![]() ![]() They notice a strange blue liquid pooling in multiple places on the floor. ![]() Uncle Marv takes the boys their cabin, and they unpack. Uncle Marv alludes to a test that will take place at the camp's campfire gathering later that night. Chris introduces the boys to Uncle Marv, the giant man who runs the camp. A camp counselor, later revealed to be Chris, approaches the boys and explains the brothers had been the subjects of a camp prank the other campers were actually just hiding. ![]() After a short walk, the boys arrive at their camp, but they don't see any other campers and become worried. The bus stops eventually, and the boys get off. Alex, a talented singer, is sad that his parents didn't sign him up for a music camp. Still, they're just jokes.right?īrothers Harry and Alex Altman are on a bus traveling to Camp Spirit Moon. First a girl sticks her arm in the campfire. Then the jokes start to get really serious. And the way the old campers love to play jokes on the new campers. But the camp has so many weird traditions. Harry and his brother, Alex, are dying to fit in at Camp Spirit Moon. 9.1 References in other Goosebumps media. ![]()
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