- Like any good ghost story, it happened on a dark and foggy night. A man by the name of Cutler, found these sort of nights the most peaceful to go out on a late night dive to the sea floor. He donned his diving suit and down he went. Cutler had always admired the ocean for its beauty and dangerous nature. While others feared it, he found it exhilarating. The captain was a marine biologist and a respected expert in the field. With having discovered over 12 new species of marine life in the past year alone. Cutler lived with his loving wife and daughter. But, tragedy struck when Cutler came back up to the surface to his boat just as another came by and struck him. He was knocked unconscious and suffered a severe head injury. As his body sank to the bottom, Cutler's airhose to his air tank was severed and he drowned. His now fatherless daughter, Elsa and widowed wife, Ms.Cutler, were utterly devastated. In the following weeks of his passing, Ms. Cutler couldn't stand to live on in a world without her husband and became desperate. She sought to bring him back -- by any means necessary. Cutler practiced and performed in the dark arts and witchcraft. Once she found a spell she believed would bring him back, she did the deed. After the summoning, all Ms. Cutler had to do was wait and see if it had worked. It did. Cutler had indeed returned (or so it looked) to the land of the living. But, his behavior was off. He hardly spoke at all and only uttered a few sentences every now and again. When he didn't, he'd simply let out moans and grunts. Even growling at his wife and daughter once when she attempted to take off his helmet for him. Cutler wore his diving suit always, no matter what. It was always sopping wet and he left footprints w/ an eerie glow. But the mrs. didn't care, she had her husband back. Their young daughter however, saw it differently. She knew something was wrong with the man that called itself her father. The resurrected Cutler spent a majority of the day indoors, but at night is when he became the most active. Leaving for extended periods of time. Unknown to his wife and daughter, he'd go out on the hunt for the ones responsible for his death. After finding and killing them, he returned home. He then started to spend this time terrorizing the beaches and pulling down any unlucky swimmer. Many people started disappearing and word quickly spread of a "ghost diver". When the Mrs. went to confront her husband, he attacked. Their daughter, Elsa, quickly got out of there and ran for it. As she made it out to the road, she was nearly struck by none other than Mystery Inc. They managed to swerve out of the way at the last second. Pulling over, they went over to see what the girl was running from. Elsa is unable to talk due to shock. She is left in the van with Scooby as the gang go down where they saw the girl running from. They eventually reached her house and found the place empty, but there were indeed signs of a struggle. As well as a wet trail of footprints leading from the house to the ocean. Back in the van, Captain Cutler shows up and attacks. In the confusion, Scooby starts the van and backs it up into the ghost. Sending him flying away back into the ocean depths. Once the gang regroups, they head to the authorities and drop her off at the station. They tell the gang that she is the daughter of Mrs. Cutler and the late Captain Cutler. As the gang (and some officers) leave to head back to the crime scene, Cutler, having used the sewer tunnels that run under the town, returns and goes after the girl. Back w/ the gang, they uncover Mrs. Cutler's collection of spellbooks. Going through them, they find that it can be undone and Cutler's Ghost can be put to rest. They head back into town and find Cutler is on the hunt for his daughter through the sewers. As always, the gang split up to cover more ground. One team to find Elsa before Cutler does w/ the other getting the spell set up to be undone. After some classic scooby doo shenanigans later, the gang exit the sewer system and find their back by the ocean. Cutler is tricked into following them into a trap where the incantation is performed and his ghost is laid to rest once more. Elsa, now orphaned, is taken into care of her aunt and uncle. Scooby and the gang restock their supplies and head out once more to their next mystery, wherever it may be.
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