TEXT: "The Headless Witch in the Woods" [SCENE_BREAK] TEASER (Open: George Washington National Forest. Brennan and Booth trek through the forest with a forest ranger that has roped off a crime scene) BRENNAN: It's getting thicker and thicker in here. RANGER EDISON: That's why a forensic team got lost. I've sent somebody back to find them. BOOTH: Look, you sure you know where you're going? RANGER EDISON: I still have trouble and I've been here for three years. That's why we advise hikers to stay away. BOOTH: I know, I'm pining for concrete. You just, uh, you stay close, alright Bones? (Brennan walks away from Booth and finds some kind of talisman in a tree) I don't want you to get caught out here when it gets dark. Okay? (he looks around for her, but doesn't see her anywhere) Bones? Bones? Where the hell are you? Bones? BRENNAN: I'm right here, Booth. BOOTH: Don't do that, alright? BRENNAN: What? BOOTH: Take off like that, okay. You heard the guy. BRENNAN: I saw this, some sort of talisman. These are bones from a bird and the coloring on that ornament looks like dried blood. There are more of them, too. BOOTH: Geez, they look like eyes. Okay, this is weird. You see a lot of these? RANGER EDISON: Not me, but I've heard some other folks have come across some pretty strange stuff in here. Word is, it's Maggie Cinders. BRENNAN: There's a woman who lives out here? RANGER EDISON: Did. Died in 1780. Folks around here thought she was a witch and beheaded her. Legend is, she still haunts the woods, looking for her severed head. BRENNAN: And you believe this, Ranger Edison? RANGER EDISON: Look, I'
SUMMARY:
Brennan and Booth investigate when a headless corpse is found in the woods along with a frightening video tape of events on the night of the murder. Meanwhile, Hodgins and Angela are assigned to find any possible information on the video, much to Hodgins' glee, as Angela grasps his arm out of fear of what she sees. The episode's plot is a slight parody of the famous found-footage horror film, The Blair Witch Project , with even the famous antagonist (the Blair Witch) of the film, presented as a legend in this episode (referred to here as "Maggie Cinders"). The murder suspects claim that "Maggie" killed the victim, and Brennan even finds a second, unidentified head that seems to corroborate that claim. At the end of the episode, after the killer is caught, Hodgins and Angela are relieved to turn off the video, but then they notice the silhouette of a headless female figure with an axe heading toward the victim right before he was killed. Freaked out, they both offer probably correct and rational theories explaining it, with Angela fearfully asking Hodgins at the end, "Can I stay at your place tonight?", much to Hodgins' obvious pleasure.