Jersey Devil Episode Synopsis

Episode 1X05: "Jersey Devil" Original air date: October 8, 1993 Written by: Chris Carter Directed by: Joe Napolitano	Guest stars: Michael MacRae: Ranger Peter Boulle Gregory Sierra: Dr. Diamond Wayne Tippit: Detective Thompson Claire Stansfield: Jersey Devil Jill Teed: Glenna Tamsin Kelsey: Ellen Andrew Airlie: Rob Bill Dow: Dad Hrothgar Mathews: Jack Jayme Knox: Mom Scott Swanson: 1st Officer Sean O'Byrne: 2nd Officer David Lewis: Young Officer D. Neil Monk: SWAT Team Officer
Short Synopsis: Scully and Mulder investigate murders thought to be done by the legendary man-beast living in the New Jersey woods.

Detailed Synopsis: Opening in 1947, a man is pulled from his car and with his leg bitten off. Police search the woods and kill a large, unseen creature. Cut to the present, a homeless man is found partially eaten and bite marks that appear human. Mulder suspects the Jersey Devil, but Scully dismisses it as a folk tale. She leaves Mulder to investigate it alone, while she goes to her godson's birthday party. Mulder talks to some of the homeless, who tell him they've seen the creature and the police know about it as well. Mulder stakes out the spot and catches a glimpse of the beast, but he gets arrested. This convinces him that the police are covering up the attacks to protect the tourism industry. Mulder wants Scully to help him on the case, but she refuses to cancel her date, saying "unlike you, Mulder, I would like to have a life." Later a park ranger tells Mulder he found the body of a male creature in the woods and turned over to authorities. Mulder theorizes that since his death, the creature's mate has moved to the city to find food. Mulder chases the beast woman and is trapped by her, but Scully arrives and scares her away. The creature flees into the woods, where the police kill her. An examination finds a human bone in her digestive system. Scully cancels a second date to work on the case with Mulder. When Mulder asks, "Don't you have a life?," she snaps back, "Keep it up, Mulder, and I'll hurt you like that Beast Woman did." Meanwhile, as a father and son hike through the woods, we see a child of the two creatures hiding in the brush.