paleo in the movies-Lake Placid synopsis (spoiler)

[Betty Cunningham <bettyc@flyinggoat.com>]

A nature-phobic scientist, a Fish and Game Warden, a sheriff and an
eccentric mythology professor converge near a remote lake in Maine to
investigate a gruesome fatality. Their adventure, laced with humor and
terror, leads to a shocking secret that waits underneath
the                                              anything-but-placid
waters. The only evidence in the watery death is a large, seemingly
prehistoric tooth found at the scene. Intrigued by
the                                              discovery, yet smarting
from a recently botched office romance, an emotionally fragile
paleontologist, Kelly Scott is reluctantly
dispatched                                              for her first
real field assignment. Scott's big-city manner and obvious distaste for
the great outdoors is a constant irritant to the man in charge of the
inquest, Fish and Game Warden Jack Wells, who would prefer not to be
burdened with her help. Also on the scene is the
irascible,                                              overly sensitive
sheriff Hank Keough, who would like nothing more than to find the
predator and blow its head off. Landing unannounced in
the                                              middle of the action is
the rich, eccentric mythology professor Hector Cyr (Oliver Platt), who
steamrolls the team into trying to capture
and                                              preserve the elusive
creature that appears to be lurking nearby. An exhaustive search leads
them to the only full-time resident on the lake,
a                                              scatter-brained old
woman, Mrs. Bickerman, who withholds information surrounding the
mysterious disappearance of her husband and some
of                                            her missing livestock. But
it isn't long before the lake's incredible secret is revealed to all. 

Need I say more?
-Betty
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