At night, when Scorpion-Flies and Pterobuzzards break into the store, David uses a torched mop to burn and beat a Pterobuzzard to death. Later, David once again makes a failed attempt to convince Norton and his group of the dangers in the mist before they go out, but does manage to convince one of Norton's followers to tie a clothesline round his waist to let the patrons know when the group gets over 300 feet from the store.įollowing the attack on Norton's group, David begins to develop feelings for another patron of the market, Amanda Dumfries, and begins to worry about Steff. The people convinced then barricade the store windows with bags of dog food and soil, and seal up the cracks in them with duct tape.

David then closes the loading door with a mop, and lashes out at Myron for sending Norm to his death until Ollie manages to calm him down.ĭavid, Ollie, Jim and Myron attempt to convince the people in the market of the dangers in the mist, but fail to convince Bud, Norton, or a handful of people (Bud until showing him a Tentacle severed by the loading door). David attempts to save Norm from the Tentacles, but when a Tentacle moves near him, he is forced, for Billy's sake, to leave Norm to be dragged off to his death. Jim and Myron, despite David and Ollie's protests, send Norm out through the loading door to unblock the generator, but he is attacked by a swarm of the Tentacles from Planet X.

He tells deputy manager Ollie, mechanics Jim and Myron, and bag-boy Norm, who refuse to believe him except Ollie. He, Billy and Norton use his car to get into town to the local Grocery Store, and are trapped inside when the Mist appears and engulfs the town outside.ĭavid searches the loading dock for a blanket with which to cover up a shocked Billy, but instead discovers the generator choking from something blocking the exhaust pipe, and something on the other side of the loading door moving against it. In 1980, David's home was damaged by a massive storm and his boathouse destroyed. In 1975, David was sued by his neighbor, Brent Norton, causing a grudge between the two. He married Stephanie Stepanek on December before 1975, and had a son, Billy, with her. He also went to the University of Maine, and according to Jim Grondin, he only went to college because he has the jitters. David's father was apparently a famous and successful artist, and David attempted without success to be better than him.

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