The story takes place in a small town called Frutiger in Vermont. Our protagonist Zach is mentally unsettled by the disappearances of many other teens within the town. Throughout the film he learns to cope with these emotions and this grief. When at school we meet the deuteragonist Jimmy who is more logical and is anguished by the disappearance of his brother, Our characters are led to the 3 sections of the woods: Frutiger Woods, The Golden Trail And The Deep Woods. As we simultaneously get the first mention of our tritagonist Uncle Ron. Uncle Ron is a supposed skinwalker and otherworldly creature hunter consumed by grief and the loss of his son.