:44:09
Glad you finally got here, Sheriff.
:44:12
Hi, Doc. Didn't expect to see you.
:44:14
Hi, Andy. Jack met me on the way.
Told me you've been having trouble.
:44:17
- Yeah, darndest thing ever happened.
- Where's what we came for?
:44:20
Let's go.
:44:37
I never saw anything like it.
:44:39
No footprints, no blood, no sign of struggle.
:44:42
The bones just stripped clean,
like peeling a banana.
:44:53
About noon the boy here came up
from the lower section and found them.
:44:57
I don't suppose
it could've been mountain lions?
:44:59
I've ranched here 22 years now, Doc...
:45:01
and I've had more than my share
of lions and wolves.
:45:03
It wasn't them.
:45:12
Where did that come from?
It was there when the boy got here.
:45:15
Stop worrying about that
and tell me what's picking my cattle clean.
:45:18
That's all I want to know. What's doing it?
:45:20
- Take it easy, Andy.
- They're not your cattle.
:45:22
If it could happen last night,
it could happen tonight, tomorrow night.
:45:25
It could wipe me out.
:45:30
Aren't you going to do anything?
:45:31
I'm up a tree, Andy, like you are.
I don't know where to start thinking.
:45:35
You got any ideas, Doc?
:45:37
Better round up what livestock you can
and stand guard.
:45:39
If you see or hear anything,
ring me at the house.
:45:42
I'll be there, just in case.
:45:45
See you, Andy.