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EXT. OKLAHOMA BAR - NIGHT

Sam is reading a newspaper article about Dustin. A minute later, Dean and Tilly come outside, laughing and waving a wad of cash in the air.

"You know, we could get day jobs once in a while." Betsy said

"Hunting's our day job. And the pay is crap." Dean retorted

"Yeah, but hustling pool? Credit card scams? It's not the most honest thing in the world, Dean." Sam said.

"Well, let's see honest." He holds out one hand." Fun and easy." He holds out the other, and gestures that "fun and easy" outweighs "honest". "It's no contest. Besides, we're good at it. It's what we were raised to do." Dean said.

"Some days I wish I could help but then again I'm only 13" Harley said

"Yeah, well, how you were raised was jacked." Tilly added even though she had taken to participating in the money making

"And some weren't even raised by the guy" Harley mumbled

"Yeah, says you. We got a new gig or what?" Tilly asked

"Maybe. Oasis Plains, Oklahoma - not far from here. A gas company employee, Dustin Burwash, supposedly died from Creutzfeldt-Jakob." Sam explained.

"Huh?" Tilly asked.

"English please? Harley asked

"Human mad cow disease." Sam said.

"Mad cow. Wasn't that on Oprah?" Dean asked.

"You watch Oprah?" Sam asked.

"Yeah, he does," Betsy said

Dean, embarrassed, can't think of anything to say.

"So this guy eats a bad burger. Why is it our kind of thing?" Tilly asked.

"Mad cow disease causes massive brain degeneration. It takes months, even years, for the damage to appear. But this guy, Dustin? Sounds like his brain disintegrated in about an hour. Maybe less." Sam explained.

"That's not normal at all" Harley said in shock

"Okay, that's weird." Betsy said

"Yeah. Now, it could be a disease. Or it could be somethin' much nastier." Sam said.

"All right. Oklahoma." Tilly sighed.

They get in the car.

"Man. Work, work, work. No time to spend my money." Dean mumbled

"It's not your money Dean," Harley said.

They drive off.

EXT OKLAHOMA GAS AND POWER COMPANY BUILDING - DAY

The gang get out of the car and approach Travis.

"Travis Weaver?" Tilly inquired

"Yeah, that's right." Travis said

"Are you Travis who worked with Uncle Dusty?" Betsy asked

"Dustin never mentioned anything about y'all" Travis

"Really? Well, he sure mentioned you. He said you were the greatest." Tilly said.

"Yeah." Dean added

"Oh, he did? Huh." Travis said.

"Listen, we wanted to ask you... what exactly happened out there?" Betsy asked

"I'm not sure. He fell in a sinkhole, I went to the truck to get some rope, and, uh... by the time I got back..." Travis explained

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