A young college couple on assignment for their University newspaper hikes deep into a Canadian wilderness.  Their mission: to refute a local legend that tells of a magical strain of cannabis said to be flourishing somewhere in the woods.  The protectorate of the domain is claimed to be an ancient and supernatural beast of extraordinary power.  Long thought to be nothing more than sinister fables invented to keep curious trespassers away from the region's precious hemp crops, they soon discover that these tales may not be fiction at all...