Kester
Background
Dan Kester is a rancher in the Harrison Hills area. He is married to Ev and his cousin is Billy. Kester and Ev had a baby, but it died.
During the events of The Giant Spider Invasion (1975) played by Robert Easton
Kester walks out of the house and Ev asks him where he is going and he tells her to the revival in town. Later, he leaves Helga's place and tells her he will be back again. He gets home and tells Ev, who asks him what the revival was about, that the Preacher was against sin. Suddenly a meteor hits behind the Kester house. Ev wants Kester to investigate the meteor, but he tells her he will check it out in the morning. Terry gets home and tells Kester she had to walk home because Perkins' car wouldn't start, but he tells her that was just Perkins tricking her and threatens to spank her. In the morning Ev asks Kester when he is going to check out the meteor. but he tells her to let him eat his breakfast in peace. While searching for the source of the light last night, Ev falls down next to a cow head. Kester and Ev continue to search their ranch and find dead cow after dead cow. Kester then tells Ev he will just butcher the meat and sell it to Dutch's cafe. Kester continues to search the ranch and Ev finds a rock and then they find a lot more near a hole in the ground. While Kester is trying to break open a rock with a hammer and chisel, the rock falls onto the ground and breaks open and a spider climbs out. He picks up one half of the rock and inside are what Ev and Kester think are diamonds. Kester uses the gem to cut a dollar sign in the window, which makes him and Ev think they are diamonds even more. Kester goes out with a shovel and pail to find more rocks and as he does, he finds the dead body of Mr. Cooper, which he then buries. He walks back home and tells Ev he found a body. Ev wants to tell the Sheriff, but Kester tells her that he would then find the diamonds and the marijuana they are growing. He gathers more rocks and then goes to see Helga. Before leaving Helga's, Kester gives her a gem from the rock. He goes to Billy's store and shows him the gems and Billy tells him they aren't diamonds, but a pail of them might be worth some money. Kester goes looking for Ev, but Terry tells him she doesn't know where Ev is. He offers to give Terry a diamond if she treats him "nice". The Sheriff stops by and asks Kester if has seen Mr. Cooper, but Kester and Terry tell him they haven't. As Kester is looking for more rocks, he is attacked by a Giant Spider and killed.