Symbiotic Puppets

As part of a biodiversity project in the Appalachians Eric is hoping to discover new species of life on the forest floor, but his cousin, Danny, at whose home Eric is staying, is acting strangely. As a matter of fact, Danny's whole family seems to be getting more strange by the day. And what is that thing Eric has spotted lurking in the forest at night? Worse yet, Eric is beginning to feel something strange happening to himself. Has Eric discovered something considerably bigger and more sinister in the forest than he ever imagined or maybe it's all just in his head---in more ways than one.