In reality Georgie is the victim of a creature his brother Bill and his friends come to call It, a malevolent and ancient creature that feeds on Derry's children. The last thing Georgie sees is It in the form of Pennywise the Dancing Clown, standing in the storm drain and offering him a paper boat and a balloon.
Beverly has the idea of having sex with each of the boys to reaffirm their love for one another and reunite the group. Her gamble works: the group's bond is restored, and they find their way out. After they emerge in the Barrens, the Losers swear a blood oath to return to Derry if It starts killing kids again.
Henry has a special hatred for Mike Hanlon because Mike is black and because the two boys' fathers have a history of conflict. These supernatural and worldly evils collide in early August 1958, when Henry and his gang chase the Losers into the sewer tunnels under Derry.
Ben Hanscom sees It as a mummy crawling out of the canal running through the center of town. Mike Hanlon meets a giant bird in the ruins of the Kitchener Ironworks, site of a devastating 1906 explosion. The kids also see It frequently in the form of a clown calling himself Pennywise the Dancing Clown.
Other frightening episodes include a lumberjack murdering several men in a bar while the other patrons ignore the bloodshed, the massive explosion at the ironworks that kills more than 100 people, the men of Derry organizing the massacre of a mobster on main street, and a devastating fire at a bar called the Black Spot.
In fall 1957 the body of five-year-old Georgie Denbrough is found by a storm drain in a street near his home in Derry, Maine. His arm has been ripped off, and the death is officially ruled an accident; officials say Georgie's arm was caught in a strong current caused by recent flooding. In reality Georgie is the victim of a creature his brother ...
Eleven-year-old Bill Denbrough, Georgie's older brother, is driven to solve the mystery of the dead and missing children because he feels responsible for Georgie's death. He made Georgie the paper boat the boy was playing with when It caught and killed him.