At the local swimming pool, a security man discovers a locker full of human bones. A blind monk, Father Bernard, a friend of Strange, comes to tell him of the incident. Apparently, there has been no reports of any killings in the area, but the bones appear to have been gnawed.

Jude remembers Rich's words while Father Barnard tells Strange of his discovery of a recently opened tomb. Running his hands over the lettering he felt the letters A. S. M. O. T. H. - Asmoth