The Secret of the Salt Cave

**The Secret of the Salt Cave** is episode 7B of Chapter 1 of The Creature Cases.

## Summary

Sam and Kit investigate the strange shrieks keeping the bats awake in a cave.

## Characters

* Sam Snow
* Kit Casey
* Peggy Scratch
* Bill and Jill
* R.O.N.
* Elephants
* Bats
* Dung Beetle Farmer

## Plot

In the African Grasslands, the sun rises as two bats fly into a cave, getting ready to sleep. A loud shrieking noise is heard, scaring the bats awake. The bats fly out of the cave and that's when Bill and Jill snap photos of the new case.

At CLADE HQ in Sam and Kit's room, Kit watches a nature documentary while Sam cooks popcorn. He asks Kit if she wants salt on the popcorn, and Kit agrees. Kit keeps asking for more salt, which causes Sam to sprinkle too much salt on the popcorn. Kit finds this tasty, while Sam is less this than satisfied due to the salty taste. The CLADE crest appears on TV and the agents head to Director Scratch's office, with Kit holding the bucket of popcorn in the process.

Scratch explains their case and after sending the duo down, she tastes the popcorn and dislikes the taste as she comments "Too salty."

After arriving in the grasslands, Kit continues to eat the popcorn on the way and not notices that the popcorn has left a trail behind her and Sam. As the agents arrive at the cave, Kit almost steps on the dung beetle. Sam and Kit find the sleepy bats, who ask them to find the sound and stop it.

While investigating, Kit activates her visor and finds footprints on the ground. She guesses it could be an antelope. Sam does the same with his glove, except that he found buffalo ones. The two continue to find more footprints which come from different animals they guess. Kit slips and finds an incomplete footprint. She optimistically thinks that it could be a new creature. Sam sniffs on the cave walls, and realizes that the scent is salt.

Kit and Sam find claw marks on the cave walls and see a huge shadow from their flashlights. After a great chase, they reach a dead end. Sam notices a stinky smell in the air and they meet the dung beetle that Kit almost stepped on earlier. The dung beetle reveals that he is just here to collect the dung, much to Sam's disgust. Kit places the pieces together: They were chasing the dung beetle the whole time and their flashlights made his shadow look bigger. In fact, he was too small to make those shrieks. She scans the dung, which appear to be an elephant's. Sam figures out that the footprint they saw earlier was actually an elephant as well, and it uses its tusks to scratch the walls, not claws. The agents hear the shriek again and a voice calling for help. They rush off to find it again.

Sam and Kit find a female elephant trapped in a pit, and it was her making the shrieks all along (she was using her trunk to make the sounds). The elephant explains to the agents that she got lost in the dark and fell into the pit while she and her family came for the salt, which is a special treat. Sam and Kit use a rope to get the elephant out, but the stalactite cuts the rope in half. The elephant nearly falls but Kit grabs the rope while Sam grabs her feet. While doing it, the elephant is too heavy to pull out. Then, a family of elephants came to help the agents and with the power of teamwork, they get the elephant put of the pit.

After the elephant is reunited with her family, the mother elephant tells Kit that they were looking for their daughter and found the trail of popcorn Kit left behind. She uses her tusk to scratch the salt and sprinkles it on the popcorn. Kit asks Sam if he wants the cave salted popcorn, but he declines.

The agents say goodbye to the elephants. The bats go back to sleep as they thank them. After quietly closing the case, Kit takes some cave salt for her popcorn and her loud munching wakes the bats. Kit giggles and says "Oopsie", ending the episode.

## Trivia

* It is revealed that Kit always packs snacks during cases.
* The Dung Beetle farmer from "The Disappearing Dung Ball" returns in this episode.
* The female elephant's voice almost sounds like Six from Numberblocks, because she and Six have the same voice actress.
* This is the first episode where Sam doesn't say his catchphrase "Whiskers, that's it!"