Bill Whitman

Bill Whitman

Background

Bill Whitman is the head ranger at Indian Legend State Park in Massachusetts. He grew up 30 miles from Mt. Chocura, but had up to recently been living in Boston. Bill was a crossing guard before he became a ranger.

During the events of Winterbeast (1992) played by Tim R. Morgan

Bill asks Slappy Tello if he is alright, and as Slappy turns his face towards him, Bill screams as he sees Slappy's bloody face. A Mt. Chocura Creature appears and Slappy starts picking at his bleeding body. Bill then wakes up from his nightmare. Bill arrives at the station and Ranger Stillman tells him that Slappy disappeared and Ranger Bradford is waiting in his office. Bill asks Bradford how she is doing. He then goes to question Dick Sargent and asks him where he found Bradford. He tells Bill that he found her near Mt. Chocura where they opened the old lodge. Bill asks him to take Stillman to the location the next day. A storm passes through the area and Bill has trouble radioing anyone.

While they are passing the time, Bill tells Stillman about The Wild Goose Lodge owned by Dave Sheldon which is nearby. Bill and Stillman drive to The Wild Goose Lodge and listen as Dave gives his comedy routine to the guests. Bill questions Dave if he has seen Slappy and asks him to put out a sign warning hikers away from the trails. In the morning, Stillman and Dick go to Mt. Chocura and see a totem with a skeleton attached to it. He returns with Bill, Bradford and Charlie Perkins. Charlie thinks the skeletons on the totem were left as sacrifices and Bill recognizes it from a dream he had. Charlie tells them that the Native Americans used to worship a being called Chocura.

Bill goes to the Fall Foliage Festival and asks Dave to shut down the lodge due to Slappy still being missing. Dave refuses and later, Bradford tells Bill about the legends of Mt. Chocura including one where two hunters disappeared and were later found torn apart. Bill goes up to the mountain with Stillman and Charlie at night to look for Slappy and a missing camper. At his house, Charlie shows Bill a tooth he received from Burning Wolf that was supposedly taken from a warrior killed by Chocura. Charlie goes back up the mountain and photographs the totem and gives Bill the photographs. Bill goes to the Newbury Library and shows Dave the photos and again tries to get Dave to shut down the lodge. Bill and Charlie put park closed posters up around town. Dave goes to speak with Bill and throws the posters at his face. Bill again tells Dave to close the lodge, but again Dave refuses. Bill and Charlie go to The Wild Goose Lodge and Bill finds Bradford's corpse.

Bill finds Charlie and then shows him a prophecy that says a second man will appear to fulfill his forefathers' unfinished work and after the sacrifices are complete, more powerful demons then Chocura will appear. Dave confronts them and admits he is the one calling the Mt. Chocura Creatures. Dave's head then explodes in flames. Bill and Charlie are looking through binoculars when they see Dick attacked and killed by The Winterbeast. Later, Bill takes over the lodge and tells Charlie that he is going to send Stillman to cut the totem down. In the morning, Bill and Stillman walk around the abandoned cabins when a Mt. Chocura Creature attacks them and Stillman is killed. Bill goes to find The Winterbeast and he and Charlie find it, but they crash their vehicle. The Winterbeast attacks Charlie and Charlie finds a totem head and places it on the ground and Bill shoots it and The Winterbeast catches on fire and turns to smoke.