WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:20.200 Ranger Bill, warrior of the woodland. 00:20.200 --> 00:26.200 Ranger Bill, warrior of the woodland, struggling against extreme odds, traveling dangerous 00:26.200 --> 00:29.320 trails, fighting the many enemies of nature. 00:29.320 --> 00:33.600 This is the job of the guardian of the forest, Ranger Bill. 00:33.600 --> 00:39.400 Pouring rain, freezing cold, blistering heat, snow, floods, bears, rattlesnakes, mountain 00:39.400 --> 00:40.400 lions. 00:40.400 --> 00:54.120 Yes, all this in exchange for the satisfaction and pride of a job well done. 00:54.120 --> 00:57.680 Say have you ever heard of animal ghosts? 00:57.680 --> 01:03.080 Gus McDougall, the owner of a large bus line, has problems with ghosts and Bill and his 01:03.080 --> 01:05.480 rangers are directly involved. 01:05.480 --> 01:10.960 In fact, the ghosts almost put Gus out of business and Bill is hard put to solve the 01:10.960 --> 01:15.560 problem of ghosts appearing along forest edges at night. 01:15.560 --> 01:21.680 What would you do if a man told you that you had to stop his men from seeing ghosts? 01:21.680 --> 01:23.680 That's quite a question, isn't it? 01:23.680 --> 01:38.600 Let's find out what Bill and the fellas do in the story, The Road Ghost. 01:38.600 --> 01:43.880 Big Sandy Thomas is pushing his cross country bus as hard as he can and yet drive safely. 01:43.880 --> 01:50.520 The large vehicle has a full load of 55 sleeping passengers as the bus roars through the night. 01:50.520 --> 01:56.360 The drive from Junction City to Naughty Pine is the last leg of a long trail for Sandy. 01:56.360 --> 02:00.360 One of the passengers sitting directly behind the driver's seat speaks a few words now and 02:00.360 --> 02:01.360 again. 02:01.360 --> 02:02.360 Say driver. 02:02.360 --> 02:03.360 Yeah? 02:03.360 --> 02:11.560 Why do you flash your brights every time you climb a hill? 02:11.560 --> 02:16.120 I do that to alert a driver coming up the other side that I'm here not to pass on the 02:16.120 --> 02:17.120 way up. 02:17.120 --> 02:18.120 See that's smart safety. 02:18.120 --> 02:20.840 It would be good for anybody driving in a hilly country. 02:20.840 --> 02:22.960 Yeah, to save a lot of accidents. 02:22.960 --> 02:28.160 Of course you're not supposed to pass on a hill but there's always a wise guy on every 02:28.160 --> 02:29.160 road. 02:29.160 --> 02:36.160 Hey driver, you have the time? 02:36.160 --> 02:38.480 Yeah, midnight. 02:38.480 --> 02:39.480 Right on the head. 02:39.480 --> 02:40.480 Thanks. 02:40.480 --> 02:41.480 It's too dark to see my watch. 02:41.480 --> 02:43.640 It's quite all right. 02:43.640 --> 02:46.920 I suppose it's too dark for you to see the sign over my head too. 02:46.920 --> 02:51.320 You mean the one about not talking to the driver while the bus is in motion? 02:51.320 --> 02:53.320 Yeah, that's the one. 02:53.320 --> 02:55.800 Everybody breaks rules and regulations, you know. 02:55.800 --> 02:56.800 They do, huh? 02:56.800 --> 02:59.080 Sure, that's what they're made for. 02:59.080 --> 03:02.560 Boy, I'm sure glad you're not driving on the other side of this hill. 03:02.560 --> 03:11.600 Hey, hey, there's a deer in the road. 03:11.600 --> 03:13.440 All right folks, all right. 03:13.440 --> 03:14.760 Quiet down, take it easy. 03:14.760 --> 03:18.600 There's no serious damage done to the bus. 03:18.600 --> 03:19.600 Anybody hurt? 03:19.600 --> 03:21.160 No, we're just shaking up, that's all. 03:21.160 --> 03:22.160 Oh, I'm sorry. 03:22.160 --> 03:26.680 I'll back the bus onto the road and we'll be in Naughty Pine in 40 minutes. 03:26.680 --> 03:27.680 What happened, driver? 03:27.680 --> 03:31.040 Lance thinks you like to scare the life out of me. 03:31.040 --> 03:33.760 I saw a deer on the road and tried to avoid hitting it. 03:33.760 --> 03:36.960 I didn't see any deer and I'm sitting right behind you. 03:36.960 --> 03:37.960 You didn't? 03:37.960 --> 03:38.960 No. 03:38.960 --> 03:48.640 That's strange because I sure saw it had a funny color, like a ghost deer. 03:48.640 --> 04:03.440 No, no, no, take it easy folks. 04:03.440 --> 04:07.920 The doctor's on his way over and he'll check on you for any possible injury. 04:07.920 --> 04:09.320 What about the driver? 04:09.320 --> 04:13.800 He's the one that should be checked before he kills somebody. 04:13.800 --> 04:16.360 How do you explain away what happened, Mr. McDougall? 04:16.360 --> 04:19.200 I'm not trying to explain away anything. 04:19.200 --> 04:23.840 It's not unusual for animals to jump in front of vehicles driving along forest highways. 04:23.840 --> 04:29.400 The bus headlights picked up the deer as they bounded across the road and startled the driver. 04:29.400 --> 04:34.360 Perhaps, but why did the driver take off to the side of the road like he did? 04:34.360 --> 04:39.880 Well, mate, there might have been a serious accident if Sandy hadn't pulled onto the shoulder. 04:39.880 --> 04:45.720 Running into a deer or any large animal could put even a heavy bus completely out of control 04:45.720 --> 04:47.080 or turn it over. 04:47.080 --> 04:50.280 Well, I'm satisfied that everything's all right. 04:50.280 --> 04:52.680 For a minute I thought the driver went off his rocker. 04:52.680 --> 04:53.880 So did I. 04:53.880 --> 05:09.640 Land sakes, whoever heard of seeing ghost animals on the road? 05:09.640 --> 05:16.680 Gus had a good sound answer to this one, but his fine logical remarks soon go up in smoke. 05:16.680 --> 05:23.160 A series of accidents follow over a period of three weeks. 05:23.160 --> 05:27.520 Three nights after the first incident, Paul Gebbish drives the same route. 05:27.520 --> 05:28.520 It's late at night. 05:28.520 --> 05:33.400 The bus nears a narrow bridge and a car is crossing from the other end. 05:33.400 --> 05:45.640 Suddenly the bus swerves into the path of the oncoming car. 05:45.640 --> 05:47.200 How are you feeling, Paul? 05:47.200 --> 05:49.120 Oh, not bad. 05:49.120 --> 05:52.040 I'll be as good as new after my harm bends. 05:52.040 --> 05:53.840 How's the driver of the car, boss? 05:53.840 --> 05:55.640 He wasn't hurt too badly. 05:55.640 --> 05:59.400 Saw you swerve and brazed himself for the crash. 05:59.400 --> 06:00.400 What happened? 06:00.400 --> 06:02.920 A deer jumped in front of the bus. 06:02.920 --> 06:07.240 Boy, it sure had a ghostly look. 06:07.240 --> 06:11.180 Two more accidents occurred in a lesser degree than the one Paul had. 06:11.180 --> 06:15.800 It wasn't long before the whole country around Naughty Pine, Junction City, Canyon City, and 06:15.800 --> 06:17.160 Centerville was in a hubbub. 06:17.160 --> 06:20.880 What do you think about all them there bus accidents, Knute? 06:20.880 --> 06:23.040 Well, I think there's something wrong for sure. 06:23.040 --> 06:29.000 I ain't ridin' them there buses until they find out what it is. 06:29.000 --> 06:34.080 I was on the bus that had that first accident, Phil, and I'm telling you for your own good, 06:34.080 --> 06:35.760 don't ride on those buses. 06:35.760 --> 06:37.400 I don't intend to, Jane. 06:37.400 --> 06:39.720 I want to keep my body in one piece. 06:39.720 --> 06:44.920 Maybe those drivers need a psychiatrist. 06:44.920 --> 06:49.000 I don't allow Zeds however hurt or ghost animals, do you? 06:49.000 --> 06:51.080 Don't reckon to do, Josh. 06:51.080 --> 06:54.680 I wouldn't ride in one of them there buses if you paid me. 06:54.680 --> 06:57.360 My old borough, she's much safer. 06:57.360 --> 07:01.880 Gus, do you have time for an interview? 07:01.880 --> 07:04.240 Yeah, sure, Frank. 07:04.240 --> 07:06.520 What makes you think I have got a story for the Gazette? 07:06.520 --> 07:09.000 Oh, man, you're the hottest news of the day. 07:09.000 --> 07:13.040 Everybody's talking about the road ghosts, and I mean they're talking nasty about your 07:13.040 --> 07:14.040 bus line. 07:14.040 --> 07:16.880 Oh, I was afraid of that. 07:16.880 --> 07:18.080 The talk is bad. 07:18.080 --> 07:20.720 I wouldn't be here for a story if it wasn't. 07:20.720 --> 07:23.880 What are you going to do about these ghost animals your drivers see? 07:23.880 --> 07:27.640 Oh, I got a couple of ideas. 07:27.640 --> 07:31.200 But first of all, I don't believe that the drivers are seeing ghost animals. 07:31.200 --> 07:32.980 I think they're real. 07:32.980 --> 07:34.680 How are you going to prove that? 07:34.680 --> 07:35.680 I don't have to prove it. 07:35.680 --> 07:36.680 I know. 07:36.680 --> 07:39.680 Who ever heard of ghost animals? 07:39.680 --> 07:42.880 That's more ridiculous than believing in human ghosts. 07:42.880 --> 07:45.080 You been out along the road and looked for hoof prints? 07:45.080 --> 07:48.240 No, I'm going to let the Rangers do that. 07:48.240 --> 07:49.800 You think the Rangers fit into this? 07:49.800 --> 07:50.880 Why not? 07:50.880 --> 07:54.380 It's their forest and it's up to them to keep the animals off the road. 07:54.380 --> 07:56.320 Can I print that as a statement? 07:56.320 --> 07:57.320 Sure. 07:57.320 --> 08:01.320 I've just about made up my mind to make a visit to Ranger headquarters and get Bill 08:01.320 --> 08:19.000 Jefferson hot on this problem. 08:19.000 --> 08:21.360 Hey have you read the latest edition of the Gazette? 08:21.360 --> 08:24.080 What's the hot news, honey? 08:24.080 --> 08:27.320 Oh, I'm thinking about Rangers from Look on Henry's Face. 08:27.320 --> 08:29.120 Yeah, you guessed it, Grey Wolf. 08:29.120 --> 08:31.800 Gus is going to ask us to stop the road ghosts. 08:31.800 --> 08:36.080 Yeah, we can't do it. 08:36.080 --> 08:37.080 Why not? 08:37.080 --> 08:44.680 Article 7, paragraph 3, line 9 of the regulations say Rangers will not chase ghosts, especially 08:44.680 --> 08:45.680 ghost animals. 08:45.680 --> 08:51.720 Stumpy have answer for everything, including road ghosts. 08:51.720 --> 08:52.720 You're not joking. 08:52.720 --> 08:55.000 Hey Bill, you haven't said a word. 08:55.000 --> 08:56.000 How come? 08:56.000 --> 08:58.040 When have I had a chance until now? 08:58.040 --> 09:03.240 Oh, I knew I should have kept my tater trap shut. 09:03.240 --> 09:05.480 I'm only ribbing you. 09:05.480 --> 09:07.720 What do you want me to say about this? 09:07.720 --> 09:08.880 Say something. 09:08.880 --> 09:10.640 You happy or not happy? 09:10.640 --> 09:13.760 Yeah, make some kind of noise, honey. 09:13.760 --> 09:16.520 Okay, I'll make some kind of noise. 09:16.520 --> 09:17.520 Let's hear it. 09:17.520 --> 09:22.080 What would you like to say if I told you I expected Gus to do this? 09:22.080 --> 09:25.320 Well, what is there to say? 09:25.320 --> 09:28.360 You're always able to set in Gus the other guy. 09:28.360 --> 09:29.360 When do you think he'll come? 09:29.360 --> 09:31.360 Oh, in about five minutes. 09:31.360 --> 09:32.360 What? 09:32.360 --> 09:37.400 You must be getting to be one of them there prophetic fellows to be able to tell the exact 09:37.400 --> 09:40.040 time Gus is coming into this office. 09:40.040 --> 09:46.360 Oh, I don't think I have to be a prophet to tell that, especially if I keep looking out 09:46.360 --> 09:49.120 of the window and watch him walking up the street. 09:49.120 --> 09:52.120 Oh Bill, you're smart. 09:52.120 --> 09:55.600 Hello, fellas. 09:55.600 --> 09:58.520 Howdy, Gus. 09:58.520 --> 10:06.080 Good to see you. 10:06.080 --> 10:13.600 Sit down and rest yourself and we can talk out your problem. 10:13.600 --> 10:14.600 No, thanks. 10:14.600 --> 10:15.600 I'll stand. 10:15.600 --> 10:16.600 Come on, Gus. 10:16.600 --> 10:19.720 We don't charge for setting the spell. 10:19.720 --> 10:22.920 And I don't think this is a laughing matter or any time for jokes. 10:22.920 --> 10:26.480 Well, perhaps it ain't, young fella. 10:26.480 --> 10:32.000 There's always room for a little humor, no matter how serious the problem. 10:32.000 --> 10:36.240 Good, clean humor helps a man keep the right perspective on life. 10:36.240 --> 10:41.640 Those that ain't got the Lord as their savior need something to help them keep the right 10:41.640 --> 10:42.640 perspective. 10:42.640 --> 10:47.120 Of course, humor ain't a substitute for the Lord, sonny. 10:47.120 --> 10:51.280 Now you come storming in here like a rhino with a hot foot. 10:51.280 --> 10:54.360 Expect everybody to drop dead because you're upset. 10:54.360 --> 10:58.800 Well, this old duffer ain't about to do that for anyone. 10:58.800 --> 11:03.320 If I can't have a good clean laugh even in the face of trouble, then life ain't worth 11:03.320 --> 11:04.320 living. 11:04.320 --> 11:07.680 If you don't like that, you can get. 11:07.680 --> 11:10.160 Well, I guess I have that coming. 11:10.160 --> 11:12.400 What you've said makes a lot of sense, old timer. 11:12.400 --> 11:13.400 Sorry. 11:13.400 --> 11:18.280 Now you're talking, sonny. 11:18.280 --> 11:23.560 Now what's this stuff about your driver seeing animal ghosts down the road? 11:23.560 --> 11:24.960 I don't know myself. 11:24.960 --> 11:25.960 That's why I'm here. 11:25.960 --> 11:26.960 I need help. 11:26.960 --> 11:31.720 Seems as though you knew all about it from this article in the paper. 11:31.720 --> 11:35.440 Yeah, I thought I did. 11:35.440 --> 11:36.800 I guess I was steamed up. 11:36.800 --> 11:41.720 I've been losing business and all the adverse publicity from the accidents is going to cost 11:41.720 --> 11:43.680 me more fares. 11:43.680 --> 11:48.520 I was getting filled up inside and, well, I took it out on you fellows. 11:48.520 --> 11:51.440 Well, there's nothing to be sorry about, Gus. 11:51.440 --> 11:54.840 What you've said in the paper is perfectly logical. 11:54.840 --> 11:57.320 You mean you're not angry with me for saying what I did? 11:57.320 --> 12:02.480 If real deer and other animals are jumping out on road and cause accident, then it's 12:02.480 --> 12:04.800 up to us to stop them. 12:04.800 --> 12:05.800 Maybe you have to build fence. 12:05.800 --> 12:06.800 That's right, young fellow. 12:06.800 --> 12:12.200 We ain't said that this ain't possible until we've had a look. 12:12.200 --> 12:15.920 That's what we're going to do first thing in the morning. 12:15.920 --> 12:18.600 Don't look so surprised, Mr. McDougall. 12:18.600 --> 12:25.840 Well, that is, I came in here ready to fight and you fellows took all the fight out of 12:25.840 --> 12:29.480 me by being friendly and cooperative. 12:29.480 --> 12:30.480 That's all right. 12:30.480 --> 12:31.480 We understand. 12:31.480 --> 12:33.800 Don't take it too hard. 12:33.800 --> 12:38.360 You know, when you've got a serious problem, the best thing to do is to let the Lord help 12:38.360 --> 12:39.360 you with it. 12:39.360 --> 12:45.760 The Lord may decide to have other folks lend a hand or if it's humanly impossible, then 12:45.760 --> 12:47.600 he'll take care of it himself. 12:47.600 --> 12:49.840 What Bill say is great truth. 12:49.840 --> 12:53.480 You let us look into road goes problem, see if we can help. 12:53.480 --> 12:54.920 We'll do our best. 12:54.920 --> 12:57.600 And in the meantime, try to relax, Gus. 12:57.600 --> 13:00.560 You'll crack under the strain, my friend. 13:00.560 --> 13:03.160 Yeah, I know. 13:03.160 --> 13:07.840 Hey Wolf, the Stumpy, help me move the cabinet in the back room. 13:07.840 --> 13:08.840 Okay. 13:08.840 --> 13:13.200 Gus, you know how to pray. 13:13.200 --> 13:15.640 Oh, no. 13:15.640 --> 13:18.600 I haven't been in a church but two or three times in my life. 13:18.600 --> 13:22.080 Well, you don't have to be in a church to pray, you know. 13:22.080 --> 13:27.480 If you'll believe in the Lord and are on speaking terms with him, the Lord will answer your 13:27.480 --> 13:29.160 prayers. 13:29.160 --> 13:34.320 You'll find that you'll receive tremendous help, what seems an impossible load to bear 13:34.320 --> 13:36.640 will become quite tolerable. 13:36.640 --> 13:41.240 Try it, see if it doesn't work and I'll be glad to pray with you. 13:41.240 --> 13:48.960 Yeah, well, I appreciate your interest and offer to help but I think I'll try and make 13:48.960 --> 13:51.160 it on my own. 13:51.160 --> 13:55.160 I would be obliged though if you'd take a look along the road in the morning. 13:55.160 --> 13:57.680 Okay, we'll be out bright and early. 13:57.680 --> 14:14.840 I'll let you know what we find. 14:14.840 --> 14:16.600 What do you think we'll find out here, Bill? 14:16.600 --> 14:20.680 I'd say right off hand that we won't find anything, pal. 14:20.680 --> 14:21.680 Huh? 14:21.680 --> 14:22.680 How do you know? 14:22.680 --> 14:23.680 I don't. 14:23.680 --> 14:24.680 Just a guess. 14:24.680 --> 14:29.680 You didn't sneak out here last night while we were sleeping and take a look. 14:29.680 --> 14:31.560 No, I didn't, Stan. 14:31.560 --> 14:34.360 Their bridge ahead where one accident took place. 14:34.360 --> 14:35.360 Mm-hmm. 14:35.360 --> 14:38.480 We'll park on the shoulder just the other side of the bridge. 14:38.480 --> 14:40.520 How are we gonna work this? 14:40.520 --> 14:44.840 Two of us will walk along the road and the other two will walk along parallel to the 14:44.840 --> 14:46.680 road about a hundred yards in. 14:46.680 --> 14:52.080 We'll all look for trail sign of deer and any other animals that might have crossed the 14:52.080 --> 14:53.080 road. 14:53.080 --> 14:56.120 How far along road we search, Bill? 14:56.120 --> 15:01.320 Oh, I'd say five miles one way and then we'll come back along the other side. 15:01.320 --> 15:03.120 That ought to be good. 15:03.120 --> 15:06.000 Drivers see road ghosts along this part of road only. 15:06.000 --> 15:07.000 That's right, Grey Wolf. 15:07.000 --> 15:09.000 As strange as it seems. 15:09.000 --> 15:11.920 I wonder why just along this five-mile stretch. 15:11.920 --> 15:14.280 That's a good question, Henry. 15:14.280 --> 15:17.760 I don't know if the answer is so easy to come by. 15:17.760 --> 15:21.120 Well, by that, old friend. 15:21.120 --> 15:24.360 Let's give it a good look and see what we can find. 15:24.360 --> 15:27.920 Henry and I will take the inside, at least on the way up. 15:27.920 --> 15:44.200 You fellas can do the hard work coming back. 15:44.200 --> 15:47.600 I don't think there's been any animals crossed the highway for quite some time. 15:47.600 --> 15:50.000 It looks that way, pal. 15:50.000 --> 15:52.600 All we've found so far are some old trails. 15:52.600 --> 15:56.200 At least four, probably five weeks old. 15:56.200 --> 15:57.200 Right. 15:57.200 --> 16:00.240 We've only got three and a half miles to go until we start back. 16:00.240 --> 16:06.040 I hate to think of poor Gus's reaction if we don't find any animal tracks. 16:06.040 --> 16:07.040 Yeah. 16:07.040 --> 16:13.880 He's so sure that his drivers saw real animals instead of ghosts. 16:13.880 --> 16:21.000 That curve where one accident happened and here a place where Sandy ran off road and 16:21.000 --> 16:22.000 hit tree. 16:22.000 --> 16:23.000 Yep. 16:23.000 --> 16:24.000 This is it, all right. 16:24.000 --> 16:28.720 Well, we should find some recent animal tracks in the next hundred feet, thereabouts. 16:28.720 --> 16:32.080 I think Bill right when he say we not find animal tracks. 16:32.080 --> 16:33.080 Yeah. 16:33.080 --> 16:34.080 Sure looks that way, all right, Grey Wolf. 16:34.080 --> 16:35.080 Unless maybe we're getting blind. 16:35.080 --> 16:47.320 We're all host at the five mile mark. 16:47.320 --> 16:48.320 Still no footprints. 16:48.320 --> 16:51.080 I wonder if Stumpy and Grey Wolf saw anything. 16:51.080 --> 16:52.080 I doubt it. 16:52.080 --> 16:54.840 They would have called to us. 16:54.840 --> 16:59.040 We'll walk another 300 yards and call it quits. 16:59.040 --> 17:07.760 We look careful Bill, not find any sign of deer or other animals cross road. 17:07.760 --> 17:09.760 Now neither do we. 17:09.760 --> 17:14.200 I can't imagine we will find any on the other side of the road either. 17:14.200 --> 17:18.600 Highly improbable that an animal would walk out into the middle of the road, change its 17:18.600 --> 17:29.960 mind and turn back the way it came. 17:29.960 --> 17:42.880 Bill, did you find the tracks? 17:42.880 --> 17:45.120 No Gus, not a one. 17:45.120 --> 17:46.120 You didn't. 17:46.120 --> 17:47.840 How far did you look? 17:47.840 --> 17:52.560 Five miles on either side of the road, a hundred yards in, as well as along the edge 17:52.560 --> 17:53.560 of the road. 17:53.560 --> 17:58.680 Yeah, we took special care to examine the places where the accidents happened. 17:58.680 --> 18:00.680 And we didn't even find bird tracks. 18:00.680 --> 18:02.800 To say nothing of deer tracks. 18:02.800 --> 18:05.520 We make plenty careful search. 18:05.520 --> 18:07.480 I was afraid of this. 18:07.480 --> 18:12.920 I was hoping that this would turn out to be something concrete so as not to affect business. 18:12.920 --> 18:15.400 But it didn't. 18:15.400 --> 18:19.840 No, we're fighting the intangible, the unknown. 18:19.840 --> 18:22.080 You don't really believe in ghosts do you? 18:22.080 --> 18:23.560 Oh no, of course not. 18:23.560 --> 18:28.640 But I'd sure give my right arm to know what the answer is. 18:28.640 --> 18:32.480 Who knows, maybe I'll have to believe in ghosts before this is over. 18:32.480 --> 18:35.480 Have there been any more accidents Gus? 18:35.480 --> 18:38.000 No, fortunately. 18:38.000 --> 18:41.880 You haven't taken the night buses off the schedule have you? 18:41.880 --> 18:45.560 You know, I think your men might be just plain tired. 18:45.560 --> 18:48.920 Oh no, then I'd be licked for sure. 18:48.920 --> 18:51.200 That would be admitting defeat. 18:51.200 --> 18:55.200 You know this road ghost business might be over with. 18:55.200 --> 18:59.080 Might have been atmospheric conditions or something like that. 18:59.080 --> 19:00.440 Say do you think that's possible? 19:00.440 --> 19:03.280 Well I've seen it happen. 19:03.280 --> 19:08.080 Scientists fellers call it some kind of light reflection or something like that there. 19:08.080 --> 19:10.880 Bill, you tell them. 19:10.880 --> 19:18.040 Stumpy is referring to strange deflection and reflection of light like through a prism. 19:18.040 --> 19:20.680 Cloud conditions cause this. 19:20.680 --> 19:24.840 Scientists say this is the cause of the flying saucer effects. 19:24.840 --> 19:27.480 You know, maybe this is the answer. 19:27.480 --> 19:31.280 Perhaps the road ghost business is over and things will get back to normal. 19:31.280 --> 19:32.680 We hope that right Gus. 19:32.680 --> 19:34.120 You hope it's right Grey Wolf. 19:34.120 --> 19:36.560 Boy, how do you think I feel? 19:36.560 --> 19:41.400 Well let's let things stand the way they are and see what happens I guess. 19:41.400 --> 19:42.400 Right. 19:42.400 --> 19:44.000 Thanks a million fellas. 19:44.000 --> 19:46.320 I appreciate your help more than you know. 19:46.320 --> 19:48.440 That's okay sonny. 19:48.440 --> 19:52.680 Maybe we scared off them there road ghost characters for good. 19:52.680 --> 19:53.680 Sure. 19:53.680 --> 19:57.240 When they found out you and Grey Wolf were tracking them, they knew their little game 19:57.240 --> 19:59.960 was about to be nipped in the bud. 19:59.960 --> 20:01.880 Well let's head for home fellas. 20:01.880 --> 20:14.160 Our job is done. 20:14.160 --> 20:18.600 You know, I get a good feeling inside when a tough problem or job is done. 20:18.600 --> 20:21.000 Yeah, I know what you mean pal. 20:21.000 --> 20:25.560 It's real satisfaction to see the smile come back in the Gus's face. 20:25.560 --> 20:26.560 Yeah. 20:26.560 --> 20:28.920 Hey, look at this fishing tackle in the window. 20:28.920 --> 20:29.920 Yeah. 20:29.920 --> 20:32.200 It's sure some set of bass flies. 20:32.200 --> 20:33.200 Sure is. 20:33.200 --> 20:36.880 Had to get our stuff out of storage and give it a going over. 20:36.880 --> 20:39.840 Before we know it, the fishing season will be open. 20:39.840 --> 20:40.840 Yeah and how? 20:40.840 --> 20:45.760 Say, are we going to fish the Big Falls River this year? 20:45.760 --> 20:47.920 You like to live dangerously don't you? 20:47.920 --> 20:52.520 Well, not exactly but man, the trout that's in that river. 20:52.520 --> 20:55.080 Boy, the giants those fellas are. 20:55.080 --> 20:58.840 If I could just hook one of those great grand daddies, I'd be satisfied. 20:58.840 --> 21:02.960 Well, we'll have to see what we can do to make that wish come true. 21:02.960 --> 21:04.920 Hey, you aren't joking are you? 21:04.920 --> 21:06.480 No, I'm not. 21:06.480 --> 21:09.560 Well, we'd better head back home and hit the hay. 21:09.560 --> 21:13.600 Yeah, I've got exams in the morning and then I have to meet you fellas out on the trail 21:13.600 --> 21:15.600 in the afternoon. 21:15.600 --> 21:33.120 Yeah, let's go home. 21:33.120 --> 21:36.200 Hey Bill, there's a note mom left for you. 21:36.200 --> 21:38.200 There was a call for you while you were out. 21:38.200 --> 21:40.280 Oh, who was it? 21:40.280 --> 21:41.280 Gus McDougal. 21:41.280 --> 21:42.280 Huh? 21:42.280 --> 21:43.280 Gus? 21:43.280 --> 21:45.840 What does he want? 21:45.840 --> 21:47.440 There's been another accident. 21:47.440 --> 22:00.960 He wants you to go right over to his office. 22:00.960 --> 22:05.920 I'm telling you Mr. McDougal, I wouldn't ride in one of your buses again for all the gold 22:05.920 --> 22:07.400 in the United States mint. 22:07.400 --> 22:10.720 I'm going to write to the Commerce Commission, have your license revoked. 22:10.720 --> 22:13.760 Neither you nor your drivers are fit to run a bus line. 22:13.760 --> 22:15.840 Well, my dad hears about the accident. 22:15.840 --> 22:17.960 He'll call his lawyer and have him sue you. 22:17.960 --> 22:19.560 You just better hope I didn't get hurt. 22:19.560 --> 22:24.940 Whoever heard of anything is absolutely ridiculous as seeing ghosts of animals on the road. 22:24.940 --> 22:28.760 You fellas ought to be locked up and not let out unless there's a guard with you. 22:28.760 --> 22:37.440 Please, now folks, now if you'll sign these forms, everything will be taken care of. 22:37.440 --> 22:42.120 I'm really sorry this happened and I'll make sure that it won't happen again. 22:42.120 --> 22:45.480 Maybe you can fool some of the people some of the time, but it'll catch up with you. 22:45.480 --> 22:47.720 What's the use of sounding off, fellas? 22:47.720 --> 22:50.640 Write to the proper authorities and have their license taken away. 22:50.640 --> 22:54.400 Let's get out of here and be thankful that we're still alive. 22:54.400 --> 23:04.440 Hey, young fella, those folks here hopping mad like a grasshopper on a hot rock. 23:04.440 --> 23:07.960 Yes, and they've got a good right to be mad. 23:07.960 --> 23:09.520 What happened, Gus? 23:09.520 --> 23:12.080 Sandy saw another road ghost. 23:12.080 --> 23:14.040 He almost had a head-on collision. 23:14.040 --> 23:17.000 Wow, that's not so good. 23:17.000 --> 23:18.560 You're telling me. 23:18.560 --> 23:20.680 I'm ruined now, that's for sure. 23:20.680 --> 23:22.120 Anybody hurt this time? 23:22.120 --> 23:25.400 No, and I'm thankful for that. 23:25.400 --> 23:27.200 Bill, what's the answer? 23:27.200 --> 23:29.320 What is this road ghost stuff? 23:29.320 --> 23:30.680 Are the ghosts real? 23:30.680 --> 23:32.440 Yes, they are. 23:32.440 --> 23:33.440 What do you mean, Bill? 23:33.440 --> 23:36.680 Hey, are you telling us that you believe in ghosts? 23:36.680 --> 23:39.120 I didn't say that, pal. 23:39.120 --> 23:42.080 The ghosts are real to the drivers, however. 23:42.080 --> 23:43.880 Now, wait a minute. 23:43.880 --> 23:45.840 That remark's eluded. 23:45.840 --> 23:47.280 Explain yourself, sonny. 23:47.280 --> 23:48.560 Now, what do you hold back? 23:48.560 --> 23:52.840 Yes, for the sake of my own sanity, what's the score, Bill? 23:52.840 --> 23:59.720 It's a scientific fact that fatigued drivers see animals jumping across the road in front of them. 23:59.720 --> 24:02.360 You can call them road ghosts if you want to. 24:02.360 --> 24:04.000 That's strange. 24:04.000 --> 24:08.480 Well, I guess my drivers aren't resting enough away from the job, eh, Bill? 24:08.480 --> 24:10.800 I don't think that's the answer, Gus. 24:10.800 --> 24:12.040 Well, then what is the answer? 24:12.040 --> 24:14.560 What's causing this fatigue? 24:14.560 --> 24:15.640 You are. 24:15.640 --> 24:17.760 Me? 24:17.760 --> 24:22.240 Why, of all the no-good remarks I've ever heard, this one takes the cake. 24:22.240 --> 24:25.400 I treat my drivers better than most bosses do. 24:25.400 --> 24:28.120 They've got all kinds of fringe benefits. 24:28.120 --> 24:31.160 They get a Christmas bonus as well as good pay. 24:31.160 --> 24:35.000 I pay better than 95% of all the other transportation outfits. 24:35.000 --> 24:36.800 You hear me, Bill Jefferson? 24:36.800 --> 24:38.840 How can I help but hear you? 24:38.840 --> 24:40.200 You still say it's me? 24:40.200 --> 24:41.160 I do. 24:41.160 --> 24:42.680 Well, I don't believe it. 24:42.680 --> 24:48.240 What am I doing to my men that makes them so tired they see ghost animals when they're driving at night? 24:48.240 --> 24:51.920 The haul from Centerville to Naughty Pine is too long, Gus. 24:51.920 --> 24:53.800 What do you mean, too long? 24:53.800 --> 24:55.720 It's 450 miles. 24:55.720 --> 24:59.920 That's only 50 miles over the normal distance allowed for each driver. 24:59.920 --> 25:03.240 What's another 50 miles to a good man behind the wheel? 25:03.240 --> 25:06.800 You should have your drivers change at Junction City. 25:06.800 --> 25:08.360 This wouldn't happen. 25:08.360 --> 25:11.080 What do you know about bus driving? 25:11.080 --> 25:12.960 Listen, I've been in this game for years. 25:12.960 --> 25:14.520 I don't believe a word you're saying. 25:14.520 --> 25:16.680 That's all right with me, Gus. 25:16.680 --> 25:22.040 I tried to say something sooner, but I got a reaction just like this. 25:22.040 --> 25:23.440 I'm only trying to help. 25:23.440 --> 25:24.880 Help? 25:24.880 --> 25:28.640 Listening to you is more demoralizing than all the accidents put together. 25:28.640 --> 25:30.360 Perhaps. 25:30.360 --> 25:35.800 If you won't listen now, I think you will after you're broke and out of business. 25:35.800 --> 25:40.400 I suggest that you drive a bus yourself from Centerville to Naughty Pine. 25:40.400 --> 25:56.640 Boy, riding in this empty bus sure feels funny. 25:56.640 --> 25:59.040 Yeah, it does at that, pal. 25:59.040 --> 26:02.040 Are Stumpy and Grey Wolf still behind us? 26:02.040 --> 26:03.040 Sure. 26:03.040 --> 26:04.040 Uh-huh. 26:04.040 --> 26:06.160 Yeah, we ought to know the facts in half an hour. 26:06.160 --> 26:08.320 Are we that close to Naughty Pine? 26:08.320 --> 26:09.320 Uh-huh. 26:09.320 --> 26:12.080 But what if Gus sees a road ghost and we crack up? 26:12.080 --> 26:16.160 Well, I'll be up there with him ready to grab the wheel if he sees one. 26:16.160 --> 26:18.560 Do you think Gus will be convinced you're right? 26:18.560 --> 26:19.560 I don't know. 26:19.560 --> 26:20.560 He's pretty stubborn. 26:20.560 --> 26:23.560 Not we'll know in a short while. 26:23.560 --> 26:27.840 Is it time yet? 26:27.840 --> 26:32.760 Yeah, we're entering the five-mile stretch where all the accidents have happened. 26:32.760 --> 26:33.760 Let's go up front. 26:33.760 --> 26:34.760 Hold on! 26:34.760 --> 26:35.760 He's seen a ghost! 26:35.760 --> 26:36.760 You fellas all right? 26:36.760 --> 26:37.760 Yeah, we're okay, Stumpy. 26:37.760 --> 26:40.760 Ah, you stopped funny short, Gus. 26:40.760 --> 26:53.160 And good thing bus only hit tree. 26:53.160 --> 26:57.040 What happened, Stumpy? 26:57.040 --> 26:59.560 See a road ghost? 26:59.560 --> 27:02.160 No, not exactly. 27:02.160 --> 27:04.480 What do you mean, Gus? 27:04.480 --> 27:08.080 My eyes started playing tricks on me. 27:08.080 --> 27:10.360 I saw extra beams of light. 27:10.360 --> 27:13.360 It was like I was hypnotized. 27:13.360 --> 27:16.880 Oh, where am I tired? 27:16.880 --> 27:22.760 If you'd have kept going, you probably would have seen a ghost animal, huh? 27:22.760 --> 27:25.360 Yeah, you're right, Bill. 27:25.360 --> 27:29.320 Well, thanks to you, I can save my business. 27:29.320 --> 27:33.080 I'll have the drivers change at Junction City instead of Naughty Pine. 27:33.080 --> 27:35.080 That's the idea, sonny. 27:35.080 --> 27:39.440 Now the boys won't be tired from driving. 27:39.440 --> 27:50.920 This is the end of the road ghosts. 27:50.920 --> 27:52.240 Well how about that? 27:52.240 --> 27:55.040 The drivers were actually seeing ghosts. 27:55.040 --> 27:58.840 Not real ones, but imaginary animals because of fatigue. 27:58.840 --> 28:03.080 Boy, Bill sure can stick to his guns if he knows he's right. 28:03.080 --> 28:08.760 I wonder if Bill's remarks about the Lord in prayer will sink into Gus's mind. 28:08.760 --> 28:12.080 Who knows what happens when the gospel seeds are sown? 28:12.080 --> 28:15.680 The Lord will see to it that they're not sown in vain. 28:15.680 --> 28:23.040 We'll see you next week for more Adventure with Ranger Bill. 28:45.680 --> 28:52.680 Hi, fellas and gals. 28:52.680 --> 28:58.080 Ranger Bill again stepping in here for less than a minute to invite all of you out there 28:58.080 --> 29:05.720 to another half hour of adventure next week at this special spot on your radio dial. 29:05.720 --> 29:12.120 We've gathered a pile of stories for you with mystery and adventure and all kinds of excitement 29:12.120 --> 29:15.560 and we don't want you to miss a single one. 29:15.560 --> 29:21.640 So next time, call up your friends or get together with them and join all of us rangers 29:21.640 --> 29:28.080 for a session of fighting forest fires, grappling with grizzly bears or just plain trying to 29:28.080 --> 29:29.640 help somebody out. 29:29.640 --> 29:35.680 I'm sure you'll enjoy the story and you might just learn something that'll be of real help 29:35.680 --> 29:37.960 to you in later life. 29:37.960 --> 29:46.120 So next week, be sure to listen.