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When the Portland Trailblazers drafted Greg Oden instead of Kevin Durant, fans all over Oregon opened their basketball hearts and let him in.

That's what happens when someone gets introduced in your living room, or Portland's Pioneer Square, the cities' living room.

We'd just seen him lose the NCAA title game to Florida and looked forward to years of payback against the likes of Joakim Noah.

Oden was the answer for Portland big men, from Bill Walton's bad feet to Mychal Thompson's broken leg to Sam Bowie's fragile sticks.

It was love at first sight for the Blazer faithful. Oden could run. He could jump. All he needed to do was play ball.

But love is a funny thing. When it turns out right we celebrate.

This one didn't turn out right, but who guessed it would go so wrong?

The big man was special, there's no doubt. We knew, he knew it, and because of the special he got special treatment like access to Paul Allen's big room on the airplane when he needed rest.

No one wants to see someone else get preferable treatment before they've earned it, but hope was in the air. Treat him right because he was the key to championships. To quote LeBron: "Not one, not two, not three."

After a horrible injury that would make Paul George look away, Oden started an endless rehab of his broken parts. Who guessed one of the broken parts was between his ears?

Rumors of a party lifestyle came out, along with his photo skills for the ladies. Don't we all know someone who sends selfies of their self that's usually hidden under clothes? Brett Favre comes to mind.

Then the man with broken wheels starts bulking up to return to basketball, to get into the sort of shape the wins the push and shove with Shaquille O'Neal.

No one else wins that battle, but Oden was going to be the first.

The gods of basketball had other plans. One injury, then another. Portland dropped him and he flew under the radar until he showed up on the Heat. Most broken players stop in Phoenix to get better, guys like Grant Hill and Shaq. Maybe Oden was too broken even for Arizona.

Then the current news. Oden accidentally, or not, punched a woman in the face. Anyone who's been punched in the face once or twice remembers that shock.

One time in NW Portland I broke up a street fight between a man and a woman. It wasn't much of a fight, just the guy slugging the woman in the stomach, bouncing her off a Tri-Met shelter and hitting her again.

I stopped the fight with my face by leaning over and yelling at the guy. Twice. On the second lean he drilled me between the eyes and broke my new glasses.

The broken Greg Oden popped a woman and got arrested. Wouldn't you think he saw Baltimore Raven running back Ray Rice dropping his girlfriend in an elevator and dragging her out like a big bag of potatoes?

Warning to men, pro athlete or weekend hacker; multi-millionaire or unemployed: Hit a woman and you're a woman beater. There's no gray area, no forgiveness. Hit a woman and you're labeled a Bad Man. Not the sort of bad man who does good things during hard times, just a bad man.

The Greg Oden of Portland was not a bad man when he left, just confused about his role in sports, the community, and life in general.

There's no room for woman punchers, no do-overs. If you're a big man you can probably take a hit from most women. And you should do it without retaliating. Take the hit and move on. If you don't know how to take a hit, here's a lesson.

The Marine Corps doesn't show you how to salute then send you to battle with your weapon. There's training first.

A local kid graduated from college, missed Marine Corps officer school by the smallest margin, then enlisted instead of feeling sorry for himself.

So far he's been to Marine bootcamp, infantry training, Recon school, the Army jump school, the Navy dive school. Right now he's in sniper school. After that he goes to SERE school.

The young man is a Marine Operator.

Before he deploys to some God forsaken hell hole on earth, the Marines need to know how much he can take before he gives back. He's taken the sort of beatings you never want to volunteer for, and landed on his feet. He said the key to going into the hard life is knowing it'll suck bad, yet finding a way to work through it.

No one told Greg Oden? Is it too late?

David Gillaspie is an active researcher, skills he honed during twenty years with the Oregon Historical Society. His education wavered between English major/Fiction writer at the University of Oregon where he met Ken Kesey, to a BS in History from Portland State with news writing. Married, with two millennial sons, he connects sports and fitness to the realities of baby boomer life, with no mention ever of skydiving or base-jumping. David covers a wide variety of fascinating topics on his boomer-centric blog, Boomer PDX. Check it out -- you'll be glad you did.


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WELSH European gold medallist Joe Cordina won his first bout at the World championships. On Wednesday (October 7), the second day of action at the tournament, he clearly outpointed Austrian lightweight Joshua Keirl.

Cordina’s GB team-mate, welterweight Josh Kelly [pictured] also eliminated his Austrian counterpart, beating Nathan Webber for all three judges.

British light-heavyweight Joshua Buatsi picked up his first World championship win, unanimously outscoring Hyeongkyu Kim.

Irish lightweight Sean McComb, a boxer to watch in this competition, defeated Mexico’s Lindolfo Delgao Garza, 29-28 for all three judges. McComb’s countryman Adam Nolan however suffered a split decision defeat to Lithuania’s Eimantas Stanionis at 69kgs.

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After Failures Discovered During Testing of New E-Voting Systems Made by Sequoia, Election Officials Actually Listen, Respond to Citizen Concerns...
By Ellen Theisen on 5/27/2008, 2:50pm PT

Guest blogged by Ellen Theisen,

The actions and attitudes of election officials all too often seem like Alice's experiences down the rabbit hole. So, it's nice occasionally to report on positive developments by public officials who actually listen to the concerns of citizens, rather than simply ignoring serious defects discovered in our voting systems. I'm happy to report such a story today. For a change.

On May 6, Patty Murphy, Voting Systems Support, Secretary of State’s Office, notified my colleague and fellow Washington state resident John Gideon and me that two new voting systems were to be tested for state certification here on May 13 through May 16, and that the Review Board would hold a hearing on May 23. The Board’s job is to thoroughly review certification applications and make recommendations to the Secretary of State. The two systems were:

  • An ES&S AutoMark/optical scanner system, tested against federal standards and qualified by NASED.
  • A new, untested touch-screen/optical scanner system made by Sequoia Voting Systems

John and I were concerned about the Sequoia system. Pierce County, WA, voters recently voted to use Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), a system where voters may specify their preferences in particular races on the ballot as "first choice," "second choice," or "third choice." However, no state-certified system had the software needed to tabulate RCV ballots. So Sequoia developed their software specifically for Pierce County. They had applied for “emergency” provisional certification from the state, which would allow them to bypass state requirements for independent testing to the federal standards.

Tabulating RCV ballots is much more complicated than tabulating traditional ballots. With RCV, after voters mark their first, second, and third choices for certain offices, the tabulation is done in a series of “rounds.” The candidate with the fewest “first choice” votes after each round is eliminated; then in the next round the second choice on those ballots is counted as if it were the first choice. Rounds continue until one candidate has the majority of the votes. For a fuller explanation, see the Pierce County website.

John and I had planned to go to the testing on May 14, but at the last minute the testing for that day was called off so officials could investigate a problem that had shown up the previous day.

As we found out later, officials had found the Sequoia system had tallied votes wrong.

Later in the day, the SoS office's Murphy emailed us to let us know what happened...

Monday night, a test run was done on the 5 insights [Sequoia Insight Optical Scanners]. Once complete, one tester zeroed out each machine and memory pack. (You can reset, or zero out, the memory pack at the Insight machine.) Following this tester was a 2nd worker who powered off all the Insights. On one of the machines, they powered it off before the machine was finished zeroing out the memory pack. Each memory pack has all the results tabulated by precinct first on the pack, followed by cast vote records that have results by ballot. It zeroed out the tabulated section, but it didn't erase all the cast vote records.

On Tuesday, when we started the machines, we ran zero reports. They were all zero because they show all the tabulated results by precinct (the portion that was zeroed out). However, when we moved the memory packs to the reporting software, it added up all the cast vote records, and reported those results.

In other words, the Sequoia system checked one set of electronic ballot records and reported an “empty ballot box,” but then used a different set of ballot records to tabulate the votes. This is exactly like checking one ballot box to ensure that it’s empty before opening the polls, and then using a different, unchecked ballot box for the voted ballots to be tallied at the end of the day. But the unchecked box hadn’t been empty.

John and I both wrote up testimony, which we immediately sent to Patty Murphy. As you can imagine, we objected to having a system certified when, in testing, it reported that there were "zero votes" to start, but actually had 56 votes already in its secret, unobservable "ballot box"!

Patty passed our testimony along to the Review Board so they would have time to read our statements before the hearing. (Here's John's [PDF]. Here's mine [PDF].)

We also had several email exchanges with Patty. She answered all our questions thoroughly and promptly, and at our request she even sent us detailed charts showing how each ballot in each test was marked.

On May 23, the Review Board hearing to discuss the certification testing arrived. Both John and I had oral testimony ready since the agenda showed a period allowed for public comment. We had seen the state provisionally certify quickly-developed, untested software prior to the 2004 primary election, in spite of our objections, so we were fearful of what the outcome of the hearing might be.

Presiding over the hearing was Shane Hamlin, Assistant Director of Elections for Washington State. The four members of the board were:

  • Joaquin Avila, Visiting Asst. Professor of Law, Seattle University, School of Law
  • Debbie Cook, Director, Washington Assistive Technology Alliance
  • Michael Rooney, Elections Specialist, Pierce County Elections
  • Kim Wyman, Auditor, Thurston County

Thurston County uses ES&S equipment, so without hesitation, Kim Wyman recused herself from the decision regarding ES&S. Michael Rooney recused himself from the Sequoia decision, since it would impact Pierce County.

Patty Murphy started out by summarizing the ES&S system, the testing, and the findings. She also added a new recommendation we hadn’t heard before — a recommendation to certify new AutoMark software that hadn’t been tested with the rest of the ES&S system.

Neither John nor I had intended to comment on the ES&S system, but at that point, we both changed our minds. John pointed out that federal voting system standards don't allow for “mix and match” but that a system has to be tested and approved as a whole. New software on the AutoMark would mean the system no longer met federal testing standards. I added that since the AutoMark software interacts with the Unity software to generate ballots, it was essential to test that they were compatible with each other.

Steve Pearson, a representative on-hand from ES&S, said that SysTest, one of the Voting System Test Labs certified by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), had tested the compatibility and would be issuing a report within a week. He pointed out that the EAC certification process takes so long that they decided to have SysTest do the testing and provide a report outside the regular EAC certification process.

John and I gasped! ES&S was attempting to do an end-run around the EAC certification process!!!

John moved to a chair with a microphone, and when Mr. Pearson was finished with his statement, Hamlin indicated for John to go ahead. John used the word “circumvent” instead of “end-run” — a respectable touch I thought. Pearson denied that charge, of course, but John’s point wasn’t lost on the board.

Their final unanimous decision was to recommend certification for the NASED-qualified ES&S system, and approval for the new AutoMark pending a satisfactory report from SysTest. Knowing ES&S’s history of promises made and promises broken, John and I don’t expect that report anytime soon.

The next part of the hearing dealt with the dangerously inaccurate Sequoia system.

First, Patty Murphy presented information about the system and the county’s testing and findings. (Here’s where the “transparent” part of this article’s headline comes into play.) Patty thoroughly described the problem that had occurred, the discrepancy in the results, and the possible workarounds proposed by Sequoia — which involved “patching” the software in both the scanner that falsely reported a blank ballot box and in the WinEDS software that counted ballots from the “stuffed” ballot box.

Then she added a new thought we hadn’t heard before: the possibility of using the Sequoia Edge touch-screen machine, the central count optical scanner, and the WinEDS tabulating software without using the flawed, precinct-based Insight scanner. I thought that sounded like a possible solution.

Regarding the complex algorithm used to tally RCV ballots, Murphy pointed out that software, of some type, would be needed to tally such ballots correctly. She explained how they tried hand-counting just 14 RCV ballots with seven ranked contests and found that it was “horrendous.” Using software to tally this sort of balloting was absolutely essential. She found that it simply couldn’t be done any other way.

In other words, if this system weren’t approved, it would be impossible to comply with the mandate from Pierce County voters. Quite a problem to present to the Board.

Pat McCarthy, Pierce County Auditor, spoke first. She said that she was so concerned about the flaw discvoered on the Insight scanner, she had decided not to use it at all, contrary to her original intention. I was impressed. Too often, we see elections officials ignore the problems with voting equipment and use it anyway, claiming that their administrative procedures can make up for the flaws. But McCarthy had listened to the evidence and had decided to reject the equipment, regardless of what the Board recommended or whether the SoS certified it. How refreshing to observe a responsible decision, responsive to evidence.

But she wasn’t the only official to respond to the evidence that day.

(Here comes the “participatory” part of our headline.) I can tell you some of the subsequent interaction, but I can’t remember the order in which things were said because Shane Hamlin, the Assistant Director of Elections for Washington State, who presided over the hearing, allowed John and me to speak as much and as often as we wanted. We gave our initial comments, and then, as we had other things to say during the proceedings, we went back to the microphone and spoke.

And we were heard.

Let me say that again for emphasis: We were heard!

Edwin Smith from Sequoia was there to represent their system that had failed during testing. He attempted to claim that the miscount wasn’t really an accuracy issue, because it had been caused by an operator error that could be handled through proper procedures. But the Review Board heard John’s statements about the accuracy requirements in federal and state law and acted on them responsibly --- as you’ll read in a moment.

(Ed Note: Smith is the Sequoia VP who recently sent an intimidating email to two Princeton computer-science professors, threatening them with legal action by the company should they independently examine the touch-screen voting machines made by Sequoia which had failed during New Jersey's recent Super Tuesday primary election, as requested by NJ county election officials. Smith's strong-arm tactics momentarily succeeded until a state judge ordered Sequoia be ignored, and the state's machines undergo testing.

Smith was also the man responsible for hiring a so-called "independent" examiner to review the same failed machines on behalf of Sequoia. Smith was subsequently reprimanded, and the "independent" examiner, Mike Gibbons, was released from his job after The BRAD BLOG revealed some disturbing information about Gibbons.)

I pointed out that what Smith referred to as “operator error” was actually good testing, and I saw heads nod among the Review Board.

I also asked how many ballots were expected in the election, and McCarthy estimated “400,000.” I told the Board I was concerned about the fact that they had only tested 178 RCV ballots and yet planned to tabulating some 400,000 in the election. I reminded them about the disaster that occurred in Denver in 2006 when they used voter check-in software that hadn’t been stress tested under conditions that would actually be in place on a live election day. The system crashed under high volume and disenfranchised tens of thousands of Denver voters that day.

This was when it became evident to me that we were in a discussion with other concerned citizens rather than “testifying” in a phony “hearing” before officials whose minds were already made up.

Patty Murphy asked if I would be less concerned if all the ballot records were made available so that citizens could run their own checks on them. As we discussed that idea, I found out that Pat McCarthy was already planning to post the individual ballot records on the Pierce County website immediately after the election. When I pointed out that it would be essential to have complete counting rules, the format of the records, and some sample records as soon as possible so people could begin developing independent programs right away, Patty and Pat agreed to make them available very soon.

To get us back on track, John emphasized again that using a system that miscounted votes was a violation of federal law that could not be ignored.

Debbie Cook then summed up the options concisely, said it was time to take action, and made a motion to recommend approval for the system, with a stipulation prohibiting the use of the Insight scanner. Joachin Avila suggested adding another amendment — the approval would depend on a legal decision that the system would not violate the accuracy requirement of federal law as long as the Insight wasn’t used.

The Review Board unanimously passed the motion as amended. We hope Sam Reed, Washington's Secretary of State, will accept their recommendation.

After the hearing, John and I agreed that the staff --- Shane Hamlin and Patty Murphy --- had been stunningly welcoming of our participation, that we had truly been heard, and that the Board had acted wisely and responsibly in a difficult situation.

Quite a day, to find ourselves UP the rabbit hole into sunshine and sanity. For a change.


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On October 17, 2001 the New York Times reported that Center board member Sari Nusseibeh was appointed the new political representative of the Palestinians in Jerusalem. Dr. Nusseibeh, President of Al-Quds University in Jerusalem, is a well-known political figure. On October 16th, he spoke to a crowd of Israelis at the Hebrew University, criticizing the Palestinian uprising as "hopelessly mired in bloodshed."


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It's tough to pull off powerful PSA, and even tougher to pull of tastefully funny ones. This one from New Zealand, against getting stoned and driving, KILLS it. Cute little buggers reenact how ridiculous you look.

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No matter how many times I ride a ski lift, I can't help the quick pang of anxiety and the immediate sweaty palms. Something about the fact that you're thousands of feet up in the air and hanging in a tin can on a piece of wire sends shivers up my spine. But, for the more adventurous folks out there, it's an exhilarating, scenic ride to reach the peak of greatness (I'm not talking about sex, but it kind of sounds like it). If you find yourself to be one of those thrill-seeking ski fanatics, you should definitely check out Airbnb's sweepstakes, which offers a winner and three of his / her friends the ultimate ski-lovers wet dream of a one-night stay in a 9,000 foot ski lift in the French Alps. That's right, they've converted the ski lift into your lodging.

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The Masons Arms is a delightful thatched pub in a traditional and peaceful hamstone village. It is a very friendly area with many National Trust properties nearby and other areas of natural beauty. It is an ideal base for walking, and the proximity of Yeovil means it has good road and public transport links close by and is ideally located for business trips.

We use locally sourced ingredients whenever possible for our meals which are prepared on the premises, and we even have our own micro brewery! In short it is ideal for business or pleasure and you are assured of a warm welcome by us and our village

My partner and I had been running pubs together for ten years as managers for various breweries before we found The Masons Arms. We instantly fell in love with the pub and knew we had to buy it. We were then overwhelmed by the welcome we received from the villagers who have helped us in so many ways since our arrival; from John, our unconventional vicar, who broadcast details of the opening night from the pulpit to Sheila, our local artist, who has allowed us to use her beautiful paintings of the pub; not to mention help with websites, posters, all matters chicken-related, and provision of local honey, fish and vegetables all from talented and generous customers/villagers.

We now have 6 rooms, situated next to the garden and away from the road, not that there is much traffic in Odcombe! Our rooms have recently been refurbished to luxury standard: We believe that a pub should always be a pub not a restaurant and we therefore offer a blackboard menu with traditional favourites such as Ham, Egg and Chips and Sausage and Mash alongside a daily changing a la carte menu. Both choices are available to you wherever you decide to sit, either inside the pub or outside in the pretty garden (weather permitting!). We serve a sumptuous breakfast of cereals, patisseries, full English using local produce and freshly laid eggs (possibly by our own chickens) accompanied by juice, tea and coffee.

It's a meal sure to set you up for your day.

If your trip is for business or pleasure we are only minutes away from Yeovil which is served by two train stations and we are only 5 minutes from the A303. There is a wealth of things to do in the area including market towns such as Sherbourne, many National Trust properties, excellent walking and the beaches of the Jurassic coast are only 45 minutes away. You are assured of a warm welcome and we aim to ensure your stay with us is a memorable one that will make you want to come again!

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Hedgehog and Turtledove are 200 year old adjoining stone cottages with beamed ceilings situated in St Nicolas des Eaux, one of the prettiest floral villages in Brittany, on the banks of the beautiful River Blavet. The cottages share an above ground heated swimming pool, eight bicycles of varying sizes and two kayaks. The cottages can be rented individually or together and are available all year round, including Christmas. Both cottages can sleep five and are fully equipped for a great holiday.

Ty da Viken, with its river view,  is only two minutes walk from the centre of the pretty town of Rohan on the banks of the River Oust/Nantes Brest Canal. Across from Ty da Viken is a footpath leading directly to the canal tow path, part of the Velodyssee cycle and hiking route that runs from Roscoff to Spain. Rohan is the start of the second leg of the route and the medieval towns of  Pontivy and Josselin are both just a cycle ride away.

All the cottages are perfectly situated to give access to all the wonderfully diverse scenery, activities, medieval towns, both north and south coasts and lakes. Walking, cycling, fishing and watersports are all close by.

All bedlinen and towels (not beach towels) are provided along with a welcome hamper so if you arrive late, don't worry, it will contain everything you need for your first breakfast.

All cottages have barbecues, patio furniture and sunloungers.

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The creepiest urban legend from every state

An abandoned children's hospital in New York.
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People love telling stories about some of the scariest places in America— it's a tradition at campfires and sleepovers all over the country.

While some stories, like Bigfoot, have entered mainstream pop culture, others have stayed local, like the poisoned girl at Centennial Hall in Nebraska.

Keep scrolling to read the creepiest urban legend from your state.

ALABAMA: Hell's Gate Bridge

The bridge is located in Oxford, AL.
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The generally accepted story of Hell's Gate Bridge starts in the 1950s. A young couple driving over the bridge somehow drove their car off the bridge one night and both drowned.

There are two legends associated with Hell's Gate Bridge — one, that if you drive your car out to the middle of the bridge and turn off the lights, the couple will magically appear in your car and leave a wet spot on the seat. The other, which is how the bridge got its name, is the belief that if you drive over the bridge and look over your shoulder halfway through, the scenery behind you turns into a portal to hell engulfed in flames.

Potentially to curb ghost hunters and bored teenagers, Hell's Gate Bridge is closed to cars, and in such disrepair that walking across is strongly discouraged.

ALASKA: The Kushtaka of the Alaskan Triangle

Alaska's coastline is over 33,000 miles long.
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Everyone knows the story of the Bermuda Triangle, but you might not know about the Alaskan Triangle. On average, 5 of every 1,000 people go missing in Alaska according to the LA Times, so even if there's nothing supernatural going on, it's easy to get lost in the Alaskan wilderness.

The Tlingit tribe that lives in Juneau has their own explanation for the high amount of missing people — evil spirits called the Kushtaka. The Kushtaka are shape-shifters (half-man, half-otter) that lure women and children to water with fake cries in order to steal their human spirit — and drown them.

ARIZONA: The ghosts of Slaughterhouse Canyon

It's also called the less-frightening Luana's Canyon.
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The story of Slaughterhouse Canyon takes place during the Gold Rush. During the 1800s, there was a family who lived down in the canyon. They were very poor, so the father would venture out into the canyon for food for his family. As you might have guessed, one day the father did not return, so his family slowly starved and descended into madness. The mother, unable to bear listening to her children's cries anymore, put on her wedding dress, murdered her children, and then threw them into a nearby river. The next day she succumbed to starvation herself.

The legend states that if you go down to Slaughterhouse Canyon at night, even now, you will hear the loud, anguished cries of the mother who lost her mind.

ARKANSAS: The Boggy Creek Monster

It's also known as the Fouke Monster.
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The Boggy Creek Monster of Fouke is Arkansas' version of Sasquatch. He's commonly accepted to be around seven or eight feet tall and covered in hair. Legend says that he roams the creeks of rural Arkansas. He was first spotted in 1834, when people reported seeing a "wild man."

People still claim to spot the Boggy Creek Monster today, and he has been the subject of five feature length films including 1972's "The Legend of Boggy Creek."

The Char-Man calls Ojai, CA his home.
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The Char-Man's origin story is gruesome — a father and son were both caught in a house fire and horribly burnt in 1948. After the fire, the son became so mentally unstable that he flayed and hung his father. When the police found the son, he was so unrecognizably burnt they didn't realize he was alive, so he ran away before they were able to arrest him for the murder of his father.

Ever since then, the Char-Man is still spotted wandering the woods surrounding Ojai, occasionally approaching tents of innocent campers, or pretending to be a hitchhiker and then attempting to attack them.

COLORADO: The many legends of Riverdale Road

The 11-mile stretch runs through Thornton, CO.
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Riverdale Road is the site of not one, but eight creepy stories. Ranging from a Hell Gate, to ghosts of slaves hanging from the trees, the stretch of road is decidedly spooky.

The creepiest story, though, is that of the phantom jogger. One day, there was a driver who hit a jogger, freaked out, and left him for dead. Now, it's said that if you park at the site of the crash, you'll hear disembodied footsteps getting closer and closer to your car. People have reported handprints on their windows and banging noises as if someone was kicking the outside.

CONNECTICUT: Hannah Cranna

Her real grave in Trumbull, CT.
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Known as the "Wicked Witch of Monroe," Hannah Cranna gained a reputation as a witch in the 19th century when her husband died by mysteriously falling off a cliff — and locals reportedly believed that she had bewitched him. People also believed that she would cast spells on people she didn't like.

Hannah lived till the age of 77, but right before she died, she asked to be carried down to the cemetery in her coffin by foot, not wagon. After her death, the people of Monroe tried to wheel her coffin down the hill but were unable — the coffin kept falling off— so they were forced to carry it.

When the townspeople returned to her home, it was found to be engulfed in flames, sealing Hannah's reputation of witchcraft.

DELAWARE: The ghost of Mr. Chew

The home of Mr. Chew in Dover, DE.
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While not a particularly mean spirited ghost, the story of Samuel Chew is still disconcerting. Chew was the chief justice of the Delaware Supreme Court in 1741. While he was alive, he didn't always get the respect he deserved — people frequently made fun of his name by mimicking sneezes while he walked by.

After his death, people reported seeing his ghost sitting under a poplar tree, wandering the courthouse, and generally creeping out the residents of Dover. Chew would also pull on men's coattails and give women a cold, icy feeling.

FLORIDA: The gravity-defying Spook Hill

A sign explains the story of the popular attraction.
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The phenomenon that happens at Spook Hill is real: cars that are parked in neutral will appear to roll uphill.

Legends say the hill is either the site of a Native American burial ground or an epic battle of a Native American chief against a crocodile.

But the truth is it's actually just an illusion created by the hill's surroundings. While cars appear to be rolling uphill, they are still just rolling downhill.

GEORGIA: The ghost town of Lake Lanier

Lake Lanier is the largest man-made lake in Georgia.
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At the bottom of Lake Lanier lies (almost) fully intact towns, ferries, a racetrack, and multiple cemeteries. The government, in their determination to create Lake Lanier, bought up entire towns in order to clear the space for the lake after they received Congressional approval in 1946. However, they just decided to let the water cover up the towns, rather than demolishing them.

Now, Lake Lanier has a decidely eerie feel about it. There have been an unusual amount of freak accidents and deaths on the lake - in 2011, there were 17 deaths alone. Many of the people who drowned have been recovered. People have reported feeling arms and legs in the water, but have not been able to find them right after, leading people to believe that spirits still roam the lake.

HAWAII: Night marchers

You know a night march is coming when you see the torches and hear the drums.
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Night marchers, according to Hawaiian lore, are not evil spirits, but they do demand respect. They are spirits of ancient Hawaiian warriors who march around the islands to protect sacred areas.

Legend says that if you look directly at a night marcher you will be marked for death. And, if by some chance, you find yourself in the middle of a procession, you are supposed to lie down in the middle of the road.

IDAHO: The water babies of Massacre Rocks

The water babies can be found in Massacre Rocks State Park.
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Water babies are a Native American legend that are found in a couple of different places in America, but most famously in Pocatello at the Massacre Rocks State Park.

The Shoshone tribe was first recorded in 1805 and were roaming the Great Plains as early as the 1500s, so it's not clear when exactly this legend originated. But the story goes that the Shoshone experienced an extreme famine, and mothers were forced to drown their babies in the river rather than watch their children starve.

Today, some people claim that if you sit quietly at the river by Massacre Rocks you'll hear the sound of babies crying. Other stories say that these babies grew gills and fins and survived — and now they seek revenge on their mothers by luring unsuspecting victims to their deaths in the river.

ILLINOIS: Homey the Clown

Clowns are undoubtedly creepy.
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All throughout the suburbs of Chicago in the '90s, there was a consistent rumor going around elementary schools: there was a creepy man dressed as Homey the Clown (yes, from "In Living Color"), driving around in a white van trying to lure kids into it with candy and money.

In some variations he was a kidnapper, in others he was a rapist. But in all variations, Homey left a mark on young Chicago kids in the '90s.

INDIANA: The 100 Steps Cemetery

The cemetery is located in Brazil, IN.
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The 100 Steps Cemetery is located in the town of Brazil, though the official address is actually disputed. While it's not clear when the stories about the cemetery being haunted began, there are gravestones that date back to the 1860s.

The legend states that if someone finds themselves in the cemetery at midnight, they must climb the steps and count to 100. At this point, a ghost of an undertaker will appear and show the person a vision of their death. On the way back down, the visitor is supposed to count the steps again — if they count the same amount of steps, the vision was false.

People who visited the cemetery in the past have tried to outsmart the supernatural forces in 100 Steps by avoiding the steps altogether. They've reported being knocked or shoved to the ground by an unseen force.

IOWA: The Black Angel

She's located in Oakland Cemetery.
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The Black Angel stands over eight feet tall in Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City, and is eerily black due to oxidization. Most likely because of her dark appearance, multiple legends have cropped up around her.

One legend says that a pregnant woman should never walk under her, or she'll lose the child. Others say that if you touch or kiss the statue, you'll be dead within six months.

Whether haunted, cursed, or completely harmless, the statue is definitely a somber sight to see.

KANSAS: The Devil's Chair

The chair is located in Alma Cemetery.
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The legend of the Devil's Chair goes like this: an old farmer in Alma refused to sell his land to the city in order to build a new cemetery. Someone got a little too tired of waiting for him to sell, so he was pushed into his own well. Eventually, someone said that there was a terrible smell coming from the well, so the city sent someone to investigate. It was ruled that the well was empty, and it was boarded up.

Now, if you make your way to Alma, you can actually sit on the boarded-up well, but legend says that people who have sat on the well have been known to mysteriously disappear.

KENTUCKY: The Goat Man of Pope Lick

He's been spotted underneath this railroad trestle.
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There's no clear consensus on how the Goat Man came to be — some say he was a circus freak, others say he was a farmer who tortured his goats for Satan, and in return was transformed into a hideous goat monster. However, everyone does agree on his appearance: dark fur, pale skin, goat legs, and horns.

The monster is said to hide under the bridge at Pope Lick Creek in Louisville and lure people onto the train tracks, only to see them be hit by oncoming trains.

Sadly, this urban legend has had some dangerous consequences. In 2016, an Ohio woman fell to her death from the bridge while looking for the Goat Man.

The Grunch make their home in East New Orleans.

Grunch Road is an old dirt road that leads deep into the woods, and eventually to a dead end.

It was a favorite place for teenagers to go and do whatever teenagers do, until they learned the about the Grunch.

The Grunch are rumored to be a group of deformed half-human, half-monsters that resulted from years of isolation in the Louisiana bayous.

In the present day, it's said that if you find yourself on Grunch Road, don't get out of your car if you see a goat who looks injured. The stories say that the Grunch use goats to lure people out of their cars so they can eat them and drain their blood.

MAINE: The stain on Colonel Jonathan Buck's tomb

Buck's tomb is in the town bearing his name: Bucksport.
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The tomb of of Colonel Jonathan Buck in Bucksport bears a mysterious leg-shaped stain. The story goes that Buck sentenced a woman to burn for witchcraft, and while she was burning, her leg rolled out of the fire. It's also been said that the witch cursed Buck's tomb to always bear a stain for this injustice.

It is said that people have tried to get rid of this stain twice, but the stain keeps reappearing.

MARYLAND: Chessie the Chesapeake Bay monster

Does a sea monster really live in the Chesapeake Bay?
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Chessie sightings have been around since the 1930s, but really started to pick up steam in the '80s, when photographic evidence became more readily available. Chessie is said to resemble a snake, measure around 30 feet long, and is the approximate thickness of a telephone pole.

There haven't been any recorded attacks from Chessie, but a 30-foot-long snake does not sound like something most people would want to run into.

MASSACHUSETTS: The spirits of Hoosac Tunnel

The tunnel took 24 years to complete.
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In the 24-year-long construction of the Hoosac Tunnel in western Massachusetts, approximately 200 men died. Death was so associated with the tunnel that it was actually nicknamed "The Bloody Pit."

After a particularly gruesome explosion in either 1867 or 1868, 13 miners were trapped inside the tunnel. The other workers assumed that the miners had died, but eventually it was discovered the miners had lived, built a raft to combat flooding, and eventually died due to poisonous gas inhalation.

It's said that these 13 miners haunted the tunnel for years, moaning and briefly appearing as ghosts.

MICHIGAN: The little girl on Knock Knock Road

The road's real name is Strasburg Road, located in Grosse Ile.
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The legend of Knock Knock Road says that there was a little girl who was murdered on Knock Knock Road in the Detroit area, and now she appears to drivers at their car window, knocking, trying to find the person who killed her.

MINNESOTA: The Kensington runestone

The stone is displayed in Alexandria, MN.
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In 1898, a Swedish-American farmer found a gigantic slab of rock on his farm that had symbols that appeared to be Norse. And since then, no one has figured out where it came from.

While official historians have debunked that the Vikings made an appearance in North America before Columbus did, the myth has persisted. And, if it wasn't the Vikings, who did leave this mysterious rock? And what does it say?

MISSISSIPPI: Deer Island's haunted treasure

Deer Island is just off the coast of Mississippi.
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The Ghost of Deer Island originates from an old pirate story. The story says that back in the 1920s, two men were fishing on Deer Island when they heard rustling in the bushes, which they assumed was wild hogs. Eventually, they decided to check it out and an encountered a headless skeleton. They ran back to their boat, and the skeleton followed them all the way there.

According to the pirate story, there was a ship that sailed into Biloxi Bay and buried their treasure on Deer Island. The crew decided to behead one of their own, and left his body behind to guard their treasure.

MISSOURI: Momo the Missouri Monster

Momo was first spotted in Louisiana, and then moved north.
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Momo is Missouri's version of Bigfoot/Sasquatch. He's been said to have terrible body odor, a pumpkin-shaped head, and eats dogs. In 1968, Momo allegedly tried to abduct a four-year-old boy, though no evidence was ever found.

MONTANA: The story of Sacrifice Cliff

Seen here in 2016, the cliff looks out over Billings, MT.
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The story of Sacrifice Cliff comes from an old Native American legend. Two members of the Crow Tribe arrived in their village from a trip to find that almost everyone there had been infected with smallpox and died. So heartbroken about the loss of their loved ones, the two decided to blindfold their horses and ride off of the cliff to join the tribe on the other side.

Sacrifice Cliff is visible from almost anywhere in Billings, so it's sad (and a bit spooky) to think about this story while the cliff is looming over the entire city.

NEBRASKA: The poisoned girl at Centennial Hall

Located in Valentine, NE, the building is now a museum.
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When INSIDER chose the most haunted place in each state, Centennial Hall was a no-brainer. People claim that there are multiple ghosts roaming the halls.

But the creepiest story of Centennial Hall originates in the 1940s, when it used to be a high school. The story says that a student was playing her clarinet, suffered a heart attack and died — because her reed was poisoned. Now, people claim to feel cold spots, hear disembodied music, and to have witnessed an empty rocking chair start to rock.

NEVADA: The truth about Area 51

Entrance to Area 51.

There is perhaps no urban legend, myth, or conspiracy theory more famous than Nevada's Area 51, a mysterious government facility that is rumored to be associated with aliens. The US government officially states that Area 51 is classified due to national security, which only fuels the fire.

The secrecy surrounding Area 51 is what makes it inherently creepy, and with the government admitting to a program investigating UFOs, the theories about what's actually going on inside continue to become more plausible.

NEW HAMPSHIRE: The witch of Hampton, Goody Cole

Her real name was Eunice Cole.

Eunice "Goody" Cole was the only woman in New Hampshire history to be tried for witchcraft — multiple times. Her first charge was in 1656, and was charged again in 1671.

When she died and when her body was recovered, the townspeople were rumored to have to staked her through the heart to prevent her from haunting their town.

People continue to blame Goody Cole for the misfortunes of Hampton citizens for the past 300 years. For example, a boat full of Hampton residents overturned, and everyone on board drowned, even though they were in swimming distance of shore. People blamed Goody Cole for the crash and for cursing the passengers by having them forget how to swim.

NEW JERSEY: The Jersey Devil

A well-known rendering of the creature.
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The story of the Jersey Devil has been around since the 1700s. The legend states that a woman named Mother Leeds became pregnant with her 13th child, and said "Let this one be [a/the] devil." Once the child was born, it grew hooves, wings, horns, and a tail.

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NEW MEXICO: La Mala Hora

The legend originated in Mexico.

La Mala Hora, which translates to The Evil Hour, is an entity that you don't want to run into on a dark road. Legend says that at first, it appears as a ball of black energy, constantly moving and changing its size and shape. If you look at it, it will drive you insane and will slowly kill you.

At other times, it appears as a scary-looking woman. It's said that if you see her at a crossroads, you or someone in your family will die.

NEW YORK: Cropsey

One of Cropsey's famous haunts.
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The story of Cropsey has many iterations, but it generally tells the story of a man who stalked a sleepaway camp/mental institution/children's hospital, had a hook for a hand, and killed children who were wandering alone at night. Every single person who went to camp in New York State has heard about Cropsey.

Things took a more sinister turn when a documentary posited that Cropsey was actually real— a convicted child kidnapper named Andre Rand.

NORTH CAROLINA: The beast of Bladenboro

Most people have been convinced the beast was a particularly large bobcat.
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In the 195os, multiple dogs were found dead and drained of blood in the North Carolina town of Bladenboro. People believed that there was a vampiric beast in the woods, an they tried to hunt the animal.

Today, the town of Bladenboro has embraced their history, and actually holds a Beast Fest every year. But it's never been confirmed exactly what was stalking their town.

NORTH DAKOTA: White Lady Lane

The road runs through Tetrault Woods.

The story of White Lady Lane is a tragic one. The legend states that a young woman became pregnant out of wedlock, and her religious parents forced her to marry the father. The baby ended up dying after their wedding. The girl, so upset about her baby and her forced marriage, hung herself from a bridge in her wedding dress. Locals claim to still see her ghost hanging from the bridge.

OHIO: The werewolf of Defiance.

This person makes a pretty convincing werewolf.
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During the summer of 1972, the people of Defiance claimed they were being terrorized by a werewolf. The sightings always happened at night, generally by the train tracks. A couple of women said it would try to get into their houses by rattling the doorknobs. The animal was said to be huge, hairy, and dressed in rags.

But after summer ended, the beast disappeared, never to be heard from again. But the story lingers.

OKLAHOMA: The mysterious Shaman's portal

The "portal" is located in Beaver Dunes Park.
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The mysterious occurrences in Beaver Dunes Park have been attributed to the fact that it was built upon ancient Native American burial grounds — which is why it's called the Shaman's portal. It's also known as the Oklahoma Bermuda Triangle.

Mysterious things have happened in the park, starting with the Spanish conquistadors who went missing while searching for gold in the 1500s. Since then paranormal activity seekers flock to the the dunes. Some people claim that a UFO crashed there, and a group in the '90s who tested the soil said it was abnormal.

OREGON: The Bandage Man of Cannon Beach

Cannon Beach is a beautiful place.
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The Bandage Man is the American version of a mummy. He is rumored to be the ghost of a logger who died in a sawmill accident, and now terrorizes teenagers who hang out at a deserted area of a highway near Cannon Beach. Stories say that he knocks on car windows to try and get in and smells really, really bad.

PENNSYLVANIA: The bus to nowhere

The story of this bus is quite sad.

In Philadelphia, there's rumored to be a bus that doesn't have an end destination. The story says that the bus only picks up passengers that are at their lowest moments who need to get away from their problems. Once the passenger is ready to face the world, they can get off the bus.

But, the passenger has no idea how long they've been on the bus for — it could have been hours, days, or even years.

RHODE ISLAND: The Devil's footprints

The rock is somewhere in the North Kingston, RI forest.
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There is a rock on Devil's Foot Road that appears to show a normal human footprint, and a cloven hoof. The story goes that a Native American woman murdered a white man, and fled the scene of the crime. While running, she was stopped by another man. She cried out for the Devil to save her, when the man admitted that he himself was the Devil, and stomped his feet on the ground to prove that he had a cloven hoof, which the rock still shows to this day.

SOUTH CAROLINA: The death of Julia Legare

One of many abandoned homes on Edisto Island, SC.
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In the 1800s, the Legares were a well-to-do South Carolinian family that had homes on the mainland and on Edisto Island. The daughter, Julia, got sick, was pronounced dead, and was buried inside their family mausoleum.

Years later, another member of the Legare family died, and when their tomb was opened up, the remains of Julia were found outside of her coffin. The story says that Julia had been in a coma, and had woken up to try and escape her tomb, but sadly died.

After the first re-opening of the Legare mausoleum, the door can't seem to stay shut. The Legares tried multiple different doors, and every single time the door was found open. People believe that the ghost of Julia didn't want to be locked in that tomb any longer.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Walking Sam and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

The reservation is southeast of Deadwood, SD.
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Purportedly over seven feet tall and very slim, Walking Sam is said to appear on the streets of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation at night, and he tries to convince teenagers to commit suicide.

Whether or not Walking Sam is real, something tragic is going on at the reservation. From December 2014 to May 2015, there were 103 suicide attempts at Pine Ridge.

TENNESSEE: The boy in the bathroom at Pine Haven School

An abandoned school gym.
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The Pine Haven School, located in Jamestown, is old and abandoned, and it's said to be haunted.

A tragic story supposedly took place there, where a boy was cornered by a group of bullies in the bathroom and shoved into a mirror, which shattered and killed him.

To avoid getting caught committing murder, the story says that the bullies decided to bury the body underneath the floorboards. Today, people say that if you go inside the school you can see the reflection of the boy if you look in the mirror.

TEXAS: The Candy Lady

Candy started appearing on windowsills.
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In the early 1900s, children in an unnamed rural town in Texas started to go missing and the residents blamed it on the Candy Lady. The story says that she would go around leaving candy on children's windows and eventually she'd lure the kids out with notes attached, promising more candy.

The story picked up steam when a farmer allegedly found rotten teeth on his farm, and later found the body of a boy with his pockets stuffed with candy.

While little is known about the origin of this story, some have speculated that the Candy Lady was real and that her name was Clara Crane.

UTAH: The curse of the Escalante Petrified Forest

A piece of petrified wood.
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While it is illegal to take anything from the Escalante Petrified Forest State Park, there is a legend that says that anyone who takes pieces of petrified wood from the park will be cursed with bad luck, sickness, and accidents.

Park manager Kendall Farnsworth stated in 2014 that he gets about a dozen packages every year containing a piece of wood from the park and an apologetic letter detailing the sender's misfortunes.

VERMONT: The frozen people

Winters in Vermont are brutal.
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First appearing in a diary that was published in the late 1800s, the legend of the hibernating old people recounts the tale of a poor family outside of Montpelier that couldn't afford to feed and clothe the oldest members of their family, so they froze the people and buried them. According to the tale, when spring rolled around, the elders thawed out and were just fine.

VIRGINIA: The Bunnyman

Bunnyman Bridge is in Clifton, VA.

The Bunnyman's legend starts with what every good urban legend starts with: an insane asylum. The people of Clifton were so up in arms about the asylum that they were able to get all of the patients transferred. The patients were being moved on a bus that crashed, and the police were able to catch all the patients except one — the Bunnyman.

According to the tale, the Bunnyman lived in the woods and sustained himself from woodland creatures (like bunnies), but eventually he attacked humans. Some people reported being attacked by a man with a hatchet. Other tales say that groups of teens would see a bright light and then would wind up dead and strung up over a bridge.

Perhaps the most famous American urban legend.
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Bigfoot is an internationally recognizable name, and has been spotted all over the country. But, Bigfoot has been spotted the most in Washington state.

Bigfoot is essentially a gigantic giant ape-creature who is either a ferocious beast who attacks loggers and hikers, or a gentle giant who wants to be left alone. Either way, there's something creepy about an undiscovered species of animal wandering around the Pacific Northwest, evading capture.

The Mothman statue in Point Pleasant, WV.
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In 1966, stories say that West Virginia was visited by an insectoid flying creature with bright red eyes who resembled both a moth and a man. He was spotted flying around the town of Point Pleasant, along with shining lights and the Men in Black.

Mothman's origins have been claimed as supernatural, alien, or government experiment gone wrong. But Point Pleasant has embraced the monster, erecting a statue, creating a museum, and even dedicating a festival to him.

WISCONSIN: Boy Scout Lane

The road is in Stevens Point, WI.
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The story of what exactly happened at Boy Scout Lane varies, but they all end with the same conclusion: a group of Boy Scouts dead on the road. In some stories, there was a bus crash with no survivors, or they were murdered by their bus driver, or they just mysteriously vanish into the woods one by one.

Visitors have reported seeing a swinging body in the trees, feeling as though they are being watched, and finding child-size hand prints.

WYOMING: Devil's Tower

Devil's Tower is located in the Bear Ridge Mountains, WY.

There's no scientific consensus on why Devil's Rock looks the way it does, but one Native American creation story attributes the landmark's shape to a tragedy.

According to the story, a large group of Cheyenne girls are brutally attacked and killed by a bear. Two escape and find help from two boys, who convince the girls to act as bait. They climb to the top of the tower, and the bear tries to follow. The boys shoot arrows at the bear, and it finally gives up, leaving scratches all the way down the rock as it slides down.

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My friend is a 16 years old girl. For the passed 3 weeks she has had about 20-30 of these large circular red marks on her skin, around her upper arm and shoulder. And around those areas there have been bumps. Pollysporn doesn't work. She has also been having fevers, tho they only last for short periods of time. Her breathing has been normal, but she has been coughing and losing her voice. No change in her bowel movements or any abnormal bleeding. She has been losing the sense to eat, tho that is not unusual for her.

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She is 16, so it could be something else. Not all circular red marks are cancer. She should go to an doctor and maybe he founds out that it's only something in her puberty.

It's nice that you're worried about your friend, but don't think so bad. After she got her checkout you'll see that almost everything will be okay..
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As a affected man or woman your buddy has each proper to call for a 2d opinion by yet another oncologist (maximum cancers professional). If one clinical professional is telling her that she needs chemotherapy and yet another one is telling her to in common words take a pill to assist her bones, there is actual an situation there. Her kinfolk clinical professional ought to were incorrect contained in the analysis, or overly positive contained in the analysis. by the sounds of it someone has their wires bypass with 3 completely varieties of maximum cancers. outdoors her lung appears like a tumor, actual fluids appears like blood maximum cancers (leukemia?) and bone maximum cancers... relying on her age, this seems very not likely and yet another opinion or perhaps vacationing to a wide city clinical institution must be recommended.
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Miss Carol Ann Althen, 65, of Woodbury died Dec. 12, 2009 in Manchester, TN. She was born Sept. 2, 1944 in Buffalo, NY. Her parents were the late Elijah J. Althen and Olive C. (Osaida) Althen.

She is survived by a brother, Charles Althen of New York; a niece, Charlotte & Ken Marx of Woodbury; great niece and great nephew, Elizabeth Whaley and Kenneth Marx III, great great niece and nephew, Taylor Whaley and Kaleb Whaley and by an aunt, Gertude Saint.

Miss Althen loved spending time with her family, walking her puppies, listening to music and playing solitaire. She was described as a true spirit and was always happy.

Graveside services were held Monday, Dec. 14, 2009 at the McMahan Cemetery. T.B. Gentry officiated. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to assist with funeral expenses. Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. (615)563-5337.
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Ronald Anthony Bryan, 72, was born in Cannon Co., on August 16, 1940 and passed away on Monday, Dec. 24, 2012 at the age of 72.  He was the son of the late Erskin & Gladys Stephens Bryan and was preceded in death by his brother, Robert Bryan.

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He is survived by his wife: Wendyl Morris Bryan of Rogersville who would have celebrated 50 years of marriage on January 19, 2013; 3 Children: Gary Bryan of Rogersville, Ronnie (Janet) Bryan of Rogersville and Stephanie Bryan of Morristown; Grandchildren: Tyler, Tayler and Landon Bryan ; Brother: Hayden (Marie) Bryan of Murfreesboro. Several nieces and nephews also survive

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