 Trisha McFarland has to put up with the constant bickering between her divorced mother and older brother, and when the three go on a hike up a nature trail, nothing is different. Desperate to get away from the arguing, Trisha wanders off the trail and soon becomes lost in the terrifying woods. Trisha turns for comfort by listening to the Red Sox play on her Walkman, and finds solace in the performances of her hero Tom Gordon. But soon it becomes a frightening ordeal as Trisha faces snakes, bugs, loneliness, hunger and thirst... but worst of all is the horrifying fact that there is something out there - watching her - waiting... Trisha soon discovers that she isn t the only one in the woods...