In his memory, he saw individuals who were “barking at us” as their eyes darted in all directions. And then there was this one man;
the moment you made eye contact or said a word, he would scream and bolt; his trousers would inevitably fall to his ankles;
and he would frantically race away, kicking a rubbish can on the way. Furthermore, this would occur repeatedly.
Laita talks to Ray in his documentary Inbred Family—The Whittakers, and Ray only grunts and points in response.
Despite the filmmaker’s best efforts, Betty remains vague when asked about the family’s peculiarities in a later scene. Their peculiar eye alignment is due to “coal mining,” according to Kenneth.
