MIKE MCCRAY is the "police chief" of Chemhalla, an isolated summertime vacation village in the Cascade Mountain Range. It's a quiet enough job that he doesn't carry a weapon; his work mostly consists of keeping the lid on the mayor's rowdy son ARDEN and his teenage cronies.

McCray discovers a bloodspattered little girl wandering the highway. He identifies the little girl and her mother as newcomers to Chemhalla; the mother works at the nearby bioPharm research facility. Mike calls BioPharm to learn the mother has not shown up to work. McCray and Urgent Care nurse LESLIE MEDFORD investigate and discover a blood trail leading from the house into the woods.

Additional attack are blamed on a rogue bear by Chemhalla's mayor TIM FAUSTUS... until they find the latest victim, poisoned through bites on her leg. With help from Sasquatch hunter LARRY, they discover that the victim's body is full of formic acid, a by-product of methanol poisoning.

Leslie drives the forensic samples to the state lab but discovers the highway is closed due to a train derailment. A detour route is also closed due to a chemical tanker accident. She is unable to leave.

OWEN MOORE, head of bioPharm security arrives, offering medical assistance. Despite suspicions that bioPharm is responsible for recent events, the victims are whisked away to bioPharm's facility.

Owen tries to assuage their suspicions: "We're like you; we have family, friends. I swear, there's nothing out of the ordinary happening here--".

That's when all Hell breaks loose.