Alien (Welcome to Camp Nightmare)

This unnamed humanoid species reside on a distant planet, and launched an expedition to Earth.

Biology
The aliens are Human-like humanoids, with any differences in physiology unknown.

Culture and society
Most of the aliens' society is unknown, but it appears to be at very similar to Western Earth societies, although they are known to have a unique sport known as scratchball. The alien government is known to launch expeditions to other planets with civilian astronauts, even allowing the children of said civilians to accompany them, but require the children to pass a series of tests involving bravery and logic. To accomplish this, the alien government is known to set up children's summer camps to be a front for the tests, where a child slated for off-world travel is assigned to, although it is unknown if this is a common practice.

Technology
Alien technology, at least that used in their summer camps, are identical to late 20th century Human technologies. However, they have far more advanced spacefaring technologies, capable of traveling to distant planets.

History
At some point in time, the aliens developed an Earth-like society and interplanetary travel. Two alien scientists, a couple, were assigned by the alien government to go on an expedition to survey Earth's native life. They wanted to bring their son, Billy, with them, but his age required him to pass a series of tests. The government set up a summer camp, known as Camp Nightmoon, to test Billy. Billy, sent to the camp alongside other children, being quickly ushered off the bus halfway to the camp without even knowing where he was. Wolf-like animals attempt to attack the children, but are stopped by Uncle Al, a government agent and the camp leader. Uncle Al got them onto another bus to the actual camp, where the male and female campers are separated into separate areas. Billy was assigned to Bunk 4, alongside three other children and a camp consular named Larry. One of the children, Mike, was soon bitten by a snake in the bunks. However, the camp appeared to lack a nurse, the first of many suspicious occurrences. At a campfire, Uncle Al warned the children not to go out after dark, and to stay away from the "forbidden bunk."

Appearances

 * "Welcome to Camp Nightmare", by R.L. Stine (1993)
 * Goosebumps, s01e05/6 "Welcome to Camp Nightmare" (1995)