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Hutchinson, Minnesota had some problems.

For the adults of Hutchinson, the problem was the teenagers.

They kept sneaking off at night to empty barns where they'd brace yourself, dance.

Who knew what sort of sin and heavy petting and French literature these barn dances might

lead to?

No.

The adults of Hutchinson, Minnesota, did not approve, and neither it seemed did the devil.

And Somernight satan himself suddenly appeared in the middle of the dance floor, and the

debauched teens ran in fear.

He showed up at the next dance, too.

For a few months, it seemed like you couldn't go to a late-night barn dance in Hutchinson without

getting chased out by the devil, pitchfork and tow.

Until one night, when a 14-year-old boy had the good sense to shoot him in the chest.

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