rumsfield's wife, bonnie, finds their neighbor walter's dog running loose. worried about the elderly man, ray, art, mark, and bonnie, along with ricky butler, a teen neighbor whose parents are away, go to walter's house. inside, they find overturned kitchen chairs and walter's toupee, but no walter. ray collects the dog and leaves a note in case walter returns. that night, ray and art theorize about walter's mysterious disappearance, believing the klopek's may have used him as a human sacrifice. when ray's dog brings home what looks like a human femur bone, they are further convinced.