- Shelby Woo: My biology report's on alligators; I used to think they were nothing but creepy, overgrown, prehistoric lizards. Turns out they're fascinating, especially if they're part of a mystery, come on, help me solve one.
- Shelby Woo: Detective, look what I found. Look at the initials: S.G., maybe it's Shannon Gregors, and there's a 4-leaf clover, a horseshoe, and dice, good luck charms like a gambler would have.
- Det. Whit Hineline: And the bracelet snapped in two.
- Shelby Woo: Maybe it was broken in a struggle.
- Det. Whit Hineline: Maybe, and maybe McBride had something to do with Shannon's disappearance after all.
- Cindy Ornette: 'Write a ten page paper on the animal of your choice.'
- Noah Allen: Ten pages? I couldn't write ten pages on myself.
- Cindy Ornette: Well you must include sections on habitat, mating and the digestive, respiratory, skeletal and circulatory systems.
- Noah Allen: Well that'll help pad it, what're you going to do?
- Cindy Ornette: Vampire bats, I've seen every vampire movie ever made, how different can it be?
- Noah Allen: I guess I'll do the three-toed sloth.
- Cindy Ornette: Why?
- Noah Allen: Just like them.
- Shelby Woo: I can't get my mind off this case; Shannon Gregors' mom identified the bracelet as her daughter's, so Detective Hineline's sending a team to drag the swamp.
- Noah Allen: He's thinking...?
- Cindy Ornette: Like, fed her to the alligators.
- Cindy Ornette: 'The History of Dogs', 'Man's Best Friend', 'Those Doggone Dogs', I thought you were doing the three-toed sloth.
- Noah Allen: I couldn't even find one article on them but there's many findings on dogs.
- Cindy Ornette: Well these vampire bats are even better than vampires; did you know that their stomachs are specially adapted to a diet of blood?
- Noah Allen: Ah, I've been looking for a pet.
- Shelby Woo: Look what I found, it's an article about the opening of Gator World and it mentions that family that lived in the swamp, the Destreys.
- Cindy Ornette: Hmm, 'The opening ceremony was disrupted by the Destrey family, who fired several rounds of ammunition at the Gator World sign, and disappeared into the swamp.'
- Noah Allen: They're a handsome bunch.
- Cindy Ornette: Well I guess fashion isn't a priority when you live in a swamp.
- Shelby Woo: People say they never left.
- Cindy Ornette: Maybe they come out at night to make sure nobody trespasses on their land.
- Shelby Woo: Yeah! Maybe the Destreys got Shannon!
- Noah Allen: This paper's from 1946, wouldn't they all be dead?
- Shelby Woo: Probably, except this little girl Maude, she could still be alive.
- Det. Whit Hineline: Tell me again what you were even doing at Gator World.
- Shelby Woo: Research for my report.
- Mike 'Grandpa' Woo: Ah, can we see your research notes?
- Shelby Woo: I don't actually have any notes.
- Det. Whit Hineline: Did you draw any sketches, take any photos?
- Shelby Woo: No, but I have some very strong mental images.
- Mike 'Grandpa' Woo: What about a park brochure, souvenir cup, maybe a button? No, what kind of research did you do again?
- Shelby Woo: I was observing behavior. And I really didn't realize how late it was, honest.
- Det. Whit Hineline: Oh I believe that part, it's the rest of the story I'm having trouble with.
- Cindy Ornette: This is a pawn shop, where's the poker game?
- Noah Allen: No, in "Guys and Dolls" they move the dice game around so that the cops couldn't find them, I'll bet you that's what Rench does.
- Cindy Ornette: Mmmm, good thinking!
- Shelby Woo: Thanks for going to see Alfred Rench for me.
- Noah Allen: Don't worry about it, but I think you can pretty much rule him out as a suspect.
- Alfred Rench: [suspect video playback] You see Shannon, you tell her I want my money!
- Cindy Ornette: Yeah, he really thinks she's alive.
- Shelby Woo: I know, the more I think about McBride, the less guilty he seems. I mean if you fed an old fiancee to the alligators, and a detective was asking you questions, wouldn't you at least pretend to be concerned about her?
- Benjamin McBride: [suspect video playback] I don't know, and I don't care!
- Cindy Ornette: Well than that leaves Maude Destrey.
- Shelby Woo: I know, but if Maude Destrey makes a habit of feeding people to the gators, why did she save me?
- Noah Allen: [getting his rollerblades off] Just a second, I've got a knot.
- Cindy Ornette: Hurry Noah, the library closes soon.
- Noah Allen: Look, if I could take off the skate without doing the lace, I would, but I can't, can I?
- Shelby Woo: No you can't! I've got it! The shoe! The shoe I found in the swamp! The laces were tied all the way up and the bow was double knotted, the shoe couldn't have fallen off Shannon Gregor!
- Noah Allen: And if the alligators had eaten her, they would've eaten the shoe too.
- Shelby Woo: Right!
- Cindy Ornette: But then how did it get in the swamp?
- Shelby Woo: Well someone must've put it there! And I think I know who it is!