The gas station attendant fills his tank but is curt and claims the only restaurant in town is closed. Rollie leaps out of the car to chase a little girl's cat up a tree. The girl uses a strange device to make the dog disappear. When Philip confronts the girl's father, he pretends to go looking for Rollie, then secretly uses the device to make the dog re-materialize. Philip and his dog seek food at the town's hotel. Ellen, the proprietor, is as curt as the gas station attendant and insists they have no rooms available even though the keys to all the rooms are still on display at the check-in desk. Philip's suspicions are fully aroused by this time, but questioning Ellen about the residents' strange behavior gets him nowhere. He drives out of town only to run into an invisible wall which totals his car and kills Rollie. A band of Peaceful Valley residents are waiting at the scene and take him to the town elders while another resident brings Rollie back to life. The town elders question Philip on why he came to Peaceful Valley and whether anyone knows where he is.
The gas station attendant fills his tank but is curt and claims the only restaurant in town is closed. Rollie leaps out of the car to chase a little girl's cat up a tree. The girl uses a strange device to make the dog disappear. When Pat confronts the girl's father, he pretends to go looking for Rollie, then secretly uses the device to make the dog re-materialize. Pat and their dog seek food at the town's hotel. Ellen, the proprietor, is as curt as the gas station attendant and insists they have no rooms available even though the keys to all the rooms are still on display at the check-in desk. Pat's suspicions are fully aroused by this time, but questioning Ellen about the residents' strange behavior gets them nowhere. He drives out of town only to run into an invisible wall which totals their car and kills Rollie. A band of Peaceful Valley residents are waiting at the scene and take them to the town elders while another resident brings Rollie back to life. The town elders question Pat on why they came to Peaceful Valley and whether anyone knows where they are.