In the
wilderness of
Northern California live four
nomadic Sasquatch—the brutish
alpha male, his female mate, her male child, and another adult male. They spend their days exploring, foraging, and performing rituals where they drum with branches in hopes of getting a response from other Sasquatch. During springtime, the alpha and the female have sex while the other two watch. Later, the group find some berries to eat, but the alpha finds some that have
fermented. After becoming intoxicated, the alpha attempts to force the female into sex but she rejects his advances, so he pulls a load-bearing stick from their shelter in an attempt to have sex with a knothole in the piece of wood. The group chases him off and he soon becomes sick after eating a
poisonous mushroom. Delusional, he tries to have sex with a
mountain lion while under its influence. The following day, the child finds the mountain lion eating the alpha and alerts the others, who chase away the lion; the group buries him. During summer, the now visibly pregnant female arouses the lone male; he attempts to mate with her but she rejects him. They find a tree tagged with a red "X" and later a road, which they
mark with urine and feces out of fright. They encounter another tagged log, this one having been cut down, in a river. The male stands atop it and falls, resulting in his legs being trapped underneath. The female and the child fail to help the male escape, helplessly watching as he drowns. The following morning his body is freed by the current and they bury him. In the fall, the female and her child come across a campsite. The female activates a
boombox; when "
Love to Hate You" plays, she and the child are emotionally overcome and eventually wreck the site in a fit of rage. The child throws a
frisbee at the female's back and causes her to go into
labor. They flee and the female abruptly gives birth. The mountain lion approaches, but she distracts it with the baby's
placenta and they leave. Now winter, they steal a penned chicken and the mother saves the child from a
foothold trap. The baby almost asphyxiates in its sleep until the mother resuscitates it. They soon encounter a
forest fire and many
chopped trees, eventually entering into the town of
Willow Creek. They encounter a Sasquatch statue outside the local museum, trying and failing to communicate with it. ==Cast==