The Wad: The True Story Behind The Phantom Lake County Chewing Gum Disaster | movie | 2024 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

In writer/director Christopher R. Mihm's first faux-documentary, KPHL Channel 6 Nightly News anchor Daniel Johnson hosts | dG1fVTZKYUlsbUw0cjg

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00:00Phantom Lake County is well known for its share of odd and disturbingly unique occurrences.

00:12However, all of them pale in comparison to the time a piece of chewing gum became sentient,

00:16grew as big as a barn, maybe two, and threatened to eat everyone.

00:21So many people lost their lives.

00:23I still struggle believing it happened, but it did, and it was so horrible.

00:30Can you tell us about your encounter with the WAD?

00:32You mean that big angry ball and chickle that tried to swallow me up all those years ago?

00:37Yeah.

00:38We have several clips which include you.

00:40I still think it's a hoax.

00:42It's just a lie that the government wants you to believe, and people like me, who don't,

00:49are targeting.

00:50Whether or not this thing actually exists, look outside.

00:53The weather today is beautiful.

00:54The lake, the parks, the drive-in, the annual hot dog festival is going on right now as

00:59we speak.

01:00Phantom Lake County is open, and people should feel free to come on down and have a wonderful

01:04time.

01:07Do you have any idea how it happened?

01:09How it happened?

01:11You mean how it went from a harmless piece of candy to a soulless, nearly unstoppable

01:15killing machine?

01:16It was only a matter of time before it would start moving into more populated areas, and

01:21you'd need to feast on something larger than your average farm animal.

01:25You mean it would need to start eating people?

01:27Yes.

01:28At that point, it seemed to me the only choice we had left was to just drop a nuke on the

01:33place and be done with it.

01:35Collateral damage be damned.

01:37If we were to detonate one of those suckers here, it would level half the buildings in

01:41the area.

01:43Which half?

01:44What does that matter?

01:46Tonight, I will be your guide as you learn about The WAD, the true story behind the Phantom

01:51Lake County chewing gum disaster.