When oil suddenly gushes from the ground in Whitney, it makes
prospectors very happy, but not the inhabitants, for a pestilential
smell soon covers the small town. Abandoning her home, Whitney's elder
Miss Bluemarket moves to Smithville with her three pets - three adult
buffaloes. Her search for a new home makes her easy prey for
unscrupulous estate agents, and soon she finds herself owning a property
whose mere name has the locals shaking in their boots: the Bates
ranch...