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 eighteen bad endings and six good endings.
Bad endings
- Failing to solve a riddle implies that you and Pete will both get your eyes ripped out.
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- As a bear, you will be sent to Alaska.
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- As a mosquito, you try to hide inside a bat-infested cavern and get eaten by a bat.
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- Pete and you decide to take a shortcut in a gold mine, but end up getting mauled (and possibly eaten) by a cougar.
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- 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.
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- As a tarantula, you slowly crawl onto a busy road and get squashed by a truck.
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- As an owl, you decide to show off in front of some tourists. But when you land in front of them, you change back into a human - without your clothes.
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- The snake turns you into a mouse and it's implied that he eats you.
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- Turning into a raven and getting stuck in a zoo.
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- As a fish, you eat a lure and get caught by a fisherman.
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- Becoming half-human, half-hummingbird.
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- It's presumed that you are eaten by a panther.
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- When you become a rat, the snake becomes king and it's implied that he eats you.
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- You get hit by a minecart and it can be assumed that you die.
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- You and Pete get turned into guards by ghosts.
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- A trap gets hold of you.
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- As a snake, your scaly hide is removed and used as a purse.
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- You are eaten by a trap.
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Good endings
- 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.
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- You turn back into a human but are given snake fangs as a memento.
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- You turn back into your human form and the snake lets you change into whatever animal you wish for the rest of your vacation.
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- Being the leader of the kangaroo rats.
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- Turning back into a human with the eye still in your stomach.
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- Lock a panther and some rotten meat in a cage and you become rich. It's implied that they become gold.
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Trivia
- The bear that you change into the 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.