Original Airdate: October 18, 1996
Writer(s): Howard Gordon
Director(s): James Charleston
Guest Stars
Mitch Pileggi as Walter Skinner
Laurie Holden as Marita Covarrubias
Willie Amakye as Samuel Aboah
Carl Lumbly as Marcus Duff
Don Stewart as Businessman
Maxine Guess as Flight Attendant
Bob Morrisey as Dr. Simon Bruin
Carl Lumbly as Marcus Duff
Brendan Beiser as Agent Pendrell
Dexter Bell as Alfred Kittel
Zakes Mokae as Diabria
Sean Campbell as Lt. Madsen
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Synopsis: The mysterious deaths of several African-American men, in which the color from their skin is drained, leads Mulder to believe that the Teliko, an African folktale about a creature who must suck the pigmentation from a person’s body in order to survive, is behind those murders.