The Little People of Killany Woods
| "The Little People of Killany Woods" | |
|---|---|
| The Twilight Zone episode | |
 Scene from "The Little People of Killany Woods" | |
| Episode no. |
Season 1 Episode 14b |
| Directed by | J.D. Feigelson |
| Written by | J.D. Feigelson |
| Original air date | January 3, 1986 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
|
Hamilton Camp: Liam O'Shaughnessey | |
"The Little People of Killany Woods" is the second segment of the fourteenth episode from the first season (1985–86) of the television series The Twilight Zone.
Plot
In a small Irish town a frantic man named O'Shaughnessy (Hamilton Camp) dashes into a local pub called "Kelly's." He rushes up to the bar and demands a drink in return for bringing the town the news of what he saw in Killany Woods. He claims to have seen the little people. Although the entire bar erupts in laughter and disbelief, one man named Mulvaney rises angry at O'Shaughnessy for telling foolish stories while the whole town is out of work and no one is happy. He tells O'Shaughnessy never to return to Kelly's. O'Shaughnessy sulks away.
Not long after, Mulvaney sees O'Shaughnessy emerge from the hardware store after closing with a box. Mulvaney questions the hardware store owner about it, and apparently the "little people" gave O'Shaughnessy gold to pay for tools to help them. Mulvaney then discovers O'Shaughnessy has paid up his landlady and gathered his belongings and left. Mulvaney finally confronts O'Shaughnessy but O'Shaughnessy claims he cannot give him any of the gold because it is not his to give. Mulvaney insists but O'Shaughnessy hits him over the head with the box and runs into the woods. Mulvaney follows him and discovers the "little people" who are small-statured aliens and their spaceship. While O'Shaughnessy laughs and enjoys Mulvaney's predicament, Mulvaney runs back to town and attempts to tell everyone at the pub about what he saw. To his horror, they simply laugh at his claim.
Closing narration
| “ | In the days to come, when human beings navigate the great depths of space, they'll eventually come to a small planet in a distant galaxy. It's a pleasant place, but quite unlike the Earth. There's one unusual similarity, however: shamrocks grow there in great profusion. Brought they say by one Liam O'Shaughnessy, lately of Earth and now residing in one of the greener corners...of the Twilight Zone. | ” |
Themes
This episode is similar to the original series episode "Hocus-Pocus and Frisby" where a man who tells tall tales gets abducted by aliens.