The police investigating Tina's death enlist Dr. Gavin to "get to work on this." Dr. Gavin, who proposes Carbon-14 tests as a means to investigate the genetic structure of a tissue sample, comforts Elaine about her romantic feelings toward Hank. Eulabelle, Dr. Gavin's housekeeper and Mammy archetype, then suggests to Dr. Gavin that "the voodoo" is responsible for Tina's death. Elaine later decides to skip a slumber party with her adult, female friends. The monster, now joined by additional monsters presumably derived from the same radioactive waste-mediated, skeleton transformation mechanism, subsequently attacks the slumber party, killing over 20 of the attendees. The local media - including a young newspaper vendor who repeatedly shouts "Extra! Extra! Read all about it!" - then begins to report the attacks.