The Wad: The True Story Behind The Phantom Lake County Chewing Gum Disaster

A local TV news anchor looks back at the strangest crisis in his county's history, built from survivor interviews, staged re-enactments and old news footage. The story follows a piece of chewing gum that grows far beyond anything normal and puts a whole community in danger. Played completely deadpan, it is a small-town creature-feature spoof in news-documentary clothes.