 Doris calls Mulder , believing that Chaco wants to kill her ; after she hangs up , she is attacked by the masked figure . Scully goes to help Doris while Mulder searches for Chaco at his mansion . There , he finds the shrunken heads of Kearns and other victims in a cabinet . Mulder calls Scully on the phone and hears her being knocked out by Chaco . She is taken to a secluded field , where Harold has started a bonfire and led the townsfolk in consuming Doris . Chaco berates them for killing one of their own , but Harold chastises him for allowing the Creutzfeldt @-@ Jakob epidemic to occur and has Chaco executed by the masked figure . Scully herself is about to be killed when Mulder arrives and shoots the figure ; he is revealed to be Sheriff Arens . Harold tries to shoot Mulder , but is trampled to death by the fleeing townsfolk . 
