 In narration , Scully explains that Chaco 's plant has been closed down by the Department of Agriculture , and that twenty @-@ seven Dudley residents have died from Creutzfeldt @-@ Jakob disease . She reveals that Chaco was ninety @-@ three years old at the time of his death , and had spent time with the allegedly cannibalistic " Jale tribe " after his transport plane was shot down over New Guinea during World War II . She also states that his remains have never been found ; the final scene suggests that Chaco 's remains are being fed to chickens at his plant . 
