Dan'l Coffey, a former Rough Rider, is unemployed and searching for adventure when he overhears some men in a tavern discussing a chilling tale of murder and mystery. They said town was in need of a sheriff because the last one, and the one before him, had fallen prey to some legend involving a mysterious creature. Understandably, no one seemed interested in the job, that is no one until Dan'l Coffey rode into town.