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You've probably heard of the infamous and terrifying hat man, but honestly, I've never heard of

him in any scarier context than in the true story

I'm about to tell you. This is rattled and shook. I'm Meredith, and I'm going to read you

a bedtime story.

Music I want to tell the story exactly as it happened to me and two of my good friends because honestly it still gives me chills to this day just to think about it. This happened back in 2008.

These two friends of mine are friends I grew up with. We all went to high school together and even went to college together.

As adults, we ended up living only a town apart from each other when we all got married and raised our kids.

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