Sleeping Bear

This is a horror story, taking place in the Sleeping Bear Dunes in the northern region of Michigan.

A series of strange disappearances in the small, tourist town of Sleeping Bear has many puzzled. Could they have been kidnapped, or murdered? The police are so mystified that they are about to give up on finding out when another series of attacks is reported: several cars have been crushed flat or torn up, and no one can explain how.

A descendent of the Native Americans who lived in that area tries to convince everyone that it is the vengeful Black Spirit, come to wreak its vengeance on the town for its levelling of several dunes. But biologist Joe Crane is convinced that they have a freak-of-nature on their hands. He heads his own expedition into the dunes to try to find out what is causing the damage.

He comes upon several broken trees, smashed fencing and an old, dead farmhouse that was apparently burned down years ago. However, as he ventures in he finds out that it is not so dead as he imagined; it was the recent home of ex-military scientist Ted Bowser, who was evicted by the government for his dangerous, almost psychopathic experiments, so Crane is told. And now, apparently, this madman is on the loose. Could he be responsible?

No. The man is found dead in a corner of his makeshift lab, his neck and back snapped like twigs. Furthermore, a monster hole has been ripped in the roof, raising suspicions. Joe thinks he may have the answer: something from this man's own lab escaped and is on the loose. In fact, he is almost certain as he finds barrels of toxic chemicals lying around.

Now the hunt is on. Joe Crane, accompanied by the local Sleeping Bear Dunes park ranger Christopher Montgomery and several policeman, track whatever it is deep into the pine woods, where they find evidence of It's presence; torn down trees, animal skeletons that have been torn to pieces and remains of an old truck, ripped in half. And they come face-to-face with the most terrifying scientific find that was ever known to man.