After transforming back into a human, David was originally shown wandering through the London Underground (the Tube) wearing a stolen raincoat. He tries to navigate the subway system while dealing with the shock of his transformation and the fear of being recognized. It was a sequence intended to bridge the gap between the night of the killings and the morning at the zoo, but it was cut for pacing reasons—the audience didn't need to see David struggling with public transit to understand his disorientation.
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Interestingly, some crew members who worked on the film have cast doubt on the entire legend. In online forums, a crew member on a Facebook group dedicated to the film claimed that Landis made the story up and that the scene was never actually shot. This theory suggests the “lost scene” is simply a piece of mythology that has grown out of control over the decades. After transforming back into a human, David was