Name that x-files episode.

May 5, 2008 5:52 PM

X-files fans/experts, help me find the name of this x-files episode.

I've been searching through episode guides for hours but I cannot find this episode I seem to recall watching. The episode starts with a scientist/explorer in the woods looking for samples of insects. He encounters a corpse of a boar with strange lesions teeming with insects, but upon trying to collect the bugs, the lesion shoots liquid into his mouth. Later on, the scientist is infected with the same lesions. I was quite sure that this episode was just in my head, but I was talking to a friend and he also remembers this episode. Thank you for any help.

posted by EvilKenji to media & arts (2 comments total)

Sounds like this one : A scientist is collecting insects in a dense rainforest when he finds a decomposing hog with vultures all around it. After shooing them away, he leans closer to the carcass when a pustule on the hog's skin bursts and sprays him with some kind of sticky substance. Later, the scientist is desperately making calls on his radio for help. When the rescue team finds him the next day, however, he is dead.
posted by iconomy at 6:01 PM on May 5, 2008

The episode is called F. Emasculata, btw. Since that's what you asked.
posted by iconomy at 6:05 PM on May 5, 2008