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The others do not believe Cheryl's story and assume that she was attacked by a wild animal.

Her brother, Ash, decides to drive her to town where she can find a place to stay for the night.

However, they find that the only bridge connecting the cabin to civilization has been destroyed with the supports bent into the shape of a hand.

Later, Cheryl, with the essence of a demon infesting her body following her encounter with the trees, becomes possessed and stabs Linda, Ash's girlfriend, in the ankle with a pencil.

Scotty forces Cheryl into the cellar and locks it, but his girlfriend Shelly is also possessed by a demon, which spies on her from outside her bedroom as she is changing before hurling itself at her.

Now possessed, Shelly attacks Scotty and sustains a number of brutal injuries before Scotty dismembers her with an axe.

Clearly shaken by Shelly's death, Scotty leaves to go find an alternate trail through the woods.