Grassman's Revengeance

Bill's note to uncle Leroy

**Grassman's Revengeance** is the fourteenth episode of Mountain Monsters season 2, and the twentieth episode overall.

On the two hour season 2 finale, A.I.M.S. returns to Perry County, Ohio, to once again attempt to capture the fearsome bigfoot the Grassman, something they failed to do the year before. However, they soon run into trigger-happy moonshiners, as well as another past creature, and one team member won't make it to the final hunt.

## Summary

On the road, Trapper excitedly tells Jeff, Huckleberry, and Buck they are going back after the Grassman, again. The team recollects the events of the last hunt for the Grassman, where they after a dangerous night it just barely missed their trap, so they're happy to get another chance. Jeff again describes the Grassman as between 8 and 10 feet tall, 1000 pounds, and has long red, shaggy hair. Trapper says that though last time, they hunted him in a deep holler, now, the Grassman has been coming out and going near houses, likely due to the bad acorn and nut crops, and is searching for food. But the team believes it's only a matter of time before he could get inside of a house. They may not have caught the Grassman before, but this time they have another shot and are certain they will.

In Perry County, Trapper says after they left the first time, the reports of the Grassman have been greater in number, which is the reason they came back. They meet with a witness, named "Legman", who heard the Grassman near his house. Legman says he was an avid hunter, until recently, when he was going over a hill on his property and he heard a noise he said sounded like a cross between a cowbell and a freight train. He believes what he heard was the Grassman. Trapper tells him about the team discovering the Grassman's nest when the went after him before, and Legman says the holler where it was is not far from his house, making it very likely it was the Grassman he heard. Just a few feet from his front poarch the spot where Legman heard the noise, he shows the team a recording of it he captured.

    What they hear is a loud, bellowing sound, just as described, and Trapper soon theorizes that the Grassman was imitating a dying raccoon call in order to lure Legman's dog out to the woods for an ambush kill. This is shocking news to the team, as it means the Grassman is much more intelligent then before. Trapper decides the team will conduct a night investigation near Legman's house, in "Moonshine holler", where they hunted the bigfoot before. On the night investigation, Trapper tells the team they are going to search the stream they knew the Grassman used as a travel route before, as well as the old house where they found it's nest, to see if it's still there. As the team travels through the holler, they see no sign of any animals, not even a rabbit, and eventually make it to the creek from the last time, which brings up some old memories. Crossing the stream, Trapper finds a heel print, undoubtedly the Grassman, followed by what appears to be faces. Trapper wonders what the Grassman has been eating, as it almost looks as if he has the runs. Jeff, who has been scanning with his thermal cam, picks up s large heat signature by the old house, which soon disappears. Coming towards the house, which is still eerie as ever, the team notices broken sticks, meaning something has been coming in and out. They slowly enter the house, but Buck hears something, only to find a small hole in the floor, likely just a raccoon. Trapper sees the nest in the next room, which is still there, but it has no heat signature, and the poop on the floor is old, so the team figures the nest hasn't been used in a while. Suddenly, a gunshot comes from outside, and they team hears a man's voice demanding to know who is on is property. Trapper realizes the man must be a moonshiner, so the team cautiously leaves the house, and shows the man they mean no harm. After telling him the are after the Grassman, he tells them he is aware of the creature but doesn't want any help, and tells them again to leave, pushing the camera away. As the team walks back through the holler, they realize they must have stumbled onto a still the moonshiners have set up in the house, as Buck saw a pipe inside that wasn't there before, and Huckleberry could smell mash used to make moonshine inside.

    Now, the hunt is even more complicated, as the team not only have the Grassman to worry about, but moonshiners as well. Although the investigation was cut short, Trapper knows the Grassman is no longer using the house, but is still in the area, so they will continue the hunt.

Next day, the whole team meets with Willy and Wild Bill, to give them all the information they have for a trap. Trapper says since the Grassman has been coming near human structures lately, they will need a trap that has that sort of design. Wild Bill says his uncle Leroy lives nearby, so they can use supplies from his junkyard. While Willy and Bill go to collect materials, the rest of the team will meet with another eyewitness. Willy and Bill drive to Leroy's house, but find he is not currently home, so they decide to help themselves. They find Leroy's old party van, which he and Bill would often spend time in. Willy decides to use the van itself as a trap, because it is strong enough to hold the Grassman, and the Grassman is probably familiar with cars so he will be likely to go inside.

   The plan to load a spring door on the back of the van, so when the Grassman sets it off, he'll be trapped. Once the pair take everything out of the vehicle, the are ready to get to work.

Meanwhile, the rest of the team meet with their next eyewitnesses, husband and wife Bernie and Linda, who have had a sighting of the Grassman, right near their cabin. Linda tells the guys that one early morning, Bernie was out hunting, and she'd seen something move outside of the window, so she grabbed her camera and pointed it at the window, then she saw something move past another window, so she turned the camera and recored something human-like but hairy, walk past.After that, she took a gun and hid in the closet, until Bernie came home, who did not believe her. The team is excited to see the video, so she shows them, which is of a huge arm and torso moving quickly in front of a window.

    Shocked by the video, the team asks to see where it was taken, so Linda and Bernie take them to the outside of the window. The team knows the video is absolute proof the Grassman is coming up to houses. Reaching the window, Trapper is astounded to see how high it is, the top of which is 9.6 feet off the ground. Realizing the Grassman is bigger, smarter, and bolder than they thought, the team is reminded of how urgent their mission to catch him his, as Trapper believes it's only a matter of time before it enters a house, and could even hurt or kill someone.
Back at Uncle Leroy's, Willy and Wild Bill continue to empty the party van for the trap. Wild Bill is sad they are taking apart the old van, but to catch the Grassman, he's willing to sacrifice it.

     After emptying the van, they weld steel plates over the windows, and crossbars over the front, so the Grassman won't be able to break out. After Bill tests it out, the duo leave, to finish the trap in the morning.
Later, the rest of the team meets with their third eyewitness, a man named Patrick, who lives with his wife at their cabin, not far from moonshine holler. Patrick says he has heard of the Grassman, and recently, he had a sighting. He had come outside to get fire wood, and he heard a crackling noise, when he saw a huge creature, standing nearly 10 feet tall. Buck asks how long ago it happened, and Patrick says only two weeks, not long. Patrick tells them the encounter was so frightening his wife has gone to live with her mother and won't return until something is done about the creature. Huckleberry asks if he was cooking anything at the time, and sure enough, Patrick's wife was cooking a ham, so the team figures the Grassman may just be looking for anything to eat at this point, which Patrick agrees with, due to the harsh winter. Luckily, Patrick says he managed to get a video of the bigfoot which he shows to the team.

    The team is impressed by the video, of a tall creature standing near Patrick's house. After showing them where he was when he shot the video, Trapper comments how much the Grassman has disturbed Patrick's life, having scared away his wife, and now he himself is going, which is probably a good idea, as they are uncertain of the Grassman's next move.
Meanwhile, Willy and Wild Bill return to the junkyard, having loaded the door on the van, to take the trap. Wild Bill finds Uncle Leroy is still not at home, so he leaves a note, explaining how his "favourite nephew" borrowed the van. The two then load the van onto a trailer, and drive it away. They then set it up at the entrance to moonshine holler, so the Grassman will have to come by it when he goes to people's cabins. The rest of the team arrives, and are impressed once again by Willy and Bills work. After Willy explains the trigger systems set up in the trap, a large foot pedal, a trigger in a cuboard, and a rope, and demonstrates it, the team camouflage the trigger in hay, making it look comfortable for the Grassman.

    Then, they bait it with human foods since the Grassman has been eating, including fruits and vegetables, ribs, and steak. Once the have baited the trap, and Trapper drips some of the food on the hay, they are ready to hunt the Grassman once again.
At night, the team waits by the trap to go on the hunt, and Buck says he hopes the don't run into the moonshiners. Suddenly, Trapper runs over to the team, on the phone, with a man who sounds very shaken, asking if they're going after the Grassman. The man tells Trapper over the phone that he just saw the Grassman in his barn. Trapper says the man just had a sighting in his barn of the Grassman, maybe a mile away. After giving the team directions to his house, the man says he's in his car and getting out of there. The team tells Willy and Wild Bill to get in there car and follow them, and they will explain later.

     As the team drives to the barn, they know they're at a disadvantage because the trap is a mile away, and the don't know what the barn is like, but since this is the freshest lead they've ever had they have to follow When they arrive Trapper quickly explains the situation to Willy and Bill, however, there are three barns, and they dont know which one the Grassman is in so they spilit up to check them all Trapper goes with Huckleberry and Jeff while Buck goes with Willy and Wild Bill. As Buck's group approaches a barn, they are very nervous being startled by tarp blowing in the wind Entering the barn, Willy thinks he hears something, but they don't see anything until Buck notices a spot on top of a hay pile that something has been on top of. They send Willy up, and see something moving in front of him but are relieved to learn it's only cat Outside Trapper team finds a large footprint outside of a barn, which appears to be made in haste Back in the barn, Willy continues climbing atop the hay and finds what appears to be a nest the Grassman may have been using. Bill hears something banging around but not behind them as he believed, it's coming from below Buck discovers The Grassman is walking in the cellar below them, and bumping head on the ceiling the follow the sound around, Willy finds a hole in the floor which he pokes his gun into All of sudden, the gun is yanked right out of his hands through the hole The three decide they must go down and get it, so Wild Bill gives Willy his gun and takes out his knife. There is no stairs leading to the basement so they go around the building to the side door leading inside, where they find a footprint in the snow They cautiously enter the building, and find it's full of equipment so the Grassman could be anywhere Buck and Willy come to a disagreement over whether or not to shoot the Grassman if he's this close, as Trapper had said he wanted him alive After Buck searches small shed they keep looking and find Willy's gun, and the hole in the ceiling, which they are astonished to find in around ten feet high After Willy gets his gun they hear something moving on the other side of the room, and Wild Bill sees something running out the door, so they give chase They dont find any footprints but the find another barn so they decide to check it out, when Buck trips and hits his head on a chair. In another barn, the rest of the team finds pile of hay but see no sign of the Grassman. Meanwhile, Buck recover from his fall but doesnt see any doors on the building, when he catches glimpse of something moving through window Buck decides to send Willy and Bill to go around the building, while he goes around the other side to find a door. As Buck makes his way around he finds lone cow which he shoos off. Willy and Bill find an open garage door with tracks just inside and try to call Buck but he doesn't hear. Buck calls for Willy and Bill at the same time but they don't hear him either. Inside the building Willy and Bill look under a tarp but find nothing, although Willy hears something messing with another tarp but they still do not come across any sign of the Grassman Suddenly pile of objects are knocked over, and the duo follow something heading toward the door.

     Right outside the door stands Buck, when is flung open knocking him and the cameraman over. When Willy and Bill come out, they find Buck lying bleeding on the ground and the Grassman is gone Buck is badly injured so they radio the rest of the team for help. When they arrive they tell them what happened and Trapper gets the truck to drive Buck to get medical attention. When they leave, the rest of the team is furious, feeling much more personal about the hunt and are even more determined to capture the Grassman Next morning, Trapper drives alone down the road. He explains Buck has a concussion and a hurt shoulder, and a friend is taking him back home Trapper is almost brought to tears by what happened and says Buck being put out of action will affect the whole hunt because of how close the whole team is Now Trapper is on his way to the trap, because the Grassman would have had to go past to get back into moonshine holler When he arrives at the trap, he cannot believe what he sees, the team is already there, and the van is on with huge hole in the top The Grassman was obviously in the trap, but then went into a rage, and busted his way out.

    Even more all the bait is gone, Trapper tells the team what happened to Buck who will be okay but he won't be back for the rest of the hunt Bill says they should go back after the Grassman but Trapper isn sure they should go after him at all, because the trap is wrecked their down team member and Trapper is responsible for everyones safety and doesn't want anything else to happen. But Huckleberry says he is still going to go after the Grassman and the team all agrees so Trapper says they'll need to talk to more witnesses and new trap Trapper says they need time to let Jeff find information and to design a new trap. Finally, they declare to do so for Buck Three days later Trapper Huckleberry and Jeff meet with another eyewitness hunter named Eric, who spends a lot of time in the woods now heard sounds never heard before Eric says right near his house when heard powerful shout. The team like roar or scream and he describes like some sort of mating call says terrified by something that close to his house because knew could get in tells the team after he heard managed to get recording and he offers to play or the team on his truck speakers

    When he plays, they are shocked to hear a scream identical to the one the West Virginia's Yahoo made 3 months ago. The team is unsure of what's going on now and remember the events of the investigation of the Yahoo. Trapper wonders if the Yahoo and Grassman are looking for mates and Huckleberry suggests they maybe already have mated. Trapper doesn't know if the Grassman and the Yahoo are the same creature hybrid but, he does know the moonshiners know more than they told them, so they have to go back and try to find out.

Meanwhile Willy decides to make different type of trap for the Grassman minefield of foothold traps The foothold trap is large rim with rebarbs inside which lets something step into holds so can't go out Willy and Bill build the first one but still have many more to complete so they continue.

Later back in moonshine holler, the rest of the team gets ready to search for the moonshiners. They drive down into the holler, but don't find anything the search some more they spot small building up hill so they walk up to it. As the walk towards it, they notice tripwires on the ground almost hitting them they get up to the shack they see the moonshiner who'd shot at them who demands to know why they're back Huckleberry pleads to talk with the man who begrudgingly agrees. Huckleberry explains they want to catch the Grassman, and it hurt their team mate, and they need all the information they can find. After which he says they will leave the moonshiners alone The man is unsure if it would be possible for them to hunt the Grassman, but he says he will call the other moonshiners and see what they decide After calling them he says they will meet them by an oil tank in truck Huckleberry thanks the man, and returns to the others. He tells them to get back in the and hell fill them in

     Huckleberry tells them the moonshiners will meet them they drive down the path until the find maroon truck but they can't see who's inside they get out and approach the truck moonshiner inside asks what they want They tell him they're supposed to meet him and what they're interested in and they say the Ohio Grassman The moonshiner says doesn't know much know there is least pack of them not just one Though shocked by this Trapper about they have heard yahoo screams and the man says they'll hear several time from different directions followed by bigger one not like the others. He says that one sounds larger and meaner than the rest and believes the Grassman Trapper what they eat and the man says corn, fermented corn, used to make moonshine. He explains they used to drop off pile of corn two fallen trees to keep the Bigfoot's happy so they leave them alone, but they are no longer pleased with anymore and they're starting to tear things up. Huckleberry says they could have become addicted to the corn mash and the moonshiner agrees and tells them he doesn't want the Grassman in the holler anymore. Trapper says they want to catch the Grassman and the moonshiner says they could give them some bait and help them with the hunt, on one condition: the team have to stay in the holler through the hunt doesn't want to many people moving into and out of the holler.

    The team agrees to this and thanks the moonshiner. The team is happy to have gotten the valuable information that there are more Bigfoot in the holler and how the moonshiners once pleased them with mash for years but now the Grassman is coming into their stills and stealing their mash and getting drunk With the information the shiner provided them with the team plans to camp out in moonshine holler and will go after the Grassman. Next day, the team drives the side by sides into the valley and sets up camp. Bill starts fire and while warming his rear his pants catch on fire Huckleberry puts it out but still has some fun by telling Bill to roll on the ground Once everything is set up Trapper says they are going to find the fallen trees where the moonshiners would leave the mash they told him about to set up the foot traps They drive through the holler, but are unable to find the fallen trees when they come across moonshiner Huckleberry tells him theyre having trouble finding the spot, and he tells him to keep following the road until they find two maple trees crossed over chestnut barrel, as well as that the moonshiners are watching them to which Huckleberry says he assumed so They continue down the road and find the crossed trees and Willy explains he plans to block off the mash drop offand cover the front of the area with his foot holds, so the Grassman wont be able to get to the mash without getting caught The team begins cutting logs to make the barrier and once they have done that and made it they put out a rope grid and flags to tell them where to put the traps.

     Trapper decides they will put the traps in tomorrow, and they return to camp for the the night. At night, the team sits by a campfire, and Trapper tells them tomorrow they will place the traps in the morning, and at night the hunt starts Eveyone goes to bed except for Huckleberry who the first watch, and though they are supposed to change places Jeff thinks Huckleberry will stay up the whole time Hours later everyone is wakend from sleep by Huckleberry who says heard tree knocks. They listen for a minute, and Trapper Huckleberry and says he heard it twice. Suddenly, they hear a knock on a tree, followed by two roars, meaning there are two of them Jeff scans with his camera, and doesn't pick up anything at first, but then finds a large heat signature in the woods Knowing the Grassman is very close the team to chase him away they dont want him in their camp They grab their weapons and rush to the driving quickly through the woods after the bigfoot Suddenly the vehicle is hit with a loud bang and is knocked almost on The Bigfoot threw rock at them. They are stuck in a ravine so they swiftly get out, and point guns in the direction the creatures are in.

     Without, warning, more rocks are thrown down and hit the side by side. Hearing more bigfoots all around them, the team attempts to make a retret when Huckleberry spots another at the top of a hill. Then, Trapper is knocked to the ground, apparently hit by a stone. Willy fires his gun twice in the air, warning shots to the Bigfoots. As they help Trapper up, there is no sign of the Bigfoots who were apparently scared off by the gun shots. The side by side wheel was damaged in the crash, so the team is forced to walk back to camp. Trapper reminds Wild Bill to put his pants on next time they leave camp, because he had none this whole time.
Next morning, Wild Bill and Willy put the traps in the ground. Wild Bill says they can't camp in the valley another night, so they have to do the hunt tonight. The rest of the team arrives, and once the traps are all in the ground and camouflaged, they fill a bucket with mash the moonshiners had left Trapper the night before.

     With the trap baited, and the traps covered in camouflage, the team gets ready for the hunt.
At night, the team sits at a campfire, and Trapper gives Buck a call. Buck answers, and says he's still on medicine, but the team is glad to here him. After saying goodbye to Buck, Trapper tells the team they aren't the only people in the woods tonight, and he shows them how he knows, a note he got from the moonshiners with the mash. Trapper reads the poorly written note, which says the mash is what they need, and the moonshiners are aware of the attack the last night. They also say they know the Grassman has something in the north point of the area he does not want them to see. Trapper decides to start the investigation there. He says they will drive down the path on which they were attacked towards the north point, then circle back to the trap. But he also says the note told them the moonshiners will fire a gunshot if they know the Grassman is on the prowl. The team goes to the side by side to begin the hunt, and Willy has fixed the tire. They drive down the path where they were before, keeping an eye out for the Grassman. Soon, they pass the point they were stopped at, and make it to the north point. Trapper spots an old barn in the brush, so they decide to investigate. The door is open so they enter the building. Outside, Wild Bill and Willy look at the other side of the barn, and find it is open. They climb up a ladder to the second floor, but notice there is a lot of stuff inside, and the Grassman could be hiding behind something. Back on the ground, Trapper, Huckleberry, and Jeff search the rest of the building, when they hear something, and Huckleberry sees movement. Jeff uses his camera and finds something large standing right behind a wall, the Grassman.

     Trapper decides to carefully move over there, when suddnely, he is knocked over. Once they help him up, he says something reached below a wall and grabbed his foot. They go to where the Bigfoot was, who is gone now, and they decide to get out in the open. Outside, Jeff scans with his thermal camera, but is unable to find anything. Trapper goes over to another barn, and notices lots of footprints in front. They slowly enter the barn, which Trapper determines to be an old still house, and are astounded to find two, huge, nests. They call Bill and Willy to come inside, and once they arrive they are surprised by the nests. Trapper realizes the reason the Grassman didn't want them to find this place because it's where his nests are. Suddenly, something hits the building, and the team is quick to realize the Grassman is outside. Another hit to the wall, followed by a growl, sends the team into a panic. The last one was on one side of the building, in front of Bill, and then another attack comes on the other side, and something is tearing the wood right off the building judging by the noises, and Bill thinks there's more than one bigfoot. Trapper decides the team needs to retreat, so they exit the building. Jeff tries to scan with his camera but doesn't see anything, and the team goes to the side where the Grassman was attacking from, only to come across a barrel of mash. This is likely the Grassman's stash, so they decide to take it and starve him out so he will have to go to the trap.

     As they return to the side by side, they hear a gunshot, from the moonshiners, warning them the Grassman is moving. They believe he's headed towards the trap, so they drive off in that direction, declaring this one for Buck. As they drive, they hear a roar, and Jeff scans with his camera and picks up the Grassman near them. Suddenly, something hits the front of the side by side, and they crash. As they get out, Bill sees the Grassman head over a hill. They find the tire is busted, so Trapper sends Willy and Bill to go back to camp to get the other side by side. Wild Bill and Willy hightail it to the camp, and find it has been torn to pieces, by the Bigfoots. Not stopping, they get on the other side by side and drive back to the others. Meanwhile, Trapper finds a huge footprint, much bigger than their feet. When Willy and Bill arrive, they tell the others the camp is destroyed, and Trapper shows them the huge print, headed towards the trap. Sure the Grassman is going to the trap, they get in the side by side, and drive there, but when they arrive, something flies out of the bushes and hits the front of the vehicle. When they get out, they find it's one of the foot traps, somehow pulled right off the cable out of the ground.

     Nearby is the hole, and the broken cable. They are completely surprised that the Grassman would be able to pull a trap out, when they hear a gunshot from the moonshiners. They know the Grassman is still around, but can't find him anywhere. Trapper says that since the Grassman tore up their trap, wrecked their camp, and put out on of their side by sides they have no choice but to leave. They are mad that they didn't get the Grassman and they have so much evidence on him like sightings, video, and tracks but not him. They say they will definitely be back after the creature, Next time with Buck, still determined to catch their foe, before heading for home.

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