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I grew up during the 80s in this little town called Durant, which is about six miles east

of Brandon, Florida. Until I was 15 years old, my best friends in the world were these two

kids in Bobby and Joey, and we were basically inseparable. Not only did we all go to the same

elementary and middle schools, but we spent all of our free time together too. Bobby and

Joey were like polar opposites, like it was weird that we were even friends to begin with.

Bobby was more outgoing while Joey was more reserved. Bobby would eat just about anything

while Joey was easily the fuzziest eater I've ever known. At extended almost everything,

how scary they found horror movies. And boy, we love horror movies. We tried just about

every trick in the book to sneak into theaters to watch the thing or Nightmare on Elm Street.

Sometimes we succeeded and sometimes not. But when we did get in, the result was always

the same. Joey would be on the verge of a panic attack for the entire show, while Bobby

would be complaining how it all looked fake or how it wasn't scary enough for him.

Things seemed to be able to freak him out, not even the transformation scene in American

Werewolf and London. It was impressed, sure. Menon the least bit grossed out or whatever.

And I suppose that's why he thought the haunted house of the traveling fair wouldn't

scare him either. It was late August of 1985 when the traveling fair came to town, and

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