In eastern Pennsylvania, some children hold a camp fire and tell scary stories to each other. Before the dramatic climax of one of the stories, the Swamp Thing - horribly disfigured by toxic waste - barges into their campsite. Sadly, Swamp Thing realizes it was foolish of him to hope for help from humans.
Desperately, he trudges back toward home, knowing that if his ruse is discovered - if the fact that he created a double of himself in order to leave his family and fight for The Green - his wife Abby will be irate.