Upon arriving at his destination (a certain chrono-spatial reference point), he discovered that it was already occupied by his infamous nemesis, created out of nothing by Dan's imagination at age 6: The Time-Traveling Alligator (who was also the one time star of the "hit" 1960's television series: The Time Tunnel).
"It is just as I predicted," gurgled The Time-Traveling Alligator, "your vain attempt to overcome death was amateur at best, and now you have failed once and for all!"
"But...there....must....be....anoth--" our Hero stammered in response.
The Time-Traveling Alligator went on, ignoring the man, "...although I thought your mass-goose-murder was a surprisingly original strategy..."
His body now starting to disintegrate molecule by molecule, the traveller's eyes darted frantically around the mist cloud they were suspended in. The bright lights, rather than coming from one source, were now screaming in from all directions, the photons themselves destroying his flesh. Suddenly, he remembered his banana-gun.
"...perhaps had things been different, this time around, we might have collaborated, you and I,"
The Time Traveling Alligator went on with his musings, "...we could have destroyed all of this, and built it back up with a beauty unparalleled, even by God herself. Then those peons would have really seen the awful glory of infinity!"
Slowly, the blinded protagonist drew his weapon..........
