Together, they torment Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns), Franklin's sister, whom Drayton had captured. He was taking photographs of decomposed corpses and making horrific art and statues out of them at the cemetery. It's also revealed that he was the one responsible for the grave robberies, which are mentioned at the beginning of the film. The film later identifies the Hitchhiker as the brother of the two other main villains of the film, Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen) and Drayton Sawyer (Jim Siedow), as well as the middle son of a mentally unstable family of murderous cannibals. The smeared blood on the van is a symbol to help assess which vehicle Drayton should go after as a target for murder. The Hitchhiker briefly chases after the van, kicking and yelling as he smears a bloody handprint onto the side of the vehicle, but soon relinquishes his attack on it. After Franklin refuses to buy the picture, the Hitchhiker sets the photo on fire and slashes Franklin's arm with the straight razor before being kicked out of the van. Nubbins takes a picture of Franklin, and tells him it's a good picture. Shortly after, the hitchhiker shows off the straight razor he keeps in his boot and then takes a picture of Franklin using a camera he pulls out of his satchel. The group is shocked and appalled when the hitchhiker uses Franklin's knife to cut open the palm of his own hand. Partain) pocket knife out of his grasp after he sees the teen picking his fingernails with it. The Hitchhiker suddenly pulls Franklin Hardesty's (Paul A. He soon begins acting erratically after the disgusted travelers return the photographs. He shows them pictures of him and his family killing the cattle while telling them a story about how head cheese comes from the cows when their heads are melted, all while attempting to get them to drop him off at his home and even inviting them to dinner. The group asks him what he was doing out there and he tells them that he was "over at the slaughterhouse" where he and his brother and his grandfather used to work. The Hitchhiker first appears in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre walking along the road, where he is picked up by a group of friends traveling through the area, who feel sorry for him having to walk in the heat.
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