All language subtitles for Daktari s03e26 The Monster of Wameru

Oh! Oh!

What happens now? I don't believe it.

It simply can't be.

There are certain things in this world
of ours that cannot be explained by cold

logic.

There are mutations in nature we can't
possibly know about in unexplored areas.

Consider the cavemen of New Guinea.

Look, I don't know what you fellows are
getting so excited about. Just because

I'm calling my talk zoological
mythology, fact or fiction, I'm leaving

room for reasonable doubt.

That's fine, Marsh, but you are
addressing the graduate science students

University of Nagoro, not some women's
garden club.

I know those students, Marsh. I was one
myself.

They'll tear into you if you take an
orthodox approach.

Even with the orthodox approach, there
are certain things you just can't

like the abominable snowman of the
Himalayas. Or the Loch Ness Monster of

Scotland. Oh, I can ignore those very
easily.

You see, I happen to be a scientist, not
a fiction writer.

the continuation of that attitude, the
Romero Research Center will become known

as Squaresville, Africa.

Marsh, Marsh, please, look at these.

Oh, copy.

Distantly related to the giraffe.

Yes, what about it? It wasn't discovered
until 1900.

But it was still living in the Congo,
maybe for millions of years. Only man

didn't know about it.

Look at the panda.

Until the French missionary, Pierre
Armand David, discovered this species in

Himalayas in the last century. The
civilized world wasn't even aware of its

existence.

Ah, the duck -billed platypus.

Now, when somebody first came and said
that the duck -billed platypus was an

-laying mammal, all the conservative
scientists, like yourself, insisted that

was a hoax.

Turn it off, turn it off. I'll take the
slides along with me.

I'll tell you one thing right now.

This will only strengthen my point of
view that science cannot accept any

unless it's documented proof.

Then you admit that there may be some
zoological freaks that science just

doesn't know about?

Oh, yes.

Yes, of course. Especially young men
who've been raised on Jules Verne and

science fiction movies.

Marsh! Marsh!

Well, hello, Adelaide. What's up?

Marsh, you know the discussions we've
been having lately about strange species

of animal life with regard to your
university lecture.

Oh, Adelaide, come on. Don't you start.
You've been filling these fellows full

of strange old jungle tales, and now
they want me to include it in my talk.

I do admit the natives sometimes pass on
rather far -fetched reports of strange

animals they see. Yes, and usually it's
because they have hallucinations through

native brew.

Either that or they're pulling a very
proper British lake.

No, Marsh.

This time I saw it for myself. At first
I thought it was my imagination because

of the talks you and the boys have been
having recently.

Just what did you see?

Well, I saw a beast that had the
configuration of an ape but walked erect

man. Believe it or not, I actually saw
it as I was driving along the road from

Voodoo village.

What you're saying is that... Are you
sure you didn't have some native brew

yourself? No, Mars, seriously, I did see
this.

Well, Kelly, what you're trying to say
is that you think you saw a gorilla.

We don't have any gorillas around here,
never have.

If you'll have this piece of film
developed for me, perhaps you'll believe

Sure, we'll have it developed, but
what's the rifle for?

Now that I've confirmed the existence of
this creature, I have to kill it.

Why? If it's a species of gorilla, you
have nothing to fear.

A gorilla won't attack a human being.

All sorts of panic will sweep the bush
if it's not eliminated.

The natives will revert to their old
fears and superstition, and it's better.

The whole thing were nipped in the bud.

Well, why can't we net it or tranquilize
it and then bring it back here to

study? The senior game warden has
ordered me to dispose of it at once. He

that rumors of it will reach the
hunters. Then they'll be poaching all

place, searching for the greatest trophy
of all time.

You mean they'll be shooting at shadows,
hitting innocent animals and natives?

Exactly, Mike.

Now, if you chaps can capture this
creature, you're welcome to it.

But as for me, I intend to bring it down
before panic sweeps the bush.

Wherever that creature is, he's living
on borrowed time.

Well, the old man, there doesn't seem to
be much there.

Well, perhaps my hand wasn't as steady
as it should have been under the

circumstances.

Well, Henley, I'm sure if you got shook
up, it must have been something pretty

far out.

Marsh, wouldn't you classify this as a
zoological curiosity?

Notice the fur covering the animal from
head to toe.

Yeah, Marsh, how do you explain that
white strip down its back?

I can't explain it.

My only guess is it's an old silverback
that somehow or another wandered down to

the mountains.

It isn't like any gorilla I've ever
seen.

No, Marsh, that's a mystery animal and
sufficient evidence for me.

Of course, if I find some ordinary
gorilla that's fallen in a barrel of

whitewash, well, naturally I'll hold my
fire.

But if it's that creature again, I'll do
my best to bring it down with one

bullet.

Bye, Chuck.

calling Womeru. Come in, please.

This is Paula Tracy calling the
compound.

Please come in.

Ah, yes, Paula. I read you. How's it
going out there?

Well, I expected that lion pride to come
down to the water hole with their new

cubs, but they haven't shown up yet.

Well, you've got plenty of other animals
around to study.

That's just it. There aren't any animals
around here.

seen anything or heard anything unusual?

No.

The birds have even vanished.

Well, I want you to get Judy and come
right straight back to the compound.

Why? What's wrong, Dad?

Nothing. Just do as I say, okay?

Out.

Judy, what's wrong?

Everything's all right.

There's nothing out there that's going
to hurt you. Calm down. Take it easy,

Judy.

No,

Judy, we're going to shoot with this.

Uh -uh.

Don't worry, Judy. I'm not going to
leave you.

But that's the reason why Dad wanted us
to come home.

Think it could be an albino gorilla?

I don't care what Judy says. I did

see a gorilla. I even got it on film.

Well, it'll take a few days to get a
process in Nagoro, but, well, let's sort

cross -check this since you were an
eyewitness.

Mike, you have a slide of a lowland
gorilla there, don't you?

Here it is. Can you put it on?

Okay,

Paula.

You said this creature stared at you.

Did he have close -set eyes like this
with a protruding brow?

Well, even a slanted forehead.

Well, did he walk on all fours?

No, he walked direct like a man.

But the strange thing was that he had
shoulders like a bull, but a head like a

man. What was his color?

Black with big areas of white.

White or silver?

No, white.

High on his chest and on his back.

Okay, Mike, you want to turn around?

Well, your description certainly fits
that of Headley's.

Then can we send the films to Nagoro and
have them developed?

No, we can't wait for that.

I can't explain his coloration or his
walk.

The only thing I can think of is he's an
old gray beard of a gorilla that's been

driven down from the mountains through
hunger or disease.

You won't even consider the possibility
that he might be some sort of a missing

link, huh?

Or a prehistoric monster who's been in
an evolutionary deep freeze and is

isolated in the mountains?

No, not without more proof.

But whatever he is, he certainly
deserves to live.

And we've got to reach him before
Headley does.

Now, Mike, get the capture nets.

Jack? Yeah, I know. I'll get the truck.

Paul,

I want you to stay close to that radio.

Well, what if Headley should call?

Well, don't tell him anything.

If he is a sick gorilla, he certainly
doesn't deserve to be shot.

And if he's some sort of strange
mutation, which I sincerely doubt,

then he should be preserved.

Albert. Albert Macobo.

How are you, Albert?

It's nice meeting you again, Officer
Headley.

What are you hunting with that rifle?

Nothing, really. Well, this is a no
-kill area.

You should know that killing animals is
illegal.

I wasn't after animals, exactly.

Poaches?

That's it, poachers. One has to be on
the alert against those fellows.

Well, I hope you don't think that my
people would... The Mobutu tribe?

Of course not.

Fine, upstanding people.

Why should I suspect them?

Because we are very poor.

The last drought did much damage to our
crop.

We lost many livestock.

So that's why you returned from America.

Most commendable, sacrificing your
education to help your people.

I left because of a girl. I came back
because of a girl.

Umtala.

My brother William wrote that many young
men had been courting her.

Umtala, the daughter of Chief Kasinga of
the Nakura tribe.

She is a real beauty.

Congratulations. When will the wedding
feast take place?

Not until I can get money for oxen as
part of the bride price.

Well, I must get cracking.

Oh.

Albert, do me a favor, will you?

Yes.

Don't move through the bushes like a
phantom. I might have shot you by

Oh, no, Officer Hedley.

I do not think you'd be that careless.

And if you see anyone or anything out of
the ordinary, be sure and let me know.

Yes, indeed, Officer Hedley.

Right.

more interested in finding out what you
see out of the ordinary.

field party. Do you read me?

Yes, Paula, I read you.

Are you at location X?

Yes, we're at location X, but I think
we'd better maintain radio silence.

Well, why?

Well, Big Brother may be listening.

Big Brother?

You know, the one with the friendly
mustache?

I understand that. Keep in touch. Out.

Out.

Okay, Clarence, let's go.

Okay, Clarence, stick around and see if
you can find anything interesting.

If you do, let out with a grunt.

What have you fellas found?

You tell us.

Footprints. No handprints.

You know, those footprints are almost
human.

Without any handprints, it would
indicate that our creature was walking

Well, what do you think, Professor?

Animal or human?

Or a combination of both. A species of
gorilla.

The missing link between the animal
world and the human world, thought to

from the Earth, but somehow miraculously
alive.

Well, why not? The books haven't exactly
been closed on evolution, have they,

Dr. Murray?

Every day, scientists are learning more
and more about man's past.

Sure, take Dr. Leakey and the Olduvai
Gorge.

Discovered the Zanjanthropus man in
1959, wasn't it?

Or the more recent discovery, the new
Peking Man excavated in China.

Yes, but you're talking about fossils,
dead bones.

What we have here on our hands is a
living thing.

Now, fellows, I hate to disappoint you,
but...

What is it, Clarence? You find
something?

What the devil?

What have we here?

Well, Clarence spotted these, even
though those crazy crossed eyes of his.

These hairs.

Gorilla hairs?

Not any gorilla that I've ever studied.

Well, we may have stumbled across
something big.

Well, hang on a minute, Professor
Darwin.

The only thing I'll acknowledge is that
this will call for careful

investigation.

Why don't we take these hairs back to
the lab and throw them under a

No, not just yet.

I think we ought to look around here for
a while and see if we can locate some

more evidence.

And we better call Paula and tell her
we're going to be camping out overnight.

Marsh, suppose Headley encounters this
mysterious creature first.

Do you seriously think he would kill it?
I mean, if he definitely knew it was

the missing link, would he still attack
it?

More important, how do we know it
wouldn't attack him?

Tala. I thank you and your parents for
the dinner, Albert. But I must return to

my village.

Then I'll go back with you. No.

The moon is out tonight.

If any of my people see you with me,
they will tell my father. But your

has got to find out sooner or later.

Albert, you say rightly that we young
people must live with the new Africa.

But I still must obey my father at his
old ways.

Why must your father have the bride
price?

He is rich enough.

Charles Makika has 20 oxen that he is
ready to give my father.

Charles Makika?

But you do not love him. No, but still I
must obey my father.

Don't worry.

I too will be rich very, very soon.

And I'll have the bride price.

Did you see Antala on the path?

Did she see you?

Ah, what a relief.

Let me help you off with your head.

Sit.

Albert, I don't know how much longer I
can stand being inside this thing.

Not much longer, I promise you. When I
talk, I must sound like a gorilla.

I have trouble breathing.

If you were not my brother, I would say
you were a madman.

This plan cannot work.

Somebody will get hurt.

Probably me.

Feels good, huh, William?

Albert, I am not getting back inside
this thing. Not anymore.

You do it. But I am too tall. This suit
doesn't fit me.

All you think about is yourself.

William, this is for the whole village.

Just one more day and the rumors will
spread across the country like brush

Come to Mobutu Village, they'll say.

Come see the fiercest of all beasts.

And the drums will pick up the message.

And the tourists will come with cameras
and money.

What about hunters?

With guns?

What about Officer Headley?

Officer Headley is harmless as he is
gullible.

We can run circles around him.

William, get up. Get out of this suit.

Officer Headley, what brings you here?

I was looking for your brother, William.

William. Yes, William.

Oh, William. Well, he's in the hut right
over there.

But he's sleeping.

Wake him up, then. He's a very heavy
sleeper. Then I'll wake him up.

I'll do it.

William.

William. Get up and come out. Officer
Headley wants to see you.

My family's sleeping. We don't want to
disturb them.

All right.

Officer Hedley.

I'll come with you.

Well, it's amazing.

You've agreed to come, and I haven't
told you yet what I want you for.

I know.

Albert knows.

Well, I know, too. You worked in that
garage in Nagoro last year.

And it's very decent of you to get out
of your bed and come down the road with

me and help me get my blasted car
started.

Wretched vehicle went dead on me.

Oh, uh, well, William will be very happy
to help you.

Oh, do you mind if I go to sleep?

Not at all.

William will be all the help I need.

Oh, by the way, Officer Headley, did you
ever find those poachers you were

hunting for?

Poachers? Poachers.

Oh, those chaps.

No, not yet.

Well, good luck.

Thank you.

A little more, Mike?

No, thanks.

Well, what do you think?

Well, without a microscopic or even a
spectrographic test, it's hard to tell.

But my hunch is that these are not the
hairs of an albino gorilla.

Hey, Clarence.

Quiet down, boy.

Must be someone or something out there.

Easy, we don't want to scare it away.

You think it might be the monster?

Well, with you characters, I'm liable to
think most anything.

Might get the net, but quietly.

Albert. Doctore.

I'm awfully sorry.

How come you netted me before you even
saw me? You Romero people certainly are

jumpy.

Albert, do you know Doctore's other
assistant, Jack Dane?

Jack, this is Albert Magobo from the
Maputo tribe.

Hi. His brother William and I are very
good friends.

And you and the Doctore are friends of
my whole family.

And my village.

I'm sorry to know about your village's
hard times of late, Albert.

As the gods will it. I just wish there
was more we could do.

Why don't you have some coffee with us,
huh?

When you secured my scholarship to study
in the United States, you brought us

great honor.

Now that my people are in trouble, I
hope I can work toward their prosperity.

It's like old Clarence has forgotten me.

What are you doing out here in the bush
with your prized lion?

Searching for some strange beast?

No, we're just on a field trip.

By the way, Albert.

Have you seen anything unusual out here
in the bush?

Well, last night I could not sleep
worried about my people.

So I went for a walk.

And out there, about a mile, I thought I
saw something.

But then I might have been walking in my
sleep.

What was it?

It was my imagination.

These things just don't exist except in
native superstition.

What things don't exist?

Well, there was a strange creature, like
a gorilla with a white chest and back,

except that it walked like a man.

Albert, did you tell anybody about this?

Well, if I told my people, they would
have said, poor Albert has been off to

America and has gone crazy in their
head.

Or even worse, that they might foolishly
believe it and panic.

Well, did you report it to Officer
Headley?

Headley? He would have said I had been
drinking.

No, Mr. Dane.

I tell Mike and Dr. because they're my
very good friends.

Well, I must get back to my village.

Good night, Mike, Dr. Mr.

Dane. Good night, Albert.

Good night, Albert.

Well, Marsh, what do you think now?

Well, uh...

Let me put it this way. I'm confused,
but I'm not convinced.

Now, that didn't hurt, did it? No.

Here you go.

Paula, my dear, when do you think Marsh
will return?

Well, you know, Dad, when he's out in
the bush like that, he loses all sight

time.

District substation calling Wamero.

Come in, please.

Paul Tracy here at Wamero. Come in,
district substation. Is Officer Headley

there? Yes, just one minute.

Officer Headley here. Is that you,
Sergeant Kayungu?

Yes, Officer Headley.

The governor has been calling from
Nagoro.

He has heard rumors of a strange monster
in the bush.

The senior warden told him you were
disposing of the matter. He wants a

report.

Tell his excellency if he calls again
that by tonight I'll bring that creature

in, dead or alive, out.

Oh, well, my dear, no rest for the
weary. Thanks for the refreshment.

William, when the tourists come, you're
going to buy a bus and you're going to

take them around.

Our people will sell them blankets and
jewelry and hair from the monster.

We'll become the richest village in the
whole territory.

And when Officer Headley arrests us,
we'll become the oldest convicts in the

territory of prison.

Akula from Umera. Go out there and get
rid of him and don't let him come in

here. Suppose he asks for you. I'm not
here.

Ah, but you're better at talking than I.
How can I talk to him with my hands

like this?

Go.

Jumbo MZ Rafiki.

Jumbo Mike.

What brings you to our poor village?

I'm looking for Albert. Is he here?

My crazy brother?

Who knows where he is?

Is he all right?

He's in love.

In love?

Well, that might explain his wandering
about in the bush at night. Who is she?

Ntala.

From the Nkuru tribe.

The chief's daughter?

Well, she is a beauty.

William, have you seen any...

strange animals around lately.

Like what?

Oh, like a monster.

Monster? With the body of a gorilla,
some white fur, and the walk of a man.

No, of course not. Why should anyone
imagine a thing like that?

Well, Jack and I feel there is such a
creature stirring about in the bush. So

does Hedley, except Hedley wants to kill
it. Jack and I want to capture it for D

'Artari to study.

If you do see anything like that, please
call Dr. Harry at once. And let's keep

this among ourselves, huh, old friend?

Of course.

And if a monster like that approached
me, you will hear me scream so loud,

you'll hear me even without the walkie
-talkie.

Quiet, William.

Quiet.

William, why did you tell our very good
friend Mike a lie?

You ordered me to tell him you weren't
here.

I mean about your saying that the
monster does not exist.

I'm trying to spread a rumor, and you go
ahead and deny it.

You heard what Mike said about Officer
Headley being out with a rifle? We all

know Officer Headley's reputation as a
marksman.

It is very poor.

How'd you find out at the village?

William denies that there is such a
thing as a monster.

Did you say Albert lied?

Not exactly, but Albert is in love with
the chief's daughter, so he may be

seeing things.

Well, Paul and Hedley saw it, too.

Which side are you on, Marsh?

I'm on the outside.

Until I examine this properly, we're
just guessing.

Look, let's go back to the lab.

Then I'd like to have you take those
films of Paul as to Nagoro and get them

processed. Right.

Womero calling Doctore. Dad, this is
Paula. Come in, please.

Womero calling Doctore.

Dad, this is Paula. Do you read me?

That's Paula. I read you.

Dad, I got a call from Radio Nagoro.

It seems that they've received a rumor
about a wild creature that's half

and half man roaming the reserve area
near Bambutu Village.

Oh, what did you tell them?

Well, I asked them where they got the
information, and they said from the

governor's office.

Well, what do they want from me?

Well, as a reputable scientist, they'd
like you to give out a statement, either

denying or confirming the report.

What should I tell them when they call
back?

Well, I can't deny it, and I won't
confirm it.

I'll tell you what. Just tell them I'm
searching the area and that I'll give

them an answer tonight.

They couldn't wait that long.

Out.

Hmm.

Radio Nagora.

Pretty soon the whole world will know
about the monster of Mobutu Village.

Hurry.

Put this on so that Dr.

Ari can see you in it.

No.

William, one more time.

My marriage depends on it.

The future of the whole village?

You haven't completed your mission yet,
have you? No.

Have you discovered something I should
know?

Well, Hedley, I can give you my word. I
haven't seen this creature.

But I do have a proposal for you. A
moratorium.

No hunting or killing until we find out
more.

Since I saw you last, Marsh, what else
is there to find out?

I've come across at least a dozen
natives who've been frightened out of

wits by this monster.

If I don't do something soon, there'll
be mass hysteria.

But you can delay your hunt for at least
one day.

The governor's been calling my office,
demanding action.

Now that the word's reached Nagora, you
know what'll happen.

By tomorrow morning, the roads will be
choked with hunters, all trying to bag

the weirdest game of all time.

They're already referring to it as the
monster of Mobutu Village.

Well, Kedley, if there is an odd
creature running around loose out there

somewhere, and you kill it...

You could be destroying a major
scientific discovery.

I'm sorry, Marsh.

But I value human lives more than all
the books in the university.

Now, will you help me?

I'm afraid not. Looks like we're going
to have to take our own separate paths.

Fellows, will you put Clarence in the
truck?

Right.

Monster of Mobutu Village, eh?

Well, I'm sorry, Radio Nagara, but Dr.
Tracy will be unable to issue any

statement about the monster Mobutu
Village.

I suggest you call back tonight when he
has more information. Out.

Well, Dad, what about it? Is it a
missing link?

Well, it looks as if it's a case of a
missing hoax.

That's right.

This whole missing link nonsense is a
hoax, a fraud.

But I tell you, I saw it.

Oh, I'm sure you did, yes.

As a matter of fact, I found these hairs

by the waterhole where Paula saw this
creature.

I took them back to the lab and compared
them with a dozen or so animals around

the compound.

And what did you find?

I found that someone had taken the hairs
from another animal and bleached them

white.

Are you accusing me? And if so, why?

Because even before its existence was
confirmed, it suddenly became the

of Mobutu. Not Romero, but Mobutu.

And secondly, these happen to be the
hairs of a North American black bear.

And thirdly, you just returned from the
States.

That proves absolutely nothing.

Tell me, Albert, when you were in
college in the States, you had a part

job, didn't you?

Just what did you do?

Odds and ends.

Like working as a taxidermist assistant?

Well, how did you find that out?

Well, when you wrote your family,
William asked Mike what the word meant.

thought it had something to do with
driving a taxi cab.

Yes, and Mike told him that it meant
preserving dead animals.

Well, it still proves nothing.

You haven't even seen the creature. All
you have is a couple of hairs.

And something else.

Visit Mobutu Village, home of the
monster of Mobutu.

Souvenirs, film, and... personally
guided tours?

So that's it.

You were trying to cash in on the
tourist trade, huh?

Well, how else would I get money to buy
20 oxen?

20 oxen?

Dr. Ari, have you ever tried to buy a
chief's daughter for your bride?

Talk about inflation.

My village is poor.

So I figured I would create a monster,
stop the rumors, and have the monster

disappear. Have all the tourists
flocking around us.

I see.

That's a very clever idea.

By the way, who was in this monster suit
anyway? Somebody I know? My brother,

William.

William?

Where is he?

Well, frankly, he's out, trying to scare
you.

Me? Why me?

Well... I overheard a conversation
between your daughter and Radio Nagora,

asking confirmation from you as to the
existence of this monster. So I sent

William out to find you, or rather, to
let you find him.

Romero compound calling Dr. Harry.
Marsh, do you read me?

Yeah, Mike, I read you. What's up?

Headley's sergeant called in, said
Headley had reported locating the

link and was tracking it down for the
final kill.

Well, did you try to stop Hedley?

No, can't contact him. He's obviously
gone in on foot.

Where is he now?

He's at the north end of the Cassini
bush forest.

Look, Mike, keep trying to reach Hedley
and tell him to hold his fire.

Missing link turns out to be William in
a monster suit.

Thank you.

Doc, hurry.

We've got to stop Hedley. He's going to
shoot William.

Hadley!

Hadley!

Hadley!

You can't hear us. We'll just have to
drive through the bush for us. We've got

to stop him. I can't drive through that.

Why?

We can look at it. You can't drive
through that. We'll have to take the

around.

There isn't much time.

That's how I think of something.

Yeah.

Oh, Judy.

Look, Judy, take to the trees and try
and stop hitting. Now, you're not afraid

of that monster, are you, huh?

Okay, good. Come on.

Judy,

what the devil?

No! No! Don't shoot!

All right, Judy, I'll protect you. Keep
behind me.

Kill it, Marsh!

Kill it before it destroys us all!

William, come on.

Hand over the gun before you hurt
somebody.

quite a good job of photography,
especially under the circumstances.

And William made a very fine -looking
monster.

Yeah.

Well, we can breathe a sigh of relief,
especially Hedley. Now the monster's

officially dead.

So can William and I.

I confessed our crime to Headley and he
refuses to arrest us, saying we did no

harm. But despite my confession, that
monster is still alive.

What do you mean by that?

Well, I told the man at Radio Nagora
that it was all a hoax.

Oh, I heard the report.

And the people believe that the monster
Mobutu still exists.

But he's got it all wrong. And he's got
the news of our wedding all wrong, too.

He said I had married a chief.

But I am a chief.

Chief tourist guide for the Mobutu
village tour.

We've become the number one attraction
in the territory.

And the more I deny the existence of
that monster, the more the people

in it.

Well, I guess the people that come here
looking for excitement just want to

invent their own legends, huh?

Hey, how's your brother William? Has he
forgiven you for almost getting him

killed by our dauntless officer Headley?

Oh, yes.

He's most happy now that the village is
prosperous and he can soon get a bride.

Right now, he's making souvenirs.

Souvenirs? What kind?

A do -it -yourself monster kit.