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Alone in Snakebite Canyon is the twenty-sixth book in the Give Yourself Goosebumps gamebook series. It was published in 1998.

The artwork artwork features a giant rattlesnake about to strike. There are several other rattlesnakes in the desert behind it.

Blurb

SHAKE, RATTLE, AND...RUN!

Want to fly like an eagle?

Better yet, want to be an eagle? Or a bear? Or a fish? Then check out the souvenir shop in Snakebite Canyon. They've got a pair of dried-up snake eyes with the power to turn you into a real animal.

Maybe you'd like to buy a map of the lost gold mine. You could strike it rich. Or you could get attacked by a giant kid-eating spider!

The choice is yours in this scary GOOSEBUMPS adventure that's packed with over 20 super-spooky endings!

Plot

You, your parents, and your annoying older brother Pete go to Lonestar National Park. While camping in the desert, you find a shop and can buy one of two valuable items. One is a pair of magic snake eyes that allow the wearer to transform into different animals. The other is a map to an old, deadly gold mine. If you choose the magic snake eyes, you may transform into any of several different animals including a bear, a fish, and a falcon, while the choice of the map results in the necessity to solve a riddle.

List of endings

There are seventeen bad endings, one ambiguous ending and six good endings.

Bad endings

Ending	Paths
As a fish, you eat a lure and get caught by a fisherman.	26-8-37-53-113
As an owl, you decide to land in front of some tourists and scare them by changing back into a human in front of them. But when you change back, you're completely naked.	26-8-37-78-34-60
You turn into a raven and get stuck in a zoo. You are unable to leave, because to change into another animal you would need to be hungry - and you can't stop yourself eating the delicious bird food your keepers give you.	26-8-37-78-52
As a mosquito, you try to hide inside a bat-infested cavern and get eaten by a bat.	26-8-101-12-47-20
As a tarantula, you slowly crawl onto a busy road and get squashed by a truck.	26-8-101-12-47-51
When you become a rat, the other rats think that you stole the snake eyes - which are their "crown jewels" because the snake is their king. It's implied the snake will eat you.	26-8-101-35-116-81
The snake turns you into a mouse and it's implied that he eats you.	26-32-73-92
You become half-human, half-hummingbird.	26-32-73-118-120
As a bear, you will be sent to Alaska for causing trouble in the park.	26-32-104-96
You and Pete are both devoured by a bear trap after being tricked into thinking it contained the entrance to the mine.	60-45-105-59-124-13-108-131-8
Trying to get away from the ghosts guarding the mine, you lie that you don't actually want to claim the gold. The ghosts say that in that case, you can help them guard the gold. They kill you and Pete so you can join them.	77-24-43-28-39
You fail to solve the Watchers' riddle, so they rip out your and Pete's eyes to add to their collection.	77-24-114-19-59
Getting trapped in a collar forever after unlocking the panther inside it - the panther needed you to take their place. Pete goes for help, but you realize he will never be able to find you again because he forgot to take the map.	77-24-114-19-128-25
Pete and you decide to take a shortcut in a gold mine, but fall down a slope and are apparently eaten by a mountain lion.	77-49-6-16
You enter the Golden Chamber without the key and are eaten by the panther that guards the gold.	77-49-98-42-23
You get hit by a mine-cart and presumably die.	77-49-98-42-27
As a snake, you're caught by a hunter who plans to sell you to be made into a purse.	77-49-98-108-11-119
You unlock a trap, which comes to life and eats you, finally biting off your head.	77-49-98-108-50

Ambiguous endings

Ending	Paths
You turn back into a human but you swallowed one of the eyes. As a result, you can now never stop eating because if your stomach rumbles you will change into another animal.	26-8-37-78-34-124

Good endings

Ending	Paths
You turn back into a human and return the snake's eyes. He turns your teeth permanently into snake fangs as a souvenir of your adventure.	26-8-101-35-87-63
Becoming the leader of the kangaroo rats, you cannot change back into a human, since the rats keep the snake eyes heavily guarded as their "crown jewels", but, at least, you enjoy being in charge.	26-8-101-35-116-70
You turn back into your human form. In gratitude for you returning his eyes, the snake lets you change into whatever animal you wish for the rest of your vacation. You intend to show off to Pete.	26-32-73-118-22-80
As a bear, you are sent to a lab for research. You have a happy life as one, since the scientists give you delicious food and you get to hibernate in winter.	26-32-104-65-83
You enter the Golden Chamber, but the gold is guarded by a panther. You manage to lock the panther inside a treasure chest, and can now safely access the gold.	77-24-114-19-128-67

International releases

Gallery

Artwork

Trivia

The back cover tagline is a reference to the 1954 blues song "Shake, Rattle and Roll". The first line of the blurb is likely a reference to "Fly Like an Eagle" by The Steve Miller Band.
The bear that you change into in this book does not normally hibernate. However, in one ending it is implied that you do.
You can get to page 58 by four different decisions. Also, you can get to 95 and 13 by two.
There is a page in Story B that you need to have collected an item before you reach it to pass (there's two different ways to get the item). However, you can also reach this page in Story A where the item does not exist, so you lose automatically.
At one point in the story, the protagonist has transformed back from a bird and lands in front of their sibling and joins them in their quest. There is no mention of the protagonist being nude.
Six endings involve you being eaten.
The Spanish cover features completely different art.

Give Yourself Goosebumps series

#01 Escape from the Carnival of Horrors	#15 Please Don't Feed the Vampire!	#29 Invaders from the Big Screen
#02 Tick Tock, You're Dead!	#16 Secret Agent Grandma	#30 You're Plant Food!
#03 Trapped in Bat Wing Hall	#17 Little Comic Shop of Horrors	#31 The Werewolf of Twisted Tree Lodge
#04 The Deadly Experiments of Dr. Eeek	#18 Attack of the Beastly Baby-Sitter	#32 It's Only a Nightmare!
#05 Night in Werewolf Woods	#19 Escape from Camp Run-For-Your-Life	#33 It Came from the Internet
#06 Beware of the Purple Peanut Butter	#20 Toy Terror: Batteries Included	#34 Elevator to Nowhere
#07 Under the Magician's Spell	#21 The Twisted Tale of Tiki Island	#35 Hocus-Pocus Horror
#08 The Curse of the Creeping Coffin	#22 Return to the Carnival of Horrors	#36 Ship of Ghouls
#09 The Knight in Screaming Armor	#23 Zapped in Space	#37 Escape from Horror House
#10 Diary of a Mad Mummy	#24 Lost in Stinkeye Swamp	#38 Into the Twister of Terror
#11 Deep in the Jungle of Doom	#25 Shop Till You Drop...Dead!	#39 Scary Birthday to You!
#12 Welcome to the Wicked Wax Museum	#26 Alone in Snakebite Canyon	#40 Zombie School
#13 Scream of the Evil Genie	#27 Checkout Time at the Dead-End Hotel	#41 Danger Time
#14 The Creepy Creations of Professor Shock	#28 Night of a Thousand Claws	#42 All-Day Nightmare

Give Yourself Goosebumps Special Edition series

#01 Into the Jaws of Doom	#4 One Night in Payne House	#7 Trick or...Trapped!
#02 Return to Terror Tower	#5 The Curse of the Cave Creatures	#8 Weekend at Poison Lake
#03 Trapped in the Circus of Fear	#6 Revenge of the Body Squeezers

@@ Line 14: / Line 14: @@
 |pre = ''[[Shop Till You Drop...Dead!]]''
 |next = ''[[Checkout Time at the Dead-End Hotel]]''}}
-'''''Alone in Snakebite Canyon''''' is the twenty-sixth book in the ''[[Give Yourself Goosebumps]]'' gamebook series. It was published in [[1998]].
+'''''Alone in Snakebite Canyon''''' is the twenty-sixth book in the ''[[Give Yourself Goosebumps]]'' gamebook series. It was published in [[1998]].
 The artwork artwork features a giant rattlesnake about to strike. There are several other rattlesnakes in the desert behind it.
 ==Blurb==
+<span style="font-family: Averia Sans Libre; font-weight: 300; color: #6b8625; font-size:18pt;">SHAKE, RATTLE, AND...RUN!</span>
-<big>''Shake, Rattle, and...Run!''</big>
 Want to fly like an eagle?
@@ Line 33: / Line 33: @@
 ==List of endings==
-There are eighteen bad endings and six good endings.
+There are seventeen bad endings, one ambiguous ending and six good endings.
 ===Bad endings===
+{{Paths|
-*Failing to solve a riddle implies that you and Pete will both get your eyes ripped out.
+{{Paths-row
-**77-24-114-19-59
-*As a bear, you will be sent to [[wikipedia:Alaska|Alaska]].
+|ending = As a fish, you eat a lure and get caught by a fisherman.
-**26-32-104-96
+|path = *26-8-37-53-113
+}}
-*As a mosquito, you try to hide inside a bat-infested cavern and get eaten by a bat.
+{{Paths-row
-**26-8-101-12-47-20
+|ending = As an owl, you decide to land in front of some tourists and scare them by changing back into a human in front of them. But when you change back, you're completely naked.
-*Pete and you decide to take a shortcut in a gold mine, but end up getting mauled (and possibly eaten) by a cougar.
+|path = *26-8-37-78-34-60
-**77-49-6-16
+}}
-*You will be trapped in a collar forever by unlocking a panther.
+{{Paths-row
-**77-24-114-19-128-25
+|ending = You turn into a raven and get stuck in a zoo. You are unable to leave, because to change into another animal you would need to be hungry - and you can't stop yourself eating the delicious bird food your keepers give you.
-*As a tarantula, you slowly crawl onto a busy road and get squashed by a truck.
-**26-8-101-12-47-51
+|path = *26-8-37-78-52
+}}
-*When showing off, you suddenly turn naked in front of some tourists.
+{{Paths-row
-**26-8-37-78-34-60
+|ending = As a mosquito, you try to hide inside a bat-infested cavern and get eaten by a bat.
-*The snake turns you into a mouse and it's implied that he eats you.
-**26-32-73-92
+|path = *26-8-101-12-47-20
+}}
-*Turning into a raven and getting stuck in a zoo.
+{{Paths-row
-**26-8-37-78-52
-*As a fish, you eat a lure and get caught by a fisherman.
+|ending = As a tarantula, you slowly crawl onto a busy road and get squashed by a truck.
-**26-8-37-53-113
+|path = *26-8-101-12-47-51
+}}
-*Becoming half-human, half-hummingbird.
+{{Paths-row
-**26-32-73-118-120
+|ending = When you become a rat, the other rats think that you stole the snake eyes - which are their "crown jewels" because the snake is their king. It's implied the snake will eat you.
-*It's presumed that you are eaten by a panther.
+|path = *26-8-101-35-116-81
-**77-49-98-42-23
+}}
-*When you become a rat, the snake becomes king and it's implied that he eats you.
+{{Paths-row
-**26-8-101-35-116-81
-*You get hit by a minecart and it can be assumed that you die.
+|ending = The snake turns you into a mouse and it's implied that he eats you.
+|path = *26-32-73-92
-**77-49-98-42-27
+}}
-*You and Pete get turned into guards by ghosts.
+{{Paths-row
-**77-24-43-28-39
+|ending = You become half-human, half-hummingbird.
-*A trap gets hold of you.
+|path = *26-32-73-118-120
-**77-49-98-108-50
+}}
-*As a snake, your scaly hide is removed and used as a purse.
+{{Paths-row
-**26-8-101-35-87-107
+|ending = As a bear, you will be sent to [[wikipedia:Alaska|Alaska]] for causing trouble in the park.
-*You are eaten by a trap.
+|path = *26-32-104-96
-**77-49-98-108-11-119
+}}
+{{Paths-row
+|ending = You and Pete are both devoured by a bear trap after being tricked into thinking it contained the entrance to the mine.
+|path = *60-45-105-59-124-13-108-131-8
+}}
+{{Paths-row
+|ending = Trying to get away from the ghosts guarding the mine, you lie that you don't actually want to claim the gold. The ghosts say that in that case, you can help them guard the gold. They kill you and Pete so you can join them.
+|path = *77-24-43-28-39
+}}
+{{Paths-row
+|ending = You fail to solve the Watchers' riddle, so they rip out your and Pete's eyes to add to their collection.
+|path = *77-24-114-19-59
+}}
+{{Paths-row
+|ending = Getting trapped in a collar forever after unlocking the panther inside it - the panther needed you to take their place. Pete goes for help, but you realize he will never be able to find you again because he forgot to take the map.
+|path = *77-24-114-19-128-25
+}}
+{{Paths-row
+|ending = Pete and you decide to take a shortcut in a gold mine, but fall down a slope and are apparently eaten by a mountain lion.
+|path = *77-49-6-16
+}}
+{{Paths-row
+|ending = You enter the Golden Chamber without the key and are eaten by the panther that guards the gold.
+|path = *77-49-98-42-23
+}}
+{{Paths-row
+|ending = You get hit by a mine-cart and presumably die.
+|path = *77-49-98-42-27
+}}
+{{Paths-row
+|ending = As a snake, you're caught by a hunter who plans to sell you to be made into a purse.
+|path = *77-49-98-108-11-119
+}}
+{{Paths-row
+|ending = You unlock a trap, which comes to life and eats you, finally biting off your head.
+|path = *77-49-98-108-50
+}}
+}}
+===Ambiguous endings===
+{{Paths|
+{{Paths-row
+|ending = You turn back into a human but you swallowed one of the eyes. As a result, you can now never stop eating because if your stomach rumbles you will change into another animal.
+|path = *26-8-37-78-34-124
+}}
+}}
 ===Good endings===
+{{Paths|
-*As a bear, you are sent to a lab for research. It's implied that you live a happy life as one. You can only get this ending if your first name has 5 letters or fewer.
+{{Paths-row
-**26-32-104-65-83
-*You turn back into a human but are given snake fangs as a memento.
+|ending = You turn back into a human and return the snake's eyes. He turns your teeth permanently into snake fangs as a souvenir of your adventure.
-**26-8-101-35-87-63
+|path = *26-8-101-35-87-63
+}}
-*You turn back into your human form and the snake lets you change into whatever animal you wish for the rest of your vacation.
+{{Paths-row
-**26-32-73-118-22-80
+|ending = Becoming the leader of the kangaroo rats, you cannot change back into a human, since the rats keep the snake eyes heavily guarded as their "crown jewels", but, at least, you enjoy being in charge.
-*Being the leader of the kangaroo rats.
-**26-8-101-35-116-70
+|path = *26-8-101-35-116-70
+}}
-*Turning back into a human with the eye still in your stomach.
+{{Paths-row
-**26-8-37-78-34-124
+|ending = You turn back into your human form. In gratitude for you returning his eyes, the snake lets you change into whatever animal you wish for the rest of your vacation. You intend to show off to Pete.
-*Lock a panther and some rotten meat in a cage and you become rich. It's implied that they become gold.
+|path = *26-32-73-118-22-80
-**77-24-114-19-128-67
+}}
+{{Paths-row
+|ending = As a bear, you are sent to a lab for research. You have a happy life as one, since the scientists give you delicious food and you get to hibernate in winter.
+|path = *26-32-104-65-83
+}}
+{{Paths-row
+|ending = You enter the Golden Chamber, but the gold is guarded by a panther. You manage to lock the panther inside a treasure chest, and can now safely access the gold.
+|path = *77-24-114-19-128-67
+}}
+}}
 ==International releases==
@@ Line 104: / Line 162: @@
 GYGB-026.jpg|Cover artwork by [[Craig White]].
 </gallery>
 ==Trivia==
+*The back cover tagline is a reference to the 1954 blues song "[[Wikipedia:Shake, Rattle and Roll|Shake, Rattle and Roll]]". The first line of the blurb is likely a reference to "[[Wikipedia:Fly_Like_an_Eagle_(song)|Fly Like an Eagle]]" by [[Wikipedia:Steve_Miller_Band|The Steve Miller Band]].
-*The bear that you change into the book does not normally hibernate. However, in one ending it is implied that you do.
+*The bear that you change into in this book does not normally hibernate. However, in one ending it is implied that you do.
 *You can get to page 58 by four different decisions. Also, you can get to 95 and 13 by two.
 *There is a page in Story B that you need to have collected an item before you reach it to pass (there's two different ways to get the item). However, you can also reach this page in Story A where the item does not exist, so you lose automatically.