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Season 1  "The Jersey Devil"  1x5

Aired 30 years ago - Oct 08, 1993

The murder of a homeless man that is very similar in detail to a murder committed in 1947 leads Mulder and Scully to a legendary man-beast roaming in the forest near Atlantic City.

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and held in an anti-gravity chamber for three days.
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Ever hear of something called the Jersey Devil?
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Funny thing is, I believed it. Thanks, Doreen.
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Hi. I'm Special Agent Dana Scully and this is Agent Fox Mulder.
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The FBI has no overriding jurisdiction in a murder case.
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- Maybe make a weekend out of it. - It's a three-hour drive back by myself.
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I found the body just over there, lying face down on the rocks.
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I saw what I thought was
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and deer bones, looked like they'd been sharpened into tools.
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You're a natural. I don't know how you keep it together.
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What do you want to know?
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- Anybody told the cops? - You think they don't know?
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You can't fill those casinos, this town disappears like a quarter down the slot.
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Am I buying? Or did you manage to panhandle some change while you were at it?
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But I'm not about to go in and sell a sighting in a dark alley.
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- What's this chart? - It shows the historic entry of man
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barring the introduction of alien life, we will live our days as rulers of the world.
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- It was weird. - I'm sure.
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I'm sorry.
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Any publicity, and the streets are crawling with people who aren't playing crap tables.
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There's something here!
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No, I was just... thinking about my godson's birthday party.
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- How old would you say she was? - The assistant DA's on the phone.
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but he found nothing that suggested prehistoric bone structure or physiology.
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Mulder.
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- I don't think so. - No interest?
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