"Now, you all might not believe the tale" "I'm about to tell you." "But I swear on Tuesday's supper that it's true." "Actually, in the end, believing is what the story's all about." "'Cause sometimes, all it takes to find what you're looking for is a little bit of believing." "So listen close, and decide for yourself." "Back in the day, New Orleans was home to all kinds of people." "Theylovedagoodtime  and often had one." "Now these people, they play a part in this story." "It ain't really about them." "This is about a..." "Pirate." "They say he's 10 foot tall..." "Old fool." "He doesn't know what he's talking about." "with fire for eyes." "I saw his ship on the Mississippi." "You people, you never, never listen." "And they say he has treasure." "Did he say treasure?" "How much treasure?" "Is it gold?" "Jewels?" "Are they dangerous pirates?" "What does he want in New Orleans?" "Just your hospitality, kind sir." "Some food, some drink." "Place for my men to rest their heads before we carry on." "Careful." "And how do you propose to pay for all of this?" "I have resources." "You shall be well compensated for your generosity." "Is it true?" "Are you the heartless pirate that has sailed the seven seas in search of treasure to steal?" "Fair lady, my heart beats just as yours." "As for the seas, I have seen but three or four." "Now this treasure of which you speak, it was my family's legacy, stolen generations ago." "And now safely aboard my ship, awaiting its return home." "How much treasure?" "Grandeur beyond belief." "Aboard your ship?" "Now?" "We leave port in the morning." "A treasure." "Get him!" "Those people believed that LeRouge was a mean old pirate, doing wrong for stealing back what was rightfully his anyhow." "And they was believing that stealing it back from him was fair and right." "Funny thing, believing." "We must put to sea!" "Hoist the anchor!" "Raise the main sail!" "Our kind is not wanted in these parts." "Everybody's wanting the treasure." "Some for the adventure, some for the wealth." "Some 'cause everybody else wants it." "Sad part of this story, no one got any." "What LeRouge didn't know, coming up the Gulf of Mexico was Hurricane Louise." "And most times hurricanes and boats don't go well together." "Even pirate ships." "Some folks say he made it around the bend of the Mississippi, never to return again." "But others saw that ship blow clear out of the river, landing deep in the Louisiana bayou." "Either way, no one ever found the treasure." "And that goes for LeRouge himself." "He lost his grip on that old wheel and lost his boat to boot." "Now, legend has it, as legend always does, that to this very day, the ghost of Captain LeRouge haunts that bayou, searching for his beloved lost treasure." "And so was born the legend of..." "Bayou Bob." "Are you serious?" "Captain LeRouge's ghost is called Bayou Bob?" " What's it to you?" " Nothing." "I found your story fascinating up until that inconsistency." "Why not the Louisiana LeRouge or the Cajun Captain?" "But, Bayou Bob?" "Did his first name even have a "B" in it?" "That's what they call him." "The ghost of the swamps is Bayou Bob." "Everybody knows that." " Wait, that's an actual legend?" " No, it's a true story." "I've seen the ghost myself." "Twice." "Highly improbable." "Although apparitions are a popular part of folklore and urban legend, they have never been convincingly documented." "Lack of evidence as to whether or not there is an afterlife aside, the actuality of seeing a ghost is scientifically impossible." " What?" " He means he doesn't believe you." "I'm telling you, I've seen him and I know where to find him again." "The Toddster doesn't lie." "Prove it." "We want pictures." "No, pictures can be double exposed or computer enhanced." "We need real proof." " Who are you anyway?" " I'm Gavin Thomson." "I just moved here from Jersey." "Hi, I'm Emily Ryan." "The Toddster will pretend he doesn't know me." "But he used to beat up my older brother in kindergarten." "You two would be too chicken to see a ghost." "Or not." "I bet Gavin wants to see some sites anyway." "Sure, unless he is falsifying information." " Huh?" " He means lying." "Fine." "Last time I saw Bayou Bob, he was haunting the old Solomon mansion at the end of Oak Road." "We'll meet at Jackson Square in half an hour." "Unless you chicken out." "I can't believe he just did that." "How many times have I told you to keep out of my parking space, Reggie?" "I carried that thing in here." "At least let me park closer to the door on the model." "Don't be an idiot." "We need to close this deal." "Get your game face on." "Come on, let me see it." " Dad, be serious." "Cut it out." " Give it to me, boy." " I ain't messing around." " All right, fine." "My game face." "That's my boy." "All business." "Hey." "Mr. Mayor, thank you for your time." "Don't thank me yet." "I can kick you out of here any second." "This better be good." "Um, Mayor Adams, our corporation, Exploi-Tech, wishes to get the city's permission to purchase 1,200 acres of land, due east of the Solomon Plantation." "It is there we intend to build the largest oil refinery in the country." "Now using our state-of-the-art technology, we will create a venue that will make Louisiana the leader in oil refining." "And create millions of dollars in economic development annually." "Interesting." "But all that land is privately owned." "I can't help you." "We wouldn't waste your time, sir." "It's just, most of those deeds have been under the city's possession since the early 1900s." "It's just nobody has been able to do anything with the land." "That's because it's haunted." "Bayou Bob may not want you fooling around in those swamps." "Your honor, we'd be more likely to believe in such urban myths if it wasn't standing in the way of millions of dollars in revenue to be made." "I see your point." "Although, if this land were to go up for sale," "I'm sure there would be many interested parties." "Um, we were hoping you'd see the advantages of a silent auction." "Very silent." "Check it out, Mr. Mayor." "Is this thing environmentally safe?" " The model?" " The refinery is 100% safe." "100%?" "Are you sure?" "Give or take 50%." "But, what I am sure of, there will be 250,000 newly-employed people gonna vote Adams for the next term." "Mr. McDowell, Reggie." "I believe we may be able to work something out." "Please." "Oh, heaven." " Hey, you're beyond punctual." " I didn't want to get left behind." "We wouldn't leave without you." " You wouldn't." " So he's just a school bully." "He defines a cliché." "I didn't think you two losers would show up." " What's with all the stuff?" " My mom likes me to be prepared." "So I grabbed everything I thought we need to find a ghost." "Flashlights, rope, bubblegum, compass." "Yeah, well, I hope you brought clean underwear." "'Cause Bayou Bob will make you..." "Bayou Bob, you say?" "You kids are looking for trouble." "Actually, we're looking for a ghost." "Oh, LeRouge." "He doesn't want nobody bothering him." "See?" "He knows he's real." "Tell him, mister." "Oh, he's real all right." "And it would be best if you leave him alone." "This is the modern world." "We need physical evidence in order to believe LeRouge exists." "Fine, you go ahead and find LeRouge." "And when you see him, and you will see him, tell all your friends to stay out of his bayou." "Excuse me, sir, do you know the fastest way to find him?" "My mother says I have to be home by 9:30, ghost, or no ghost." "The surest way to find LeRouge is to go searching for that treasure." "You go snooping for that loot, and he will find you." " Let's hit the road, Jack." " My name is Gavin." "Whatever." "Maps can't be checked out." " Dust." " There's only one copy in records." "Let me know when you're through." "Thank you." "Why is it so quiet in here?" "It's supposed to be quiet." "It's called a library." "This is..." "This is a waste of time." "What do you think, you're going to find an X that marks the spot?" "If the legend is true, then the pirate ship has to be out there." "Look, the "supposed" treasure has been lost for two centuries." "In that time, New Orleans has become heavily populated." "And still no treasure." "Huh?" "All we have to do is eliminate where everyone else has been." "And that should narrow it down to a few possibilities." "We start with roads, houses, parks." "All of those areas have constant traffic." "If there was a pirate ship, someone would have seen it." "So we need to locate the one place no one has ever looked." "Like right here." "Solomon Plantation." " I told you." " So if we start..." "Howdy, ma'am." " Quiet." "We'd like to check out a map of the local bayous from city records." "They're treasure hunters." "They look more like cowboys." "Maps can't be checked out." "There's only one copy in records." "They are awfully popular today." "You'll have to wait your turn." "We can't let them have our map." "These gentlemen wish to view the maps when you're finished." "We're finished, ma'am." "We were actually looking for something a bit less dusty." " But we're not..." " Let's go." "Why did you take us out of there?" "Those were treasure hunters." "Well, they won't get very far without this, will they?" "I can't believe you did that." "We are in so much trouble." "Once we find the treasure, I'll put it back." "Who put you in charge of the map?" "I don't trust her for a second." "You think you should hold the map?" "Partners." "No one gets anywhere without the other." "The librarian is not going to be happy." "Gavin, want some help with those packs?" "Sure." "Thanks, guys." " Those packs are your problem." "Just looking for trouble." "Hit the road, Jack, and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more" "Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more" "Listen to what I say" "Hit the road, Jack, and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more" "Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back" "There it is, the old Solomon place." "Wow!" "I'm pretty sure that's where Bayou Bob lives." ""Lives"?" "Are you gonna bust my chops all day, Einstein?" "This is on my piece of the map, let's check it out." "You guys are lucky it's still light out." "Once it gets dark, there's no telling what will happen." "Gross." "At least we still have a few hours before the sun sets." "That should keep the ghosts away for a while." "Right?" "Em, wait up." "Hey, Gav." "That's..." "Flat tire." " Cut it out, Todd." "Todd!" "What a mess." "Don't waste the batteries, we need them to get home." "We're not staying out that late, are we?" "What a baby!" "Fine." "Sounds like a silly treasure hunt is a good excuse for you guys to chicken out." "Admit it, Todd, we have a better chance of finding a million-dollar treasure than we do of seeing a ghost." "Whatever, all I know is right now, it's time for a snack." "Cool, I love Krispy Kreme." "What do I look like, the lunch lady?" "Em, I brought apples and some beef jerky, want some?" "Sure, thanks." "Sugar." "Sugar, sugar, sugar, sugar." "Sugar!" "Are you okay?" "That wasn't there last time." "We shouldn't be fooling around." "This place looks dangerous." "Two babies." "It looks like someone's been living here." "Probably the pirates." " Ghost pirates don't eat soup." " Or need shelter." "Oh, yeah, then how do you explain that?" "A treasure chest." "It looks more like a laundry basket." "Cool." " It's plastic." "It's a toy." "That's so weird." "Don't play dumb, Todd, we know you put this stuff here just to try to scare us." "No, seriously, it's not mine." "Then, whose is it?" " Then, whose is it?" "It'd be mine." "I think it's time to go home now." "Hate to say I told you so." "Please, that was so not a ghost." "That was LeRouge." "Yeah, if LeRouge gets his pirate costume at a Halloween store." "That sword said "Made in Hong Kong" on it." "Whatever." "You guys were scared silly." "So were you." "You ran faster than either of us." "I just wanted to make sure you didn't get lost." "I am not afraid of a pirate." "Ghost or not." "Is that a fact, matey?" "Leaving so soon?" "The road be that way." "Pestering cockroaches." "They get more ambitious every century." "Pay them no mind, they're gone." "Raise anchor, matey, the sun sets and the treasure awaits." "Why don't you just start yelling," ""Hey, LeRouge, we're over here"?" "You just did." "Whatever." "Why is that phone so loud anyway?" "My mom had it set like this so she can hear when I make calls." "What is she, a warden?" "Leave him alone, Todd." " It's Toddster." " Whatever." "You should probably save your battery until you find a signal." "It's just getting so late." "My parents are gonna freak if I don't get home soon." "I hope they consider tomorrow soon enough." "What?" " What?" "Face it, we're lost, we're in the middle of a swamp, no road, no phone, and a band of pirates on our tail." "There were only two, and one was a ghost." " Does it matter?" " Right." "They're still out there." "And worse, alligators." "So just like that, we're gonna crash here?" " Right out in the open?" " No, there." "I've never been camping before, 'cause Mom says I'm allergic to vegetation." "Todd, is something wrong?" "Nothing, just hungry I guess." "Where's your Krispy Kreme?" "In my backpack, at LeRouge's house." "Too bad the lunch lady isn't around." "Whatever, we wouldn't be in this situation if you guys weren't such pansies." "When I say I saw a ghost, you better believe it." "The Toddster doesn't lie." "I wonder if I can get a signal here." "Could you please stop doing that?" " What?" "No one can hear it." " I can hear it." "And it's annoying." "At least turn the volume down or something." "I can't." "The controls are childproof." "You're such a baby." "Here, give it to me, I'll do it." " Stop, stop it." " Give it, you'll break it." "Both of you, Todd, leave it alone." " I'll take it." " You'll break it." " Guys, listen." " Give me the phone." " It's LeRouge." " Whistling?" "I don't think so." "Then what is it?" " I don't know." "Let me see the phone." "Do it again." "Let me try." "Oh, no, my battery is dead." "That's not funny." "Kind of." "I wonder what it is." " Alligator." " Alligators don't whistle." " Then, what does?" " Hang on, I've got an idea." "What?" "Whoa!" "What is it?" "Alligator." "Enough with the alligator, it looks like a..." "Maybe it's a mudpuppy." "We had a tadpole at my old school in Jersey." "What?" "The teacher kept telling us it would grow into a mudpuppy." "But I moved before I saw what one looked like." "If I were to guess, I would say it would look like that." "More like a mud monkey." "Don't scare him." "I just wanna check him out." "Todd, I think he wants your harmonica." "He totally wants you to keep playing." "What do I look like, a street performer?" "We are lost in the swamp having a close encounter of the bizzaro kind." "I say play the harp for the mud monkey." "He's not a monkey." "Check this out." "The treasure is near." "I can feel it in my bones." "You don't have no bones." "I know, I know, keep rowing." "I'm done." "I'm tired." "Let's keep the packs off the door." "Good idea." "That was fun." "Yeah." "We should do it again sometime." "Yeah, right." "As if I won't be grounded for life." "Don't worry about it." "At least not till morning." " Night, guys." " Night." " Night, monkey." " He's not a monkey." "Whatever." "Ooh, beef jerky." "Where is the map?" "Got it." "They'll never find them there." "X marks the spot." "Perfect." "All right, 6:00 a.m. The sun is due east." " Good time to start." " I wonder where our friend is." "Probably got sick of your snoring." "I know it kept me up all night." "Breakfast anyone?" "That's weird." "I hope we find him on our way to the treasure." "We're not going for the treasure, we need to focus on getting home." "Yeah, I mean, along the way to the treasure." " You know what I mean." " She's right, you know." "If you're gonna be grounded for life, well, you might as well be a grounded millionaire." "No, no way." "Our parents have probably been looking for us all night." "We have to get home." "You know what, you guys are total babies." "Fine, go home." "Don't come crying to me after I find LeRouge's loot." "You'll never find it without our maps." " We're in this together." " Like I need a map." "Take it." "It's not here." "It's gone, my map is gone." "Did you leave it in your pack?" " No." " Mine's gone, too." "So is mine." "This is weird." "I bet it was LeRouge, or the monkey." "He probably eats maps." "Hey, you're back." "Well, what are we gonna do now?" "You do whatever you want, I've got gold doubloons calling my name." "Later." "I'm sick of you guys, anyway." "What a jerk." " I bet he has the maps." " Yeah, but we have this." "I know the Mississippi is west of here." "So if we head that way, we're bound to find a road, eventually." "Sounds like a plan." "Sort of." "Sorry about the treasure." "No big deal." "At least we made a new friend." "Son, in 48 hours we'll own this town." "That land belongs to us." "That's great, Daddy." "Didn't the mayor say we had to pay him in full by then?" "Son, don't be so negative." "Positive thoughts equals positive results." "Didn't I teach you anything?" "Besides, I have some outside investors ripe for the picking." "As soon as I give them the exact location of the drilling sweet spot, they'll wire the money to our account." "We'll have oil flowing by the end of the week." "But we couldn't find the map." "How are we going to locate the sweet spot?" "Make yourself useful and start sinking some holes." "We have two days, how hard can it be to find your way through these swamps?" "There it is." "LeRouge's gold is as good as mine." "What losers." "Those losers." "Losers!" "Oh, where is it?" "Oh!" "Yeah." "Brussel sprout and noodle soup." "Me favorite." "Shiver me timbers." "What are you doing below deck, sailor?" "My sea legs were a bit weakened, and I was in need of a hot meal." "Quit your fooling, mate." "It seems our unwanted guests have decided to stay." "I want you to get rid of them." " But I..." " Now!" "Aye, aye, Captain." "No one steals my treasure from me." "No one." "So, what's his name?" "Who?" " Him, your turtle... monkey?" "Oh, I don't know." "I haven't really thought about it, you know, too many ghosts and stuff." "Yeah." "Hey, what if we made up a name?" "Sometimes it's cool to take half of two words and put them together." "Like the first half of turtle and the last half of monkey." "That would be turkey." "He's not a turkey." "Ghost!" "Todd!" " What is it?" "LeRouge?" "I wasn't..." "They weren't..." "I thought you might have found the map." "We don't have the map." " We don't have the map." "Well, somebody does." "I thought you said you didn't need it anyway." "Well, you know, I don't, just..." "You guys were never gonna get out of here without my help." "If you're so smart, then where's the nearest road?" "There." "Last one, son, make it count." "These roads are ruining my truck." "Wait, guys." "I think those are the cowboys from the library." "So they are looking for the treasure." "I bet they have the map." "Be quiet." "They could be looking for us because we took the maps." "Let's check them out." "That's my boy." "Hey, let me help you out." "A little work music, so you can put your back into it." "Much appreciated." "Come on, boy, a little elbow grease will do you good." "Yeah, it builds character." "Separates the men from the boys." "By the time you get to be my age, you don't have to do anything you don't wanna." "Yeah, you're lucky that way." "Look at me, I'm my age and I'm out here digging holes with you." "I know, Pop." "Besides, it's good to get out and enjoy a little nature." "Hmm." "In a few weeks, none of this will be here." "Did he just say what I think he said?" "They're gonna tear the whole swamp down." "So they're not looking for the treasure." "Down." "What could they possibly be doing way out here?" "A little lower on the left." "No, my..." "All right." "Never mind, a little higher, higher, higher." "No, lower." "No, no, down, down, lower." "Up a little more." "There, right there." "This is a glorious day, Reggie." "Somewhere in this swamp, there's a billion dollars worth of oil with our names on it." "We find the sweet spot, investors wire the funds into our account, the mayor'll sign the deed of this land over to us." "We'll be the richest men in the world." "Come on." "I tried to clean my T-shirts" "Hey, hey, did y'all hear something?" "It's just Colonel Fryer and the Chicken Boys." " Hot dang." "It's a good one." " I think it came from over here." "Are you sure?" "Probably just some fishermen passing by or something." "Well, we better check it out, we don't want anybody sneaking around on our land." "This isn't good, guys." "No kidding." "My mom would double ground me if I get arrested for trespassing, too." " What a wuss." " No, I'm talking about the refinery." "If these guys pull that off, everything is gone." "No swamp, no treasure." "This little guy will have no home." "Who cares?" "It looks like he'd rather live in your terrarium anyway." "That's not the point." "We can't let them do that." "What are we gonna do, call your mom?" "She would know exactly what to do." "And the first thing she'd say is, "Get rid of that hideous sign."" "Oh, I see, you don't believe in ghosts, but you can do magic, 'cause that's the only way we're getting that sign to disappear." "Not magic, simple physics." "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." "We have wasted enough time." "We got to find that prime drilling location, e-mail the GPS info to the investors and tear this mosquito farm down." "Sounds like a plan." "I'm just glad that's the last sign I have to put up." "Don't worry, son, you'll never have to worry about those signs again." "It worked!" "Don't look at me." "Reginald, what are you doing?" "It's those kids from the library." "And I bet they have that missing map." " Uh-oh." " What the..." " Wait, don't go." " Come on, let's get out of here." "Don't have to ask me twice." "Reggie, get me out of here." "It's gonna take more than just some chemistry class rope gag to stop those guys." " It's physics." " Whatever." "Todd's right." "And I know just the man for the job." "LeRouge." " LeRouge." "Insane, party of two." "Think about it." "We know the ghost is real." "If these guys found out the swamp is really haunted, there's no way they'd put their thing here." "The question is, how do we get them to LeRouge?" "We don't, we bring LeRouge to them." "It's like the Jazzman said," ""If the ghost thinks you're after his treasure, he'll find you."" "How far is it, Gav?" "On this trajectory, given our current rate of travel, we should be at the Solomon Plantation in 18 minutes and 24 seconds." "Whatever." "It's a waste of time to try and find the ghost during the day." "You weren't worried about that yesterday." "I wasn't trying to have a dinner party with LeRouge yesterday." "Besides, there's no guarantee he's even there." "There's got to be a way to lure him out." "Krispy Kreme." "LeRouge is attracted to Krispy Kreme donuts?" "No, I am." "I can smell them." "Yes, my donuts." "Sugar." "What is it with you and sharing?" "Yeah, some friend." "I gave you my last apple." "Who said we were friends?" "And who said you could be eating me treat?" "Guys, wait." "Wait, wait, Gavin, we can't leave him back there." "He wouldn't help if it were us." "But we're not him." "Hey, you, stop." "You need to let our friend go." "We're not the one you're after." "We're here to help." "Help with what, lass?" "With saving LeRouge's swamp." "From the oil cowboys." "Oil cowboys?" "They're here now and they mean business." "We need to find LeRouge." "No one finds LeRouge." "And no one sets foot on these here swamps neither." "I see to that personally." "Who are you, anyway?" "You're definitely not a pirate." ""Not a pirate"?" "Why I'll..." "I'll string you up by your bootstraps." "I'll feed you to the sharks." "I'll make you walk the plank." "Oh." "It's no use." "I'll never make a good pirate." "I can't even scare kids away." "Grandpa LeRouge is gonna kick me out for sure." "LeRouge is your grandfather?" "Well, more like my great-great-great-grandfather." "But, family is family." "Wow, your Thanksgiving must be really weird." "Not really, just lonely." "Yeah." "I'm the last LeRouge left." "Thought it was my duty, you know, for family honor to find the LeRouge treasure." "Been in these bayous for ten years, never seen so much as a single doubloon." "But what's with the fake getup?" "You look ridiculous." "What?" "He does." "I know, I know." "It's the best I could come up with." "Not like roaming the swamps is a well-paying job." "But, it was the only way I could convince Grandpa LeRouge to let me stick around." "I scare people every day and then I help him hunt for treasure every night." "That would keep these swamps safe." "Well, they won't be for long." "This place is a week away from becoming a concrete jungle." "What do I look like to you, an idiot?" "Kind of." "Listen, everyone knows that this is private land." "That's why no one's touched it for some 200 years." "Well, it sounds like these guys are going to buy it tomorrow." "You'll never find your treasure if it ends up under a parking lot." "She's telling the truth." "We just want to help you get rid of them." "Yeah?" "What's in it for you, huh?" "Are you after the treasure?" "No, no, no." "We have a friend that lives in these swamps." "We're just trying to help him keep his home." "Now I know you're lying." "No one lives in these here swamps but me and Granddad." "And he's dead." "He's not really a he, as much as an it, I think." " What does it look like?" " Alligator." "Turtle." " Monkey." "He's not a monkey or an alligator." " He's the Labou." " Labou?" "Yeah, the Labou." "You know, the secret of the swamp, the songbird of the South, the lifeblood of Louisiana." "Ten years in this bayou," "I've only ever caught a glimpse of the sneaky little guy." "You say you've seen him?" "Seen him?" "I had him in my backpack till about ten minutes ago." "What, you actually held one of them?" "There's more than one?" "The swamps are full of them." "But they don't like to be seen and they're pretty crafty, so no one ever gets to." "But at night, if you sit real still, you can hear them sing." "The legend has it that their song was the original inspiration for jazz." "I don't believe it." "Todd, at this point, stranger things have happened to us." "It's Toddster." "Oh, yeah, my name is Clayton." "Clayton LeRouge." "Pleasure to meet you all." "Any friend of Labou is a friend of mine." "I'm Gavin." "And this is Emily." "Hi." "So, where's the Labou?" " Those cowboys scared him off." "I think he knows he's in danger." "Ah, don't you worry, lass, we pirates have a few tricks up our sleeve." "This land hasn't been marauded for 200 years for a reason." "Are we looking for the kids or the oil?" "I don't know, I thought you had a plan." "How come I have to have a plan?" "Why can't you have a plan?" "Calm down, you moron." "If I depended on you to have a plan, you think I'd be walking around these swamps in Versace boots?" "We're looking for both." "If we find the kids, and they have the map, the problem's solved." "If we find the prime drilling location, we get the money in the bank, the kids are a mere mosquito at the picnic of our lives." "There better be a dead bug on my face or you're walking back to Texas." "Hey." "Don't break that." "Those things cost, like, 14 bucks." "Once those guys get a look at this getup, they will be running with their tails between their legs." "Are you sure this is going to work?" "Absolutely." "Works every time." "I call this "Long John Silver."" "Uh." "Can you help me up?" "Unbelievable." "This is not what I had in mind." "We best find that oil quite quick." "'Cause I need to buy me a new suit." "Think of the money, we'll be rich, think of the money." ""The Internet is the future, Ronald."" ""Put your money in the Web, Ronald."" "Where are those guys now, Reggie?" "I'd like to feed them to a pack of wild coyotes." "But they'll all come crawling back when we get the refinery built." "Daddy, listen." "There's something out here." " It's just an animal." " Yeah, but what kind?" "This ain't the Discovery Channel." "The only animal we would be looking for is one that's covered in oil." "Well, that's just it." "When I saw them kids earlier, they had an animal with them." "Like a monkey." "The kids had a monkey in the Louisiana bayou?" "I think so." "Except it was green, like a frog." "A green monkey." "Reginald, when we get back to Texas," "I want you to see a doctor." "I think it was an alien." "Tan my hide." "I can't believe it." "I know." "How cool would it be to find an alien?" "Not an alien, you space cadet, oil." "We found oil." "Did we?" "See all of this growth?" "This is the result of heavy mineral deposits." "And where there's minerals there's..." "Aliens?" "I blame your mother." "Oil, you idiot." "Where there's minerals there's oil." "We're golden." "Something's out there." "This is the home stretch, son." "Nothing's gonna come between us and our money." "It's like I always taught you, stand your ground there." "Run!" "That's right, the ghost of LeRouge says get out." "It's Bayou Bob." "Do something." "Why do I have to do something, why can't you do something?" "Don't let me see your pasty faces around these here parts again." "Man overboard." "I think he's gone." "He can't just disappear." "Well, he could if he's a ghost." "Reggie, there's no such thing as ghosts." "That was some freak on stilts." "He sure scared you." "Don't talk back to me, son, or I will kick you off the Board." "Now, let's get to the truck, get the equipment and get the ball rolling so no more freaky geeky stuff happens." "He fell over here." " Hurry." "We have to find him." "Oh, I found him." "I found him." " Come on." " Are they gone?" "Yeah, but not because you scared them." "You took that right between the eyes." "Would you please be quiet for five seconds?" " Those guys are coming back." " Yeah." "And they're tough." "We're gonna have to go hardcore scare tactics to get rid of them." "I don't think that's the plan anymore." "You heard them, they found what they were after." "We just have to make sure they can't tell anyone until the deadline passes." "Gav, I think we're in over our heads." "Guys, we can do this as a team, as friends." "Now, who's in?" "Todd." "Come on, please." "Great, so the first thing we need to find is a phone." "Oh, well, I have one." "Well, you know, not on me, but back in the Solomon mansion." "Who could you possibly talk to on the phone?" "Captain Hook?" "No." "It's for emergencies." "Stuff." "Pizza deliveries." "Hey, a phone's a phone." "Now here's our plan." "We split into two groups..." "What's wrong with this thing?" "Would you stop?" "I swear I never met a softer cowboy than you." "Do you hear me complaining about having to hold my arm up all this time?" " But, Pa..." " "But, Pa" nothing." "And stop getting mud on my suit." "I should make you pay the dry cleaning bill as it is." "Come on." "What's wrong with this thing?" "We got something." "It says, 39 degrees longitude, 90 degrees latitude." " We're rich." " We're rich." "Hey." " It's one of them kids." " Get him." "Get back here." "Oh, my suit." "Hey, it's the pirate." "Who was you expecting, matey?" "Santa Claus?" "Wait a minute." "You're no pirate." "What are you?" "I'm leaving." "Incoming." " Clayton, catch me." " I got you." "Uh-oh, cowboy!" "Run." "Get off of me." "It's locked." "We have to figure out a way to keep this car from driving." "Too bad your brainiac boyfriend isn't here to think of something." "That kid is so full of hot air." "That's it, we'll let the air out of the tires." "Come on." "But they can still drive it." "But not very far on these roads." "At least it's a start." "Stop being such a wuss." "I am not a wuss." "Well, he can give it, but he sure can't take it." "Now, that's the spirit." "Labou, I knew you'd come back." "Hey there, buddy." "Oh, real cute." "Look, we'd better get these other tires before Buffalo Blob and Billy the Skid Mark shows up." "What is that chirpy thing?" "It's global positioning satellite device." "A what?" "It relays to a satellite in orbit to tell you your exact location on the planet." "They've been around for years." "Well, I don't get out much." "Well, that's not gonna do us much good." "We just need to figure out how to get back to the Solomon Plantation." "Don't you worry about that." " Well, I know these swamps like..." " Let me guess." "Like the back of your hand." "Well, actually, I was gonna say like the bark of that tree." "See that knobbly one over there?" "That tree means we are three miles from the house." "Bark faces the Mississippi, moss faces the plantation." "Pretty cool." "We should get going." "If Emily and Todd took the road, they should be there by now." "What?" "Huh?" "Not all of them." "Those no-good brats." "What business do they have in my businesses?" " Our businesses." " Shut up." "Let me get the spare out." "What's wrong with you, we got four flat tires." "Well, at least I'm trying to do something." "Wanna do something?" "Figure out a way to get the co-ordinates to the investors before the banks close." "Well, the tires are flat, but the phone's not broken, is it?" "That's my boy, always thinking, always in the game." "We have a signal." "Hello?" " Hello, Mr. Othenfell?" "Yes, what is it?" " Yeah, this is Ronald McDowell." " Ronnie." "I just wanted to call and tell you that I..." "We found the oil." "Good, good." " I wanna make sure that you have the co-ordinates so you can wire the money as discussed." "Be glad to." "Now, do you have a pen?" "Yes, sir." " Good, they are..." " What?" " Ronald?" "What "what"?" "Give me the co-ordinates." "You never said I had to remember the co-ordinates." " You had the GPS." " But I don't have it now." "That's why I said the numbers out loud, so that you could remember them, in the off-chance some kid comes swinging through a tree and steal my equipment." "You're making that up." "No, sir, it's just this new technology, it kind of acts up." "Could you hold just one second?" "Think, we need those co-ordinates." "I got it." "11-27-81." "That's your birthday, you idiot." "I know there was a four in it." "44-17-39." "44?" " Wait, wait that was my high school locker combination." "There's only two numbers, a latitude and a longitude." "That makes it a little easier." " Is there a one?" " No." " How about a two?" " No." "Any threes?" "Are we still connected, Ronnie?" "Yes, sir, seems like we have a bad signal." "Can't hear you." "If you could..." "You know, I'll call you back." "If you could just wire the money." "Now what are we gonna do?" "Would you just rise to the occasion for once?" "We need to find those kids and get that GPS." "They got to be hiding in these swamps somewhere." "Not for long." "This is Barney's demolition." " Hello, Barney?" " Yes, sir." "It's Ronald." "Round up all the heavy equipment and meet me at the Solomon house." "I got it, sir." " We're tearing these swamps down." "So you really know those swamps that well?" "Ten years, I've seen every inch from Crazy Jake's Lazy Oak to Split Grass Reservoir." "All the way around to Dead Man's Knoll here." "It's creepy." "That's why they call it Dead Man's Knoll." "And you never found the treasure?" "Do you think it even exists?" "I was doubtful first myself." "But after meeting Granddad, I was pretty hopeful." "Once you start having heart-to-heart conversations with a ghost, you tend to be a little more open-minded about things." "Come on." "You like that?" "Here, watch this one." "You ain't seen nothing yet." "Oh, yeah, that was nice." " I think he likes you." " Yeah, right." "Hey, Toddster." "It's..." "What?" "I just wanna say I'm sorry for not believing you." "I'm really glad we got to hang out." "This has really been the greatest adventure of my whole entire life." "Yeah, well, enjoy it." "'Cause there won't be a next time." "And you and that geek better make it clear to everyone at school on Monday that the Toddster is not a liar." "Why do you always go and..." "What is it, little guy?" "Oh, no, not again." "Why even bother?" "The house is just down the road." "Hello?" "Huh?" "Hey, Clayton." "Have you seen Labou?" "Could have at least pretended to be scared." "And I told you, nobody sees the Labou." "Is that..." "I can't believe..." "That's an actual..." "Labou." "I think he wants to hang with us for a while." "Wow." "Hey, cutie." "Where's Todd?" ""Now that's the spirit."" ""You can give it but you sure can't take it."" "Hey, kid." "I believe you have something that belongs to me." "Hey, Todd!" "We should just stick to the plan." "He's probably waiting at the Solomon house." "And so are we." "The cowboys." " Oh, no, look." " Who are they?" " We've got to get inside this house." "Go for it." "You're gonna tell me where your friends went with our stuff, or I'm gonna make you sorry." "What are you going to do if I don't tell?" "What?" "I said, what are you going to do to me if I don't tell?" "I'm gonna write your parents a letter about how you trespassed and stole personal property." "Whatever." "Is that the best you can come up with?" "You need to be more ruthless." "Feed him to the alligators or something." "That's a good one." "How about this:" "I'm gonna tell everybody at school you took ballet." "What?" " You're an idiot." " You're an idiot." "All right, let's go." "Boys." " Boss." "Somewhere in these swamps are a couple of snot-nosed kids and a fake pirate with my GPS." " I want it now." " Yeah, we'll get it for you." "Cut down every tree." "But, boss, these swamps are haunted." "Why would we want to mess around in there?" "There's a $100,000 reward for the man that brings me my GPS." "Todd!" " Todd." "Clayton, we need to find your phone." "All right." "There they are." "He has the GPS." "Uh-oh." "I saw him first, so the reward is technically mine." "The phone." "I know, the phone." " Come on." " You better stay with me." "What are you standing around for?" "You better be the one to nab that kid, or I'll make you pay the 100 grand out of your pocket to the guy that does." "And then I'm gonna make that guy my partner." "Maybe even my new son." "Too late." "Good idea." "Clayton, get down here." " They're in here." " Could use some help here." "Come on now." "Crawl in through the window!" "Losers." "Over here now." " Oh, I got a splinter now." "If I don't get the money from the investors in the bank by 6:00," "I'm gonna lose this land." "That don't make me happy." "If I had a heart, it'd be broken" "If I had money, it'd be spent" "If I had a clue to the value of you" "I would have bought..." "Almost got it." "We have to hurry." "Guys." "Em, grab the other side of this." "Sit tight and stay out of trouble." "Gavin, are you sure that's gonna work?" "Of course, we want them in a disoriented state, and adjust ocular assists to our advantage, enabling us to misdirect their attention from the obvious detriment they are about to fall prey to." "Huh?" " He means we're gonna kick some butt." " Oh." "Good." "Oh no." "Hurry." "Let's go, we're in." "Look out." "Come on, fellas, get in there." "It's just a bunch of kids." "Hide, guys." "Hey, looking for us?" "Hoover Dam." "It worked." "Why you little rat!" "How'd you get out of that?" "Come back here!" "Get out!" "You little Texas tick, I will get you, boy!" "Guys, where are you?" "Here." "Here." " Here." " Where did he go?" " I don't know." "Guys, up here." "Hey, looking for this?" "The GPS!" "Oh, great, well, now what?" "It's cool, we'll make a mousetrap." "That's a mighty big mouse." " Right." " Em, get out of there." "Todd, where are you?" "I'm gonna get you." "Now." " Hey." " My phone!" "Pizza Paradise." "Can I take your..." "Signal lost." "What in the name of Davy Jones' Locker are you doing cowering in the loo, matey?" "Granddad." "I mean..." "I mean, Captain, sir." "We've been boarded." "It's the colonists, they are everywhere." "Well, then this is no time for scrubs and bubbles." "We have a treasure to protect." "Check out that room over there." " Let's go in there." " Yeah, let's go." "Well, didn't your mums teach you to respect a man's privacy?" "That's my boy." "It's a ghost, run!" "It's just another trick." "Aye, but it's a pretty good one." " Where's my GPS?" " Find it yourself." "There's the keys to the back hoe." "I'll send you a bill later." "Not the keys, too." "Daddy, I got it, it says 39 lat, 90 long." "I lost the damn phone." "We need to call those numbers in." " How are we gonna do that?" " Figure it out." "A phone." "Are you an alien?" "Wow." "What the..." "Amazing!" "Dad!" "An alien took the cell phone." "How cool is that?" "Did what you just say to me make any sense to you?" "Duh, you ever hear of "phone home."" "Get that phone." "My hat." "Oh, no." "Stay, Labou, we need to climb over." "Oh, no, you don't." "He's mine." " He's not an alien." " Don't hurt him." "Oh, I ain't gonna hurt him." "I'm gonna sell him." "Then I don't need no cell phone, investors or oil or anything." "You're gonna make me rich, little fella." "Put him down." "Now." "Who's gonna make me?" "I am." "Labou." "Are you all right?" " Let's get out of here." " Yeah." "Reggie, where are you?" "I'm through playing games." "Really?" "I was hoping to have a wee game of peek-a-boo." "It's not like the old days." "Ghost." "It's not a ghost, Pa, it's an alien." "We catch that alien, we're gazillionaires, come on." "This is out of control." "Now those tyrants are after Labou." "They weren't even scared of Grandpa LeRouge." "There's no way we can stop them." "The swamp is lost, this whole thing is a disaster." "Calm down, Captain Cry Baby, we're not done yet." "If we can't get those guys to leave this place alone, we need to beat them at their own game." "Sure." "All we need to do is get to the mayor in the next two hours and buy the land out from under them." "News flash!" "That would cost, like, millions of dollars." "That's why we need to find LeRouge's treasure, now." "Do you really think that we could find a pirate ship that's been missing for 200 years?" "Not without the maps." "I knew it was you." "But, Labou wouldn't have gone through our stuff." "Yeah." "But he had them." "Fine, I took them from your packs." "But he stole them from me." "Why did you take the maps?" "We were in this together." "I don't know." "I guess I thought you guys were gonna bail on me if you got the chance." "So, I was gonna bail on you first." "We would never do that to you, Todd." "I know that... now." "I'm sorry, guys." "Forty degrees, 50 paces, 10 degrees, south..." "If my calculations are correct, LeRouge's ship sank right here." "No, that's Dead Man's Knoll." "I told you, I've been all around there." "Exactly." "Let's go." "Wait up." "Nothing." "Me neither." "Dang it!" "You sure you wasn't just seeing things again?" "I'm telling you there was an alien." "He looked exactly like..." "Like that." "Hurry." "Well, I'll be a swayed back pony at a blue-ribbon show." "You were right, it is an alien." "We're gonna be rich." "Let's get him." "Guys, split up." "Four flat tires." "Clayton, where wouldn't you go if you were driving a car in the swamp?" "This way." "That-a-way, Pop." "The alien took off with that crazy pirate!" "The things I do to be rich." "You and your bright ideas." "Well, now we're gonna sink, so what's your idea?" "Open up the window, you fool." "Oh, no, close the window, you fool." "Close it." "Now what?" "We're trapped." "What does that little thing want?" "Wow, he wants to save us." "He's a good guy." "We've been saved by an alien." "Well, then hurry up and squeeze that fat head of yours through that hole before we become an alligator snack pack." "Labou, over here." "We lost them." "We're getting close, aren't we?" "That's Dead Man's Knoll up ahead." "But, there's no treasure on it." "That's because the treasure is in it." "What are you talking about?" "Clayton, how many hills like that are there in these swamps?" "Well, there's..." "Oh, there's over..." "No." "There." "We could..." " Well, I guess none." " Precisely." "We're in the marshland." "Flat." "Water-soaked territory as far as the eye can see." "This hill is an anomaly." "Something needed to cause all of this dirt and foliage to wanna stay here when it doesn't stay anywhere else." "If a ship crashed down here with enough force to anchor into the mud, everything else caught in the storm would get slammed into it, burying it in a hill." "That would explain why even LeRouge couldn't find his ship." "It was buried before the storm was even over." "Has to be here." "I don't know, guys." "Seems kind of obvious, just out here in the open." "It's probably best if we all just..." "Wow." " Who is that?" " You mean, what is that?" "It's a wooden carving." "A masthead." "Used on the bows of ships in the 1800s." "Unbelievable." "So it's been here all along." "Look." "Awesome." " Wow." "This is so amazing." "Check this out." "Broken." "I knew it." "It's real, it's all real." "It's beautiful." "The nerd was right." "Cool." "Two hundred years." "Two hundred years, Granddad, but we finally did it." "That's right, 200 years I have searched for this treasure and it is finally mine again." "So don't any of you think you'll be getting away with any of it alive." "But, we were gonna use the money to save the swamps." "The only thing that needs a saving are your necks." "Granddad, how could you?" "They are just kids." "Don't go wishy-washy on me now, you spineless liver lily." "All right, that's it, I've had enough." "What is it with all this "Arr" and "Walk the plank" stuff anyway?" "You're starting to believe the hype." "The game's over." "We found the treasure, so no more creepy pirate and no more bossing me around." "My granddad was a good man." "Doing what he had to do for the honor of his family." "Not scaring kids." "This is our treasure." "So why don't you go rest in peace or something?" "Clayton, me boy, are you declaring mutiny?" "No, sir, I'm just doing what you would have done when you were alive." "I've spent my life helping you find all this because it was important to you." "Now that we've found it," "I'm gonna use it to save something that's important to me." "And I didn't even know what that was until..." "Until right now." "I know this is the right thing." "It's been so long." "I had forgotten." "All I ever wanted was for my family treasure to be safe." "And what better hands to leave it in than yours?" "Do the family name a great honor, Clayton LeRouge." "Au revoir, Great-Grandson, and your worthy crew." "The treasure is yours." "Yeah." " We did it." "Wait..." "Wait, how are we gonna get all this to the mayor?" "We are seriously out of time." "Do pirates have licenses?" "I understand your concerns and my heart is with you on this." "We have every available officer on the case." "We have photos everywhere." "We'll find them." "The whole city is looking." "I recommend that the state troopers do a lateral search plan." "We need to get these kids on television." "Parents, please." "Sir, there's a man here who claims to have information on the children." "Send him in." "Mayor Adams, it's a pleasure." "Do you know where the children are?" "Easy now, I saw the paper today and I felt it was my duty." "I came to tell you that I know where they are and I know where they've been." "I came to tell you, but you all are about to find out for yourselves." "Take a look." "Well, I'll be." "Mr. Mayor..." "Stand back, please." "Let these parents see their kids." "And let me find out what's really going on." "Honey, I was so worried." "I'm sorry, Mom, I wanted to come home but we had to stop this huge environmental disaster." "It's true." "The mayor here was planning on selling the swamps around the Solomon Plantation to this terrible oil company." "Now, hold on, there were offers but nothing firm was put on the table." "As a matter of fact, I am prepared to present a proposal to the public." "He gave them 48 hours to come up with the money, but we stopped them." "Otherwise, he was going to disrupt an ecosystem and eliminate an entire species indigenous only to the Louisiana territory." "Plus, they're gonna tear down the swamps and endanger the Labou." "That's what Gavin meant." "Oh, well, that's not all." "We found LeRouge's treasure and want to do the right thing." "That's all very fascinating, but just what, pray tell, is the right thing?" "Your honor, my name is Clayton LeRouge." "I'm the last in the great pirate's bloodline." "With the help of these kids I have reclaimed my family's heirlooms and I wish to levy them as my bid to purchase the Solomon swamps." "Just how much are we talking about?" "Well, I'd say" "this much." "Wow." "Hold everything." "Mr. Mayor, we had a deal." "You'd have your money right now if it wasn't for these brats." "You know, on top of that, I found the treasure." "They stole it from me." "Wait a minute, kids, is that true?" "No." " Of course, it's true." " I'm not talking to you." "Why are you asking them, a bunch of kids and a lunatic?" "He's dressed in a pirate costume, he looks ridiculous." " Who you gonna believe?" " Not you." "You've been lying to everybody this whole time." "There are more important things in the universe than oil." "I vote the pirate keeps the land." "Now hold on, everyone, this is a legal matter." "Does anyone have any proof?" "Sure, matey, the treasure was mine and now I'm saying it belongs to these here kids to do with as they please." "Are you in the mood to argue with that?" "Uh-uh." "Bayou Bob." "Mr. LeRouge, you have yourself a deal." "No, that's mine." "You can't have it!" "I'll be back for the rest." "Are you really a pirate?" "Well, it runs in the family." "Tell us more about the Labou." " They're really cute." " How can we see them?" "Look at this guy." "He is so cute, man." "Maybe we can name today "Labou Day."" "Or maybe he can run for city council." "I think I know what we can do with the land." "Can we get a picture right here?" "Well, I'm sure glad you guys helped me figure all this out." "I was in over my head." "It really wasn't a big deal." "Em's right." "Once we secured the property rights, got the title signed over, negotiated a rate with the state tax board, ironed out the federal taxes and got an insurance partner, it was a cinch." "Whatever." "I'm just glad I handled promotion." "Everybody heard my loud mouth." "Yeah, that boy's from New Zealand." "Don't be looking at me, you little scallywags." "There be Labou to spy in that there bayou." "So keep a keen eye." "They like it when you whistle." "Can anyone here whistle?" "Go ahead." "Quick as a cat for morning milk, there's a little fella." "Aren't we bothering them being here?" "Quite on the contrary, little lady." "The Labou loves company." "You kids make them happy." "When they're happy, they sing." "When they sing, everybody's happy." "And for every Labou doll you guys purchase, full proceeds go to the conservation of exotic animal life around the world." " Every penny?" " Every penny." "You know, this will actually make a difference." "You actually made the difference." "We all did." "None of this would have happened if we didn't work together." "Hey, that's what friends do." "Yeah, who would have believed it?" "Oh, believe it." "You see, the greatest treasures are found in the most unlikely places." "Even friends." "So keep an open mind and remember, everything you see isn't always everything there is." "Do that, you all might be surprised what life has to offer." "After all, that's what believing's all about." "And when we're done We'll know all or nothin'" "So why wait for night to say yes?" "Beautiful day" "Been alone, been in love" "And the circle's nice" "And you ignore the signs Your eyes off the prize" "It's not what you find" "There's so much to gain" "I been walking around in the wind and the rain" "You've broken everything" "The way that you wanted" "There's no one to blame" "Made a mistake and I'll do it again" "If you take my hand maybe we'll make it" "So you be the sun and I'll be the stars" "Looking for something and it's wherever you are" "I've been known to get lost sometimes" "It makes no difference" "Now that I'm here And you're very near" "All that I fear is when I come to ring your bell" "Baby, will you open the door?" "There's so much to gain" "I been walking around in the wind and the rain" "You'll get everything the way that you wanted" "There's no one to blame" "I made a mistake and I'll do it again" "If you'll take my hand maybe we'll make it" "Hit the road, Jack" "And don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more" "Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more" "What'd you say?" "Hit the road, Jack" "And don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more" "Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more" "Whoa, woman, oh, woman Don't treat me so mean" "You're the meanest old woman that I've ever seen" " I guess if you say so" " Yeah" " I'd have to pack my bags and go" " That's right" "Hit the road, Jack" "And don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more" "Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more" "What'd you say?" "Hit the road, Jack" "And don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more" "Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more" "Now, baby, now, baby don't treat me this way" "'Cause I'll be back on my feet some day" "I don't care if you do 'cause it's understood" "You ain't got no money and you just ain't no good" "Well, I guess if you say so" " I'd have to pack my things and go" " That's right" "Hit the road, Jack" "And don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more" "Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more" "What'd you say?" "Hit the road, Jack" "And don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more" "Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more" "Don't you come back no more" "I said don't you, don't you, don't you come back no more" "I couldn't hear you, baby" "I said don't you come back I don't wanna see you no more" "Subtitles by LeapinLar"