A small rural town in Maine is shocked as a mysterious animal leaves a local resident brutally ripped apart. Deemed to be a random bear attack by town officials, freelance journalist Max Frome suspects it might be something more.

A boy finds a mysterious object that drives him insane leading him to kill his parents. After escaping to the woods he returns 20 years later to find his home is being rented to some vacationers. He is not pleased.