♪ Magic is real here ♪
♪ Far away from home ♪
♪ Anything can happen ♪
♪ When witches make the rules ♪
♪ Monsters are cool ♪
♪ The moon is our friend ♪
♪ I wanna stay with you ♪
♪ On Summer Camp Island ♪
Alright, Hiking Club!
Are we ready to get out there and explore
the unknown parts of the island?
Yeah!
Let me just double-check our supplies.
Okay, sandwiches, water, compass,
notebook, extra socks,
and one-two-three- four-five-six-seven
eight-nine-ten-eleven- twelve-thirteen-fourteen
rolls of toilet paper.
Eh?
What's everyone else gonna use?
Oh, Hedgehog...
Rrrr...
Oof!
Now we just have to decide where to explore.
Hmm.
How about that little patch of woods?
Whoa. Hey, Hedge?
Doesn't that look like
the New Jersey Pine Barrens back home?
Yeah!
And that looks like Susie, Betsy, and Alice.
Don't you want to be turned into the wood paneling
of an infrared sauna?
Hi, Susie! Ahh!
You!
We didn't know there were pine barrens on this island.
Yeah, we made 'em when we first got here,
in case the Jersey Devil ever showed up.
Which he didn't.
Anyway, now I'm a-tearing 'em down
and puttin' up a spa for us witches.
Eh, mainly me.
Wait!
The Jersey Devil?
You can't, Susie!
He could show up any time!
Yeah, he's just not here right now.
What's the Jersey Devil?
He's a mythical beast who roams the New Jersey Pine Barrens.
Oscar and I met him once.
Tell the story, Oscar. Okay.
But chime in if I start meandering.
Ugh, fine!
We're due for a break anyways.
It happened when we were six.
My dad took me and Hedgehog on a canoe trip
through the Pine Barrens.
Okay, sandwiches, water, compass,
notebook, extra socks,
and one-two-three-four-five-six- seven-eight-nine-ten-eleven
twelve-thirteen-fourteen rolls of toilet paper.
What's everyone else gonna use?
Oh, Hedgehog. You're so funny!
Aw, c'mon, Oscar.
It's not that funny.
No, it is.
I will never not laugh at that joke.
Wow.
Paddle team activate!
Pshhh!
Huh?
So, I'll sit in the back and steer.
Hedgehog, you sit in the front and help me paddle.
And you sit in the middle, buddy.
Cool!
Okay, Hedgehog, ready your paddle.
Oscar, you just sit there
like my special, little sack of potatoes.
A sack of potatoes with a paddle?
No, we're just going to do it like this for now.
Just till we're a little ways down the river.
Mmm...
Mr. Peltzer?
Huh?
Oh. Hey, Oscar?
Did you know being the sack of potatoes
is the most important canoe job you can have?
The person in the middle balances out the whole canoe.
Without you, we'd tip!
Plus, I need you to be on the lookout
for the Jersey Devil.
Jersey Devil?
Some say The Jersey Devil was born
on the 13th day
of the 13th month of the 13th year
of the 13th century on Friday the 13th,
and he was the 13th baby of the 13th witch
in the 13th coven.
What does the Jersey Devil look like?
Some say the head of a horse, wings of a bat,
the hooves of a -- A horse?
Technically, a goat.
And maybe you'll say, "a hoof is a hoof"
but this is a cloven hoof!
Others say he has the head of a horse
and the body of a horse...
so he might just be a horse.
Whoa.
He was first sighted in the 1700s,
and they say he's lurked through the Barrens ever since,
looking for sandwiches.
Why doesn't he just make his own sandwiches?
Because sandwiches always taste better
when someone else makes them.
Mm-hmm.
There are supposedly three signs
that the Jersey Devil is nearby.
First, the air around you gets -- cold.
Second, you get a tickle --
a tickle in your throat.
And the third?
You hear a terrible, inhuman tummy grumble.
Ahh!
Hey, let's have lunch.
I'm finished, Dad.
Can you wash the pan for us?
It's a bummer Teller didn't come.
We need someone to balance out the middle.
Don't worry.
We'll just put the cooler in the middle.
It does the same job as a person,
plus it keeps the drinks cold!
Not that anyone asked, but just to be clear,
the list of canoe jobs in order of importance are --
back paddler, front paddler,
then the least important person in the middle.
How's my little sack of potatoes doing?
Still keeping the boat steady?
Any Jersey Devil sightings?
Cause I'm ready.
Eh?
Any sightings? Huh?
Hedgehog can I get your help?
I don't think Oscar can hear me.
Um, okay.
Dad, I know you lied to me
about the importance of the middle seat.
Oscar, it really is an important job.
It's not important!
Look, I'm standing up and nothing is happening.
Whoa!
I feel like that was partially my fault.
Alright, let's see what we've got.
Ooooh, our tent!
Good thing it's in a bag.
Looks like we'll be sleeping under the stars tonight.
Dad will you stay up with us in case
The Jersey Devil comes to steal our damp sandwiches?
Of course I will, champ.
Hm.
Ahh.
What was that?
Nothing.
Come on, your dad was just kidding
with all that Jersey Devil stuff.
No. He never kids.
The Jersey Devil is definitely out there.
Ahh!
Please don't be there, please don't be there,
please don't be there!
False alarm.
Are you feeling cold?
Like, Jersey Devil cold?
Because no way.
I actually feel super hot.
H-Hedgehog...
I have a tickle in my throat.
Uuuh, that could just be your tree bark allergy?
Yeah.
Ahh!
Probably just another squirrel.
Terrible, inhuman tummy grumble.
Oh, right.
We didn't eat dinner.
Phew.
Okay, guess everything is safe, time to get some rest!
Sure am tired!
Uh, yeah, some nice sleep.
Next thing we know, the sun will be up
and we'll be well-rested and safe.
Boy, oh, boy.
How did you guys sleep?
Ahh, great!
Let's make an early start back to the car.
Hey, Oscar, would you mind sitting in --
I love the middle seat! It's the best seat in the canoe!
I'm already in it! Let's go!
Oh boy, you all got ready fast.
I'll gather the rest of the stuff.
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
Kids?
Did you guys eat our sandwiches
to make it look like The Jersey Devil was here?
Oh, you guys are good.
So, in conclusion,
the importance of the canoe's middle seat
cannot be overstated enough.
Wait, so that's it?
Huh?
More of a coming-of-age story than anything else.
Yeah, you guys said you met him.
But did you?
Well, I guess if we really wanted to meet him,
we could have?
Lies.
No one will ever meet him.
What a-your father left out is the Jersey Devil
is the best hider in the magic world.
Have you ever played hide and seek with a ghost?
It'd be easier to find an invisible creature
than to spot the Jersey Devil.
Couple of corn dogs like you would have never seen him,
and no one ever will!
But Susie, if I may call you that,
by your own admission,
the Jersey Devil is incredible at hiding.
Yes, I had a beautiful analogy about it.
So, then would you say
the Jersey Devil could be hiding anywhere in the world?
I mean, yes, Hedgehog.
Then you admit it!
He could very well be living in these pine barrens right now
and we wouldn't even know it.
What? No.
Wait. That's not -- ugh!
Therefore, razing these Pine Barrens
and potentially displacing
the Jersey Devil is a non-option.
I rest my case.
She's right, you know.
You know what?
I don't even need a new spa!
I'll just use my old spa!
I hate it when she calls me "old spa."
Come on, let's keep going!
This hike isn't gonna hike itself.
That's because hikes don't have feet.
Come on, Oscar.
Let's go.
I'll catch up with you guys in a second!
I hate it when she calls me "old spa."