Now wait for it to

warm up a plate. I think there was one

at the top shelves.

Yeah, perfect. Oh.

>> Oh, no. I threw it. Where?

you there? Am I interrupting official

state business?

>> I hear you, Tolia. Just warming up

yesterday's soup. What's up?

>> The sunrise out here is deafening

sometimes.

It's going to be damn lonely without you

next season, even itch. Who am I going

to shoot the breeze with? The new kid.

He'll probably spend the whole shift

glued to his handheld. Ah, come on, Toa.

6 months will fly by before you know it.

You got a vacation coming soon. To be

honest, I'm going to miss it, too. You

get used to the forest and to you, you

old grump. But I'm getting too old for

this, Tolia.

>> From your lips to God's ears. My relief

arrives in 2 weeks. Hope to hit my cabin

before the frost sets in. Fix up the

fence. Listen, Sergey, don't be a

stranger. Look me up when you're back in

the city. Fire up the sauna and

>> Yeah. Hell yeah. That sounds nice. Uh,

you fend me. A trip to the bath house is

sacred. I'm holding you to that. Accept

me some.

>> Enjoy your meal.

>> Thank you.

>> Um, I have a problem though.

Oh my god.

Oh, things. Oh, nice. Okay, man.

Saved. actually saved. Is that tomato

soup?

Oh, we slurp in it.

This was some rich hearty. Oh, borch.

Now I can finally hit the sack throat.

Was it Should we not turn off a PC or

something? Anyway, um time to go to

sleep.

2:30 a.m.

Imagine being asleep at those times.

Would actually never be me. Come here.

Damn it. Pick up.

>> You see what time it is? What the [ __ ]

Christ. Finally. Even. We've got a

situation. Every camera in your sector

just went dark. The power at the

substation is flatlined. You hear me?

Zero power.

>> Maybe a branch fell. Check it in the

morning.

>> Fallen branch. Didn't you hear me? The

alarm was triggered. The lock's been

ripped off. There's a fire or a short.

The whole damn forest is going up in

smoke in your cabin with it. They'll

bury us alive for this.

>> Broken into? What do you mean broken

into? You're breaking up.

>> Please just go look. The inspector show

up and see the penalt. We're not just

fired. We're looking at jail time.

>> Oh yeah, the signal is [ __ ]

>> Think about it. The new guy arrives

tomorrow. What are we going to hand him?

A pile of ash. Don't leave me dry out

here. I can see it from the monitor.

Something's wrong. Just a quick look see

and get out. Ah,

>> freaking fine. I'll go have a look.

Okay, also reminder, uh, this is the

Wow, that's loud. This is the prologue

to the game. So, shots.

So, I guess the

we're going to be the new reserve

caretaker after the prologue, and

something is probably going to happen to

him now. So, yeah.

It's very loud. It's very windy.

Man, what a mess. It looks like a tank

rolled through here. Not just a gust of

wind.

Oh, we're almost there.

Holy

blood. Floating blood.

More blood.

Can't drive any further. Drive. The

gates are busted in blood. Holy [ __ ]

What the hell happened here? Wait, so I

was actually able to use my car for

everything? Oh my god. I've been just

walking around, dude. What the actual

freak could have done this? I need to

head back and call for help.

Who the hell are you? Why'd you kill the

deer? Huh? Not enough meat for you, you

prick. Did you have to gut the poor

thing like that? Drop the shotgun now.

Being in a reserve with a weapon is

prison time. You hear me? I'm calling

deputy. You're leaving here in

handcuffs. We're so gone.

Hey, why you quiet? Do you do you even

understand what I'm saying to you?

07

07

Sergey Ivanovich mysterious story.

Complete the prologue.

Unit come in. Everything okay over

there?

Nope.

Nope.

August 2006.

One day later, if my life ever had a

truly dark patch, this was it. My

marriage was falling apart at the seams.

My wife was determined to take our son

and leave because I just couldn't

provide for the family anymore. I got

kicked out of yet another job for the

teenth time. Being at home felt

sickening, so I rarely saw my son, and

that hit the hardest. To be honest, I

tried to fit in at a lot of places. But

because of my rotten attitude, I never

stayed long. When my uncle offered me

the ranger job, he literally said, "You

won't have anyone to pick fights without

there, except maybe the bears."

I thought about it and realized he was

right. Peace and quiet. Nobody nagging

me and the pay was well above average. I

agreed.

Okay, now to start the actual game.

Was this the prologue? My ass is

completely numb by now, but as far as I

can tell, I'm almost there.

Okay, nice.

Uncanny energy. Oh, cheers.

Okay, sorry.

Oh my god. Do we get to drive?

>> Hey nephew, how's it going?

>> Did you make it or what?

>> Hey, uncle. I'm just pulling up to the

sign. Still got about 60 to 70 clicks to

go.

>> Nice.

Listen, there's a spot on the right

called away from Vice. You got to stop

there. They serve some killer

home-cooked food.

>> All right, I'll swing by. I'm starving.

>> All right, kid. Keep the rubber side

down. Drive safe.

>> Yeah. Reach the diner. Oh my god, I can

drive. Yeah,

>> dude. This is a vibe.

>> Hello. Did you make it?

>> Well, hello to you, too. Yeah, almost

there.

>> All right. Listen, Elia, I can't do this

anymore. I'm exhausted. And Dimma is

too.

>> Natasha, what are you talking about?

We'll figure everything out. Things are

going to get better.

>> There is no normal, Elia. Don't you get

it? We're always broke. You're always

gone, wandering god knows where. Your

son's forgotten what his own father

looks like. I'm tired, Elia. I think we

should just get a divorce.

>> Frank, I already explained it.

Everything's going to be fine. I'll make

money. I've changed. Can't you see that?

I'm done listening to these fairy tales.

We're moving in with my mom in a couple

of weeks. When you get back, we'll file

the papers. That's it. Bye.

>> Freak.

>> How can she do this to me? I'm going I'm

doing all this for us. How to get out of

here? There you go. What the hell is

going on here? Maybe I should just screw

this whole idea. Turn around and head

the hell back. Definitely not. Hey, man.

How you doing?

The air here is completely different.

Unlike in the city, right? Yeah, it's

amazing. Can't get enough of it.

>> Tourist, where are you heading?

>> My girl and I are celebrating our

oneyear anniversary.

>> Oh, congrats.

>> Decided to get away from civilization.

Just spent some time together. Heading

to Dead Lake, then Katy and down into

the valley.

>> Gotcha. Don't even know where that is.

>> Her dad suggested it. Said it's a killer

spot. She's actually on the phone with

him right now getting the instructions.

>> Safe travels.

Hello, sir.

>> Good day,

>> dude. I love how everybody's voice

acted, though. Even like the random

people here on the road. And to you, did

you arrive here on a bike?

>> Yeah, I'm from the neighboring village

trying to get some nice exercise in

while the weather's nice, so to speak.

Fresh air walks. I drank for half me

life. Then the doctor said, "Keep it up

and you'll kick the bucket in a ditch."

So, I calm down. Got my act together.

Where are you heading? Tourist.

>> All right.

Uh, heading to work at the reserve. got

a job as a ranger.

>> The reserve heard of it.

>> A neighbor of ours disappeared out that

way. Went berry picking and vanished

into thin air. Almost a month now.

>> Nice.

>> Not a word. Probably got mauled by some

beast. Those are nasty parts.

>> All right, Deathly.

>> Take care and keep your eyes peeled out

there.

>> Yep. Thank you.

When it's your girlfriend, I guess

costing a fortune.

Love you. Tell mom hi. Uh-huh. Yeah. We

passed it.

>> Yeah. Yeah, we passed it already.

Everything's fine, Dad. Don't worry.

Tosha is a good driver. Really?

>> Right. Take a right from there. Got it.

>> Uh-huh.

>> Hi.

>> I understand.

>> All right. Take care. All right. Let's

just keep going.

Let's go

later.

We can turn the radio on off, right? Oh,

what a nice drive.

Holy [ __ ] Banger tunes. What's here?

Hold up. Hold up.

Hey,

how's it going?

Hello.

Do you have eyes? Yeah. Okay. All right.

Take care. Oh, sorry. Wrong side.

>> Later.

All right.

Oh [ __ ] Oh damn skirt.

>> Spotted the Dynamo was talking about

looks decent enough. Even has some

people inside.

Hold up. Yep.

There we Yeah.

Perfect. Um T and get out of here.

Perfect.

Wow, that's pretty good.

That's pretty good.

Hi.

>> I'm [ __ ] sick of everything for real.

We're taking on everything for real on

God. No cap.

>> Equipment, electrical, plumbing. The

cash is rolling in, sure, but there's no

life. Work isn't a dick. It'll stand and

keep standing, but your youth will [ __ ]

off before you know it.

>> Yeah,

>> sa. I told you hund times. We need to

expand.

>> What's he doing?

>> Most of the work needs to be delated.

Get it? We should just be raking in the

cash and dealing with paperwork. What

the [ __ ] are you talking about? Degrade?

Oh, [ __ ] Sia, you're such a dunce. It

means shifting responsibilities to

others. You hire some guys and you just

count the money. It's slick for real.

>> Yeah. Yeah. Hire a pro and wait for the

[ __ ] to hit the fan. I don't give a [ __ ]

about those hassles. I was fixing a line

in the reserve yesterday. Did it all

myself with these two hands. And I

didn't [ __ ] myself. We need to close the

project in the village. But with your

all myself act, you'll be digging around

there for another week. Come on, finish.

>> Take care, sir. Have a good one.

>> Let's go.

>> Chilling. Dude, I love how there's like

so many Dude, I love how much effort

they put into this game. Like every

single character so far is voice acted.

There's so many like attention cute

little attention to detail. Like this

guy just coming out and looking and it's

very like just lively and I don't know.

It's really cool. It's really cool. I

like it a lot. Grab a tray, utensil

plates, and serve the food. Oh.

Uh, issue on forced disappearance is an

issue of the local newspaper. The front

page features a chilling headline uh and

a grim look on the face of a local

prosecutor Vulov.

>> No, you get it right. I hit him with a

right and the [ __ ] goes to the cops.

>> You're kidding. What an idiot. You can

tell right away he can't stand up for

himself. Not like you.

>> Well, no, baby. Don't think that. I

actually have a business and I'm a

decent guy. I've got a jeep and a place

in Moscow. I'm just a truck driver for

the soul.

>> Whoa. What kind of business do you have?

Probably something big, right?

International shipping.

>> Anyway, I love restaurants. In Moscow,

for example, only

>> she looking for like a sugar daddy. This

is kind of weird.

>> I'm getting kind of weird energy here.

>> You're a joker, Vermachelli. Did you say

that on purpose? Yeah. To check if I

know what it is or not?

>> Yeah. Uh-huh.

>> Yeah, I get it. Why clutter your head

with nonsense when you have so much

responsibility? A real man should be

getting things done, not

>> the real man.

>> Yeah. Uh-huh.

Okay.

All right. Very nice. Okay. Let's grab

our stuff. This is so dude. I don't

know. So that we can uh This kind of

stuff gives us goosebumps. Where on

earth were the authorities looking?

Newspaper. After 14 years, law

enforcement authorities have officially

closed the criminal case regarding a

series of disappearances in a small

provincial town. The tragedy that

occurred in October 1992 was long

considered a cold case due to the chaos

of those years and the death of the

prime suspect during arrest. Uh today,

experts finally confirmed the killer was

not a traveling predator, but a local

resident who enjoyed the absolute trust

of his neighbors for years. The

perpetrator's identity was hidden behind

a mask of respectability, and a social

standing literally allowed him to patrol

his own crime scenes. He was one of us,

always in plain sight. The prosecutor's

office commented grimly. The most

terrifying part isn't what he did, but

how long he went unpunished, hiding

right under everyone's noses. Many

details of the case remain classified to

this day due to their extreme brutality.

In 2006, the plot of land where his

cottage once stood remains vacant. Local

residents claim that strange items are

still being found in the woods near the

village. This horrific story is a

eternal reminder that the most

terrifying monster can be smiling at you

from the next apartment door.

Oh, fair enough, honestly.

Okay. Oh my god. Let's get some uh nice

Oh my god, I'm so excited. What are we

going to get? What are we going to take?

Can I choose?

Oh my god, I can. I don't know what I

took, but I'm excited. Uh,

it's all meat.

some mashed potatoes. And let's get

Yeah. Get some meat going.

Dude, this is so cute. I love how much

effort they put into this.

Oh, case juice. Oh, energy drink.

I have to go. I guess I have to go in.

Oh, can I not? Oh, case juice. Yeah,

never mind. Pay for the food. Hi.

All right. Soup, mashed potatoes, the

main dish, and a drink. Anything else?

>> Uh, no thanks.

>> Eating in or you want it to go?

>> Uh, I'll eat here. Thank you.

>> Okay, that'll be 110 rubles. Exact

change if you can.

>> Enjoy your meal. Come back and see us

again.

>> Thank you. My bad. We're going to eat,

sir. Excuse me.

Nice. Okay.

Hey, salute. Are you um Dude, are you

busy? I'm so sorry to bother you.

>> I just wanted to fill my stomach and hit

the road.

>> Fair enough, man. I didn't want to

distract you. Honestly, it's just I have

a couple questions. Um you wouldn't

happen to know how to get to the village

of Bal. The GPS doesn't work here at

all. It's like a total ghost town.

Seriously.

>> Uh brother, I'm new here myself. You a

foreigner?

>> Yeah, you're right. I'm not Russian. Uh,

my name is Zultan. I'm a journalist of

sorts writing for an independent

publisher. I have this column, uncanny

stories. I hunt for strange places, you

know.

>> Can you tell them stuff and weird

disappearances?

>> It's my passion, dude. I love that.

>> I also love the creepy stuff. Writing

about our roads. That's where the real

uncanny is.

>> No way, mate. Your roads are very

extreme, that's for sure. Real survival

horror,

>> but I came here for something even

crazier.

I'm looking for the Elmiss.

>> That's what the lady said. Almost. Who's

that?

>> Well, it's like a local yeti, but in a

Russian setting, they say he lives

somewhere around these forests. People

go missing and

they just vanish without a trace. It's

so creepy, right?

>> Be careful. It's not you're up here.

>> Yeah. Yeah. I'm I'm sorry. I won't keep

you. Thanks for answering. You're very

chill. Much calmer than the others I've

met here. Um, good luck to you, dude.

>> Thanks. See you. Can I What a weirdo.

I'm a Yeti, man. What a load of complete

[ __ ] I don't know. I don't know if

it's really complete [ __ ] Oh, let's

let's dig in.

M. That was Oh, wait. Okay. Get the Get

the case juice.

Delicious. And now the soup. I feel like

I would probably eat the soup before the

other things, but it's okay. It's okay.

Damn. We're already slurping up that

soup, huh? All right. Time to keep

moving. Not much further left. All

right, time to get out of here. Should I

Hello. Can I not bring my plate back,

dude? I don't know. I hate that, dude.

His face is literally in the table.

Bye. Uh, thanks for the meal. Thank

>> Hey, man. Hold up a sec. My head is God.

It feels like it's made of lead. [ __ ]

You just drove past the welcome sign,

didn't you?

>> Yeah, I did. What do you need?

>> Listen, brother. Help me out here. My

buddies and I, we we had a few welcome

drinks last night. You know, kept it

classy. And I I think I lost my mobile

out there.

>> My mobile?

>> It's an expensive one, man. The latest

model. I tore this diner apart looking

for it. Nowhere. I must have left it on

the bench by the side.

>> And what do you want from me? Go get it

yourself.

>> Man, I can't even look at the steering

wheel. I'll buff at the first turn.

Could you just swing by?

>> It's like 5 minutes. I'll make it worth

your while. I I'll cover your gas. I

swear in my life.

>> All right. Better safe than sorry.

>> You're a lifesaver. I won't forget it,

brother. I'll be right here waiting.

>> All right. Optional. Find the phone.

Okay. Well, we're going to go drive to

find this man's phone.

Crazy side quest. Crazy side quest.

We're driving all the way back to get

this random.

>> So, fill your belly. How was it?

Uh yeah, I took your advice and stopped

it to join. You were invite. They cook

with heart.

>> Hey, watch it. Don't go cool in a decent

place. Enjoy it.

>> Listen, I forgot to mention something.

Go straight to the admin office. Leave

your car in the lot and pick up the

Bhanka's company van, a radio, and the

cabin keys.

>> Van radio and cabin keys. Got it.

>> Don't mention it. And look here. Don't

mess this up. You're already losing

Natasha with that don't give a damn

attitude of yours.

>> Just don't blow this job, too. You hear

me?

>> Yeah, that's it. I'm got to go. Catch

you later.

Oh, thank [ __ ] Oh my god. I thought I

was Oh my god. I was Okay, let's just

park on the middle of the road. Perfect.

Let's look for this.

Uh on a bench here. Oh, I hear it.

Can I go up here, dude?

Oh, got it. All right, I got the phone.

Very nice little side quest. Dude, this

is so cute. You can even do like little

side quests in this game. This This game

is nice, dude. I They put so much effort

into this game. Like, actually,

skirt

skirt.

>> Also, banger music and copyright free

apparently. The music's made for the

game, I think. So, pretty pretty damn

cool. Lots of voice acting. This is

really nice.

Okay, the music's a bit.

>> I'm back, skirt. All right, there you

go. I got your phone, sir.

Well, did you find it?

>> Yep.

>> Oh, my baby. She's alive.

>> Oh, dear man. Seriously, you saved my

life.

>> My wife would have ground me into dust.

My whole client base is on here. I would

have been out of a job.

>> Are you going to pay for the gas? We had

deal.

>> Yeah. Yeah, of course. No question. Uh,

here. Take this. Keep the change. Yeah.

Good luck on the road. Keep the shiny

side up.

>> Thanks.

Take care. Help the guy achieve it.

Let's go. Oh, this is also cute to the

details. Like those guys already left

now and everything is so cute. Very,

very detailed game. I like it.

Bye, sir. All right, let's get to our

job. I feel like we've been on side

quests and all of the quests all day

long,

but now it's time. It's time to finally

get to our work. Oh,

3 hours later. State Nature Reserve

Territory.

>> Uh, comes check. This is Ilia, the new

guy. I'm at the entrance to your cab.

>> You, Ilia. You finally made it. The

fog's thick as pea soup today for sure.

Name's Toya, but everyone calls me

Mikich.

>> Uh, nice to meet you. Where where to

now? To the cabin.

>> [ __ ] to the lake. Don't be stupid. Turn

right at the fork. You can't miss it.

You got the key. Go in and get settled.

Like the stove, you'll freeze otherwise.

That's it, kid. Be on the radio tomorrow

at 8. We'll discuss tasks.

>> Got it. See you tomorrow. Over and out.

Drive to the cabin.

That's very dark.

Nice headlights. Perfect.

Could I have driven in the prologue? It

feels sort of creepy out here, but at

the same time, incredibly peaceful. I

wonder if I could have driven in the

prologue and I would have gotten

everywhere so much faster and I'm just

just walking there. I don't know, man.

All right.

Box cut up. The sandboard is knocked

over. Was there a hurricane? Oh, it was

knocked over. I didn't even see that.

Here we are.

And it's isn't it just one day later

after the thing happened with the other

one? Here it is. My home for the next 6

months.

Okay.

Oh, hold E to unlock.

Gather firewood and light the stove.

Okay. Fire's probably

Oh, right here.

Very nice. Grab your things from the

car.

Get jump scared by an old lady.

Yep. Okay. It's probably in the trunk,

honestly.

Huh? Oh, put the bag on the table. So

dark.

Oh, there you go. Uh, turn on some

lights, maybe. There we go. Jesus.

Uh, check the computer. Okay, close the

door.

Uh, sector a password. Wow, what a

profile picture. It's so nice.

Nut.

H these

um Oh. Oh, 888

84.

Oh

8884

666 as well.

Yeah.

Okay. Hey, state need to reserve camera

maintenance attractions. Following

yesterday's stool, cameras may operate

unstably.

Upon detecting signal loss or

interference within the camera

application, immediately switch to the

cam repair application. In the left

panel titled camera list, select the

device marked with a red indicator.

If the indicator flashes, it signals a

critical hardware malfunction. To access

advanced system settings, enter the

digital error code. The code is

generated automatically and broadcasted

on the primary surveillance monitor over

the static noise of the malfunctioning

camera.

Uh, okay. After entering the code, press

and hold the hole due to repair button.

Carefully monitor the progress bar fill

within the progress field. Voltage

spikes in the circuit are inevitable

during the repair process. If service

symbols appear in the combination

window, immediately confirm them by

pressing the corresponding keys on your

keyboard. Um, I guess we are. Are we

going to check the cameras? Error code

94

094. Okay. 9494.

Cam pair.

Um

9494.

Ah, perfect. Hold to repair.

Wow.

Very cool. Sweet. Okay. Substation.

Uh, night mode.

Substation

20601.

2060 110. 2060 110.

Hold to repair. Okay, this is so much

easier than I don't know. The

description seemed so complicated and

now it's actually quite easy.

Thankfully. Thankfully.

D.

Okay. And the camera on the lake.

Uh 020 45. 020 45.

G

Z.

Oh, what is it? Because I have a German

keyboard. I pressed Z, but maybe the

game thought it was Y.

Got it. Okay, noted. Noted. I will press

Y if it's

got it.

X again. Perfect. And all cameras are

fine. Perfect. Oh, jumping slime again.

No, Geod Detective.

No, no, no. I'm just going to embarrass

myself with that one. Go to sleep.

It's been exhausting. Time to get some

rest. Yeah, let's go. Let's do it.

The next day, 8:00 a.m.

Oh,

>> copy, newbie. How are you holding up?

Sleep okay in your new spot.

>> Morning. Uh, could be better, could be

worse. What's the plan for today?

>> Listen, here's the deal. Head out to the

lake and check the road. We had such a

storm pass through the day before

yesterday. Not sure if everything held

up. The guys supposedly cleared it, but

you never know.

>> Copy that. Heading out now. The trees

there are cut down. Uh, was that the

storm, too?

>> Uh, yeah. The day before you got here,

it was a storm. A nasty one. Listen,

really bad. Yeah,

>> the force still hasn't recovered.

>> Got it. All right, I'm rolling. Thanks.

Talk soon. Optional. Refill. Refill the

car. Optional. Why do I said optional?

Okay, but I think let's see if we can

drive there. I could have probably

driven last time as well.

G2 throw.

Oh my god, I could have driven there. I

was walking everything, dude.

Oh no.

Yeah, this speeds it up a bit.

Oh yeah, this is broken over there.

Skirt.

Yeah, that makes it so much easier. I

feel kind of stupid now for Oh,

>> [ __ ] huge log, but whatever. Good

thing I aced gym class back in school.

Oh, I didn't.

Wow, we're so strong.

Damn.

All right. Uh, we can park the car here.

All right. Let's go to the lake.

Toya, come in. Road before the lake was

blocked. Cleared it. It's quiet at the

lake itself, but the boat got washed up

on the shore and a couple of fish are

lying on the sand dead. It seems kind of

weird.

>> That's interesting, Newbie. Actually,

the guys cleaned everything up yesterday

afternoon. The road was clear and they

tied the boat down tight.

>> Yeah, it really is.

>> If you're up for it, cruise around the

area, see what's what. Maybe you'll find

something else. If not, just head back

to the cabin and rest until evening.

Over.

>> All right.

Optional. Look around. I'm going to look

around. I like that it uh puts it or

like there's still a marker up there and

we don't have to figure out everything

ourselves and we can probably probably

difficult to find.

Now we can park here.

We got to go. Oh, no. We kind of got to

go that way anyway.

Oh, but I don't think there's a way

here. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, this was where the

other uh thing was where there was uh

some fabric on the tree.

Listen, I'm looking around here. What's

on the other side?

>> That's a different sector than my shack.

You watch over sector A. I've got sector

B. Get it?

>> Got it. Well, it's beautiful here. Can't

argue with that.

>> Anything else, sir? Is that it?

>> Nope. Oh, that's it. Okay. Off to look

around. Perfect. Perfect. Perfect.

Need to head home. But first, we're

going to keep looking around.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Oh, great. Absolutely fantastic.

Hold up.

Hold up. Good thing I aced the gym

class.

Perfect.

All right.

Uh, there's a bucket of rotten stuff

here. Book of what? Fish. Well, I'll be

damned. I don't give a damn about it.

Either some jokers are messing around or

Altonai is bringing her offerings.

>> Altonne? Who's that?

>> Man, if I only knew for sure. Local

drunk wanders around, tells these crazy

stories. Nut job in a word.

>> You guys have a blast here. I'll give

you that. All right, over.

Sweet. All right, let's head home.

The nut job. Do I mean the old woman?

Because she's crazy. She But I mean,

maybe honestly, maybe she's not so crazy

after all because the guy at the

at the diner,

he also said something about the thing,

Almir,

something like that.

Just keep driving. Just keep driving.

>> And here we are. Yay.

Perfect.

Very nice. Very nice.

Evening of the same day.

Two more trail cams, then I'm heading

home.

Check the trail cams. Uh-oh.

Oh, something scary is going to happen.

I know it.

I'm

>> scared.

Just me, my car, and my music. My vibe

music.

Leave my car on. Some light.

Check the trail cams. One of two

uh skirt. There we go. Perfect.

Hey, we're almost there.

Dude, this is so spooky, man.

In the middle of the night,

right there. Okay.

Head home.

Doy doy.

Scary

>> thunder lightning.

It's a bit very dark.

We're almost home. I see a light. It's

probably home. Skirt.

Skirt.

The actual hell. Well, I could have

sworn I turned off the lights. Yeah,

same dude. Uh-oh. My god. Where's the

old lady?

Find out what happened in the cabin.

Optional. Oh, optional. Take the axe for

self-defense.

Come in. Someone broke into my place.

>> I'll be damned. What happened, newbie?

>> There are tracks here and an empty

fridge.

>> You've been tearing through the forest

all day. You're barely keeping your eyes

open. You're just imagining things. You

probably shoved the food somewhere

yourself and now you're panicking.

>> What the hell? I'm telling you, someone

was in my house.

>> Cut the panic. Lock yourself in and sit

tight. We'll talk tomorrow.

>> A lot of help. He was old bastard.

Dude, what do you mean? Nah, man. He's

kind No. Okay, he's kind of sus now.

Kind of sus. All right, time to clean.

Clean.

Oh, yeah. That's definitely how you

clean. You just smack it on the on the

floor.

Why is it kind of a bop?

Uh, is that all? Gather the firewood and

light the stove. Got it.

I knew I knew. I knew someone was going

to run at me or jump scare me like like

it did happen at the diner earlier. I

knew it. I knew it. Well, hello there,

watcher.

>> Holy [ __ ] You old bat. What the hell

were you doing in my cabin? Food,

life,

it's all the same. They found a

replacement for a one in fest. The

forest,

it's alive.

It doesn't take on little strangers.

Those who don't know their place, it

fills

their mouth with the dirt soon enough.

>> Why so quiet?

>> You should live, boy.

While the trail Beck is still visible.

>> Uh, who are you anyway?

>> He needs to be fed.

He needs to be a piece.

Consider your supplies

and offering to the maze. Maybe he won't

touch you tonight because of it. Or

maybe even that won't help.

>> It better help. Uh, you're a psycho and

you belong in a mental ward.

>> Listen to me, boy.

>> I'm listening.

>> And mock my words. The forest doesn't

forgive mistakes

or they'll find a replacement for you,

too, before you even have a chance to

look back.

Take care.

All right. Anyway,

uh there was an old woman here babbling

nonsense about some Almas. Who's that?

>> Oh, the old lady. That's all tonight.

You can just ignore her. We've been used

to it for a long time. She lost her mind

about 20 years ago. Since then, she's

been convinced that someone lives in the

woods. That same mom miss. Just a local

legend. Don't let it get to you.

>> Do I have to expect her every day now?

>> Come on, Ilia. Don't overthink it. She's

harmless. Just a bit eccentric.

>> Don't stress over little things. Just

get some rest.

>> All right, got it. It's just a little

bit weird, you know. I complete sector

check cameras and reports.

Okay. Uh,

well, she's going to waddle away, right?

Do I have to report her? Probably not.

Okay. Rers's cabin looks fine.

That looks fine.

Looks good.

Very nice.

Oh.

Uh, canair. Uh, okay. Cam 5 substation

01098.

01098.

Yeah, I actually have to press Y on my

keyboard for it to be recognized as it

crazy.

W

T.

Nice.

You're all good.

Fantastic.

Very nice.

Beautiful.

Oh, knife. Okay. Um,

photos.

Oh, wait. It's like 2 days later. Okay.

Very nice.

Um um

reports

uh stormy.

It's definitely stormy. Uh

I mean there was like a minor violation

though. Like when we arrived there was

like one bent like the notice board was

like kind of cooked but I don't know if

it was in the cameras but I don't think

it really matters. Camera studs. I mean

we repaired them now so they're

functional now. No.

I mean, there was one person on there,

so it doesn't really matter. Zubla,

I don't think this really matters too

much anyway.

Go to sleep. Perfect. Good night.

Good night. Night night.

It's been almost a week since I started

my new job. Everything is quiet. I'm

actually liking it. They installed new

cameras the other day. Now there are

barely any blind spots left. The

aftermath of the storm has finally been

cleared up, too. I can't stop thinking

about my son and Natasha. You can't just

cross out 10 years of marriage. Aside

from that crazy old lady, everything's

been normal. But as they say, the night

is still young.

Oh, I bet the night's still young.

Something's going to happen. Man, I brew

some seriously strong coffee. Oh [ __ ]

we're going to [ __ ] our pines. Oh no.

Time to head home, wrap up work, and

crash. Didn't get a damn bit of sleep.

Oh, it's so nice here, though.

I'm not going to throw it into the woods

here.

My mug.

Sarah.

>> Sarah. Oscar. Ilia, where are you right

now?

>> I drinking coffee and walking around.

Are you drinking again?

>> No way. Just nerves, kid. Nerves. Don't

wander in the forest for too long. Wrap

it up by evening. The air in the forest

right now. It's not good. It's heavy.

>> Except the same thing about the storm

yesterday. Listen, has anyone actually

seen the

>> seen it? And thank God for that. I said

wrap it up. So, wrap it up. Over and

out. Sure thing, Tolia. Over. Is it

really going to believe in me in my old

age? All alone, drinking myself to death

in the woods of out of pure boredom.

Could have gave Natasha a call one of

those days. Acted like a real dick

before I left.

Well,

all right.

Uh 0884.

8884. Okay.

0884

666.

Okay, cameras. Camera one. All good.

Camera two. Wonderful. Three. Perfect.

Cam four. We got one person on camera.

We got one person. Oh, wow. That's a

long code. 85 85 36 782.

Oh, I could just do it like that.

85 36 782.

Hold the repair. Nice.

Very nice. Okay.

Um.

Mhm. Mhm.

So, we only saw the guy uh the guys

walking around here who was like looking

for creepy stories like the uncanny

stories or whatever he said.

Other than that, everything

I think everything's fine except this

one guy there. Okay, report.

Uh it's sunny. I think no violations.

Camera set is functional now, I guess.

Uh, one and zoo snail.

Cool. Perfect.

Drive away the trespasser.

Okay. Drive away.

Pick him up with my car and get him out

of here, I guess.

Let's go.

Drive away. The trespasser.

Probably is some weird story to tell.

Are we going to investigate with him

together? Oh, probably not. Oh [ __ ] I'm

stuck on the fence. Oh, my bad. My bad,

chief.

I think this the wrong way.

My bad.

And crash the [ __ ] out. Oh no, I didn't

mean to turn the car like that. Oh my

god.

This way.

There you go. This way. Yeah. Perfect.

All right. Should I run him over?

Didn't work.

Hey, man.

>> Oh, hey. We met at the diner about a

week ago, right?

>> Yeah, we did.

>> Small world, huh?

>> Why is this face? H this is private

property. You get lost.

>> Oh, take it easy, man. You're just like

you were at the diner. Always so gloomy.

I'm a journalist, remember? Just

gathering material for my uncanny

stories. Colin, I check the map and this

is like the perfect spot to catch the

illness on film. I swear he's somewhere

around here. Are you seriously looking

for a yeti? I said get lost.

>> Hey. Okay, don't get mad. I'll just snap

a few shots and head out. Thank you.

>> It's so cinematic, don't you think? The

whole aesthetic. I love it.

>> Screw the aesthetic. Get the hell out of

here.

>> All right. All right, tough guy. You

convince me. See you around. Maybe if

I'm lucky, we'll cross paths again when

I finally catch my beast on lands.

>> All right. I'll make sure you leave.

Okay, perfect.

Dude, the music's a vibe. This game is a

vibe. I like it.

Damn. Do we took Did we take the long

road?

Almost there. Almost there.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Perfect.

Oh. Oh my bad. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.

Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.

Uh, skirt. Perfect. There we are. Should

I refill my car again? Nope, I can't.

Okie dokie.

Night night. Good night. Night night.

Oh, we also have a little picture on the

uh side table. A couple more days

passed. After the encounter with that

crazy old lady and that curious

foreigner, everything seemed to quiet

down. Mik College and I started getting

along a bit, but I couldn't shake the

feeling that the old man was hiding

something. Every single forget it or

stay out of it from him only added fuel

to the fire. And as it turned out, my

gut didn't lie.

Well, after having breakfast like that,

time to get some work done. Okay.

Uh, what are we going to be doing today?

Investigate who is honking. Someone's

honking. Who the hell uh would show up

in a wasteland like this?

Oh, my bad.

All right, let's go. I'm missing the

pumpkin.

This way.

Perfect.

Hi.

>> Were you?

>> Hi.

>> Good morning. You're the new watcher,

Ilia, if I'm not mistaken. Uh, depends

on who's asking.

>> Leon Kativich welcome from the regional

prosecutor's office.

>> I've been assigned to clear up the cold

cases in this district. You know, over

the last 5 years, a suspiciously high

number of people have just vanished

around here.

>> Yeah, I've heard about it. Well, the

forest is big. Things happen. Uh, Michel

says there are wild animals everywhere.

>> Says a lot of things.

>> Halich, sorry. But I'm more interested

than the previous watcher.

>> Sergey Vanovich Kalashnikov.

>> You found it. She went to vacation,

didn't he?

>> That's the thing. His request for leave

is on file, but nobody's actually seen

Kalashnikov in the city.

>> Oh, wait. They're covering up that he

died here.

>> Not with his relatives. You follow

Amelia?

>> Uh-huh. I am.

>> An experienced woodsman who worked here

for 20 years just dissolved into thin

air. Are you trying to say that he's not

on vacation?

>> Kind mentor Mihalage is having trouble

keeping his story straight.

>> The official report says resigned by

choice, but in reality, nobody knows

where the hell he is. You're new here.

Keep your eyes peeled. If you find

anything strange, and I mean anything,

let me know.

>> Yes, of course.

>> Got it. Also, how didn't he start like

with his face like in our screen? Like

in the middle of a screen. Now he's so

far. What happened? He was stalking.

Holy mother of God. Why didn't Mihalage

tell me right away that Ivanage went

missing? Got to process all of this on

my way back to the cabin.

Oh, turn on.

Skirt.

Skirt.

Ah, dang it.

All right, there we go. Perfect. Let's

go home.

Reach the house and talk to him. Mhm.

Mhm. Mhm.

I wonder what he has to say about that.

Yeah. What's he going to say? What he

can't say? Oh, yeah. No, just Oh, don't

explore it. Don't forget it. Or like,

forget about it. Blah, blah, blah.

What's he going to say this time? skirt.

All right, let's talk to him.

Uh, are you there? There's a surgeon.

>> What happened, Ilia? My head is

splitting and I still have to go on

patrol.

>> An investigator just came by. Said, even

missing. Why didn't he tell me

immediately?

>> Listen, newbie, don't be mad at me. They

forbade me from talking. There was a

clear order from above. Even is on

vacation. Don't ask questions. Keep

working. And I I was happy to obey that

order. I thought if I just accepted it,

everything would resolve itself.

>> From above, a man has disappeared. Stop

playing games. Tell me how it really

happened.

>> Yeah. Get comfortable, Lilia, and

listen. I'll lay it all out for you as

it really happened, not what's written

in the reports.

>> Oh [ __ ] Okay, I didn't expect that.

>> The night I went missing. 2:27 a.m.

>> Since I'm senior in both rank and years

of service, my shack is packed with

sensor arrays and all kinds of smart

techno crap. Control point my ass. That

night I couldn't sleep for the life of

me. The wind was howling like crazy.

That's us.

>> Log frame was creaking so hard I thought

it collapsed.

>> Uh, okay. We pack ranger. We park

rangers aren't allowed firearms at all.

Just a radio and a flashlight. But you

never know what might happen in the

woods.

So, what am I doing?

Holy.

Go back inside.

Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Oh, what does that mean?

What do I do? What do I do? Don't panic.

Do I drive now? Nope. Oh, come in.

Ivanage, do you hear me? Oh, hold up.

>> Mitch, you see what time it is? What the

[ __ ]

>> Christ, finally, Sergey, we've got a

situation. Every camera on your sector

just went dark. The power at this

substation is flatlined. Do you hear me?

Zero power.

>> I'll check in the morning.

>> What for the branch, Sergey? Didn't you

hear me? The alarm was triggered. The

lock's been ripped off. If there's a

fire or a short, uh, the whole damn

forest is going up in smoke and your

cabin with it. They're bury us alive for

this. Please just go look. If the

inspector shows up and sees a panel

trash, we're not just fired. We're

looking at jail time.

>> The signal is [ __ ]

>> Think about it. The new guy arrives

tomorrow. What are we going to hand him?

A pile of ash. Don't leave me out dry

here. I can see it from the monitor.

Something's wrong. Just a quick look see

and get get out.

>> Fine. I'll go.

>> Oh, yeah. So, we're technically he's

kind of lowkey the reason why we're dead

because we told him to investigate.

Go on, but be careful. You hear me?

Don't play the hero. Anything falls off,

you get on the radio immediately. I'm

right here waiting on you.

>> Even do you hear me?

>> I was sitting on pins and needles. Tried

calling him another 10 times. Dead

silence.

>> That's the voice to the guy on the

leftly because of that damn storm. Then

I heard a shot. Just one. Sharp. Short.

>> Not really. Oh, we heard a shot.

What's happening there? Answer. Damn it.

>> Driving there takes 40 minutes through

the mud. And I

>> I bitched out.

>> Bitched out. Helia. Just sat there

staring at that red light blinking on

the monitor.

Decided to call administration. Thought

they'd sort it out.

Dispatch, this is sector B. We've got an

emergency in sector A. Power is out. The

watcher isn't responding and I heard a

gunshot. Get someone out here now.

Please calm down. You're 20 kilometers

out. In this weather, it's a 90 minutes

drive at least. Have some patience. Most

likely a tree fell on the power line.

Contact us again once the sign will

return out.

>> You bastards. You office sitting

parasites.

What are we doing now?

>> Who the [ __ ] are you? Why'd you kill the

deer? Huh? Not enough for you, prick.

Did you have

>> before he died? Who are you talking to?

>> Drop the shotgun. Now, carrying a

shotgun in nature reserve is a crime.

You hear me? I'm calling the deputy.

You're leaving here in handcuffs.

>> Get out of there.

>> Why are you quiet? Do you do you even

understand what I'm saying to you?

>> Did that voice fit with the That was the

person on the right. Did the voice fit

the I know. They sound so much younger.

I don't know.

Uh, all right. That's how it happened.

Dillia, I sent him there myself with my

own hands. When I heard the shot, I

didn't run to save him. I locked myself

in like a rat and sat there until

morning.

>> You just left him there.

>> What could I do? I was all alone. In the

morning, they called from the office,

straight from the city, Gileia. They

said, "Zip your lips." Said there were

no gunshots. There was a thunderstorm on

firecrackers and Danish

is on vacation.

>> How the freak can he do that? You heard

what was happening.

>> What was left for me to do, kid? They

said if I said one word too many, I'd

face criminal charges,

>> claiming I killed him while drunk. The

bastards, so I gave in. But I can't take

it anymore, Ilia. I don't have the

strength to look at this forest. I

flinch at every shadow. I'm quitting in

a week. I already submitted my papers.

>> So, you've been carrying this inside you

all this time. God,

>> forgive me, kid, for the rudeness and

for not telling you sooner. I just I

just didn't want to hear that gunshot

again when I'd be too afraid to run to.

You're young. You have a life ahead of

you. But I ended here that very night.

>> I understand. Maybe I need to process

all this. Uh, go get some rest over.

Wait. Oh, that's us with a wife and our

daughter or son. Taken shorty before

everything fell apart. Oh, the

prosecutors live for these kind of

cases. The drunken brawl, the cover up,

bodies in the war. Ah, no. I can't do

that. We all make mistakes.

It work.

Let's go. Oh, a few more days passed.

Walov didn't show his face again. And

honestly, it's for the best. Uh, Mialage

and I are like two conspirators now.

Bound together by the same rotten truth.

He knows that I know, and it brought us

strangely close. I can see him falling

apart. The old man just wants to scrape

through this week and vanish. As for me,

for the first time in a long while, I

took a hard look at my at my myself. I

used to blame everything on my rotten

attitude and bad luck. But out here in

the silence, lying to myself became too

damn hard.

Yeah. Fair,

fair, fair, fair. All right, this is the

last one and that's it for today.

Return to the cabin.

Why is it such a banger, dude?

Oh, careful. Oh, that was tight.

Uh, this way. Probably this way.

Here we are. Yippee.

Oh my god. Oh my god. Sorry. Sorry.

Sorry.

Here we are.

And skirt. Perfect. All right. Get me

out. Yep. Perfectly parked.

Oh.

Nice. Let me thank you.

One second, guys.

That's it. I'm never

I'm never driving to that spot again.

>> You're asking about reception. You can

get a signal if you go right from the

substation between the rocks. There's a

path up to the ridge. I used to. I used

to. We always caught a signal there when

we needed to call the city.

>> Thanks, Tia. You're drinking again.

>> A little kid, so the shadows on the

corners don't move so fast. Go ahead and

call your wife before the sun sets. If I

don't answer, don't worry. I'm turning

in early.

>> All right. It's tough.

>> Get some rest. Over. Pick up the phone.

Oh, there

reached the location. All right, get

back into our car.

Oh my god, I keep doing Oh my god, I

keep walking.

Oh, now I can drive through here.

I didn't turn off my car. Is does a

matter? I don't know.

Okay.

I'm not going to hear my car the entire

time, right? Because I didn't turn it

on.

I can still hear it.

>> Hello, Ilia. Is that you? What's wrong?

I'm at work. I've only got a minute.

>> Uh, Natasha, hi. Don't hang up. I just

wanted to hear your voice.

>> Oh my god. Elia, you're like a child.

Honestly, you're 30 years old, still

playing the romantic while our life is

falling apart. I've got the papers

ready. When you're back, we'll sign

everything and end this like adults.

>> Natasha, I'm not talking about the

papers. I've been thinking a lot. I'm

sorry for yelling at you before.

>> Yeah, I'm just tired. Tired of waiting

for you to grow up. Waiting for you to

stop finding yourself and just start

being there for us.

>> You're right. I was an idiot and I've

seen things you Natasha people disappear

in an instant.

>> What are you talking about? What do you

mean vanish?

Idia, are you okay? You sound strange.

>> Everything's fine. I I'll come back a

different person. I promise. Just

forgive me if you can.

>> Okay.

Yeah. Just be careful. You sound like

you're saying goodbye. Don't scare me.

Demo was asking about you today. I'll

tell him you called.

>> Tell him. Tell him Dad will be back

soon. And this time I won't let you

down. Take care of yourself. I love you

both. Wow. My first normal conversation

in a year.

[ __ ] your wife.

Let's

see if we can get a couple of days. And

I'm not staying here either.

Evening of the same day.

Phew. Don't forget to grab the

flashlight.

Oh, on the floor. Yeah, sure. Got to

find way to light the stove. It's going

pitch black. Got to light the stove. Uh

it's getting chilly.

Hand.

Oh.

Oh. Huh.

Oh, okay. This specific one before that

I was able to take it from there.

Complete sector check cameras and

reports. Got it. Now just fill out the

reports and I can call it a night.

Uh cameras.

No night mode. Okay.

What's that? Is that the sun or is that

fire?

Mhm. Error code. Um

94284

X

Q

F

W.

Cool.

The last one. Cam 12 is bogged.

Someone's

cam 11. Someone's doing a campfire. Who

is that? Is that the guy we told to [ __ ]

off? Oh no, dude. Oh no. Oh no. Oh. 2376

716.

All right. Hold the repair.

C

V

G

C. Wow. Very nice.

All right. Well, there's one guy having

a campfire and he's probably not allowed

to be here. So, yeah. Um,

cloudy.

No violations.

Camera status. Well, they're functional

now. I don't I mean, there were two

faulty ones, but I don't know. Should I

Should I do faulty if I repair them? I'm

not sure. One person.

Uh, a zuber. Got it. I don't think this

really matters anyway, but yeah.

Drive away the trespass again. Okay.

Drive, drive, drive. All I do is drive.

Tia, come in. Do you hear me? That

foreigner has snuck into my sector

again.

Uh, Mikage, we need to call the cops. We

need help. Please don't tell me your

[ __ ] face is seeping again.

Bro, I always go on the freaking wrong

side of the car. It's crazy.

I promise you I know which side you

drive. I promise you.

Can I go this way,

bro? What?

We will.

Maybe the trespassor is a goner.

I'm a goner.

Somebody catch my breath.

I'm a goner.

Skirt.

Where did he go? Well, we just heard a

scream, so I don't know, dude.

Zultan. Zultan, you piece of [ __ ] What?

Listen

to the voice. Record the logs.

>> Wait, how did he take a picture of

himself?

>> What do you mean?

>> Just crossing into the Republic. Turk

mythology calls the Elmiss a wild man.

Not exactly Bigfoot men, but something

halfway between human and beast. They

say if you lock eyes with him, your

sanity just evaporates.

Serious stuff. In 2006, it sounds like

total [ __ ] but if even a fraction

of it is true, my story for uncanny

stories is going to be legendary.

Got a trunk full of tapes.

Let's see what we find.

Day two still on the move. The local

like I'm an idiot. The second

>> old ladies crossed themselves. The man

stayed dead silent. Typical honestly

>> crossed path was this guy Ilia.

Surprisingly chill dude. Didn't even

roll his eyes at me. Just told me to

watch my bag. Said this place is the

kind of hole where if you go missing,

nobody comes looking.

Grim for sure.

But that only makes it more interesting.

Hiked way of the main road. Ilia was

right. It's wild out here. So creepy.

Zero reception. GPS died a couple of

hours ago.

>> According to the rumors, the mis hunts

these specific woods where people just

go

gun.

I have to see it for myself.

Hope I brought enough tapes. Fingers

crossed. What the hell? Ran into a

ranger and get this. It's the same guy

from the diner.

>> Hi.

>> He actually works here. Kick me out.

Said no trespassing.

He's not a bad guy. Just doing his job.

But he clearly has no clue what I'm

after. So annoying.

I'm going to have to bypass their

outpost through the ravines.

>> Slip through the clearing. I'm inside

the restricted zone now. There's this

natural silence.

Not even the birds are singing. The

camera sensors are acting up. Something

is definitely off. Almost certain that

someone

or something is watching me from the

shadows.

>> Probably because I just heard a scream.

>> Someone was watching you about this.

>> I found the old trail one side. This is