Matanto

It's as old as time itself waking periodically to check on its domain, this time some of it is missing, and a price must be paid. The Hamilton County Consortium purchased a small portion of Hamilton Woods to meet the needs of a growing community and a local developer. An elementary school, a multi-use athletic field and three homes were constructed on the purchased site. Two of the families, the Munches and Andreas', have children attending the elementary school. The third family, the Snodgrass', is a retired couple, a professor of American History and his research assistant wife. A Native American couple serves as caretakers for the nature preserve that serves as a buffer between Hamilton Woods and the purchased land. When a high school age girl is found comatose standing on the street fronting the nature preserve a local police officer has suspicions and discovers that low profile visitors to the woods have also gone missing but are overlooked. The Munch and Andreas children begin having nightmares and a Teacher's Aide is not what she appears to be. The professor discovers some disturbing information about the woods and approaches the caretakers. The caretakers confide in the academics and reveal that they are there for a reason. Together the three families, the caretakers and the policeman slowly put the pieces together and confront the threat.