Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-24.130.28.230-20140729081046/@comment-4091815-20140729152035

The folks on the road with Kate at the beginning are dead assassins - the folks in the woods (while not stated outright) seemed to be werewolves.

Mainly we can conclude this from the black goo leaking from their faces. While it could be simply blood - it looks like wolfsbane poisoning as seen in Magic Bullett and other episodes.