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By December of 2008,

2008, Winter had taken hold of Cleveland, Ohio.

A line of customers waited outside a pizza shop on Imperial Avenue,

shivering in the wind as they waited for their food.

Suddenly, their peace was interrupted

when a frantic woman pushed past the line and burst through the door.

The customers started to protest as she rushed to the counter,

but their angry grumbles turned to scared murmur

when they got a good look at the woman.

Her expression was crazed, her hands were covered in blood, and her face and neck were badly bruised.

The woman said her name was Gladys Wade and begged the cashier to call the police.

She claimed there was a man chasing her.

He was trying to kill her.

Some of the customers scoffed at her story.

Drug use was rampant in the area by 2008,

and everyone had seen their fair share of addicts rave about phantom terrors in the streets.

Soon enough, the owner came out and... rave about phantom terrors in the streets.

Soon enough, the owner came out and told Gladys that she would have to leave.

She was bleeding where people were trying to eat.

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