Come close, children, and see the living crocodile. A vintage '54 blue Buick Roadmaster. At least, that's what it looks like...

There is a terrifying secret shrouded in Shed B in the state police barracks in Statler, Pennsylvania. A secret which, for the past twenty years, has drawn the troopers, territied yet irresistibly tempted, to look at its beautiful chrome fenders, silver grille and exotic exhaust system.

Now young Ned Wilcox has started coming by the barracks: mowing the lawn, washing the windows, shovelling snow; it's the boy's way of holding on to his father - recently killed in a strange road accident by another Buick.

One day Ned peers through the windows of Shed B and discovers the family secret. And like his father, Ned wants answers. He deserves answers. And the secret begins to stir...