Tio's Tacos - Bizarre Junk Garden / Bottle Church / Creepy Mannequins + Tacos !
A visit of the most unusual taco places I've ever been to . Tio's Tacos in Riverside California . Full of dozens of large creepy characters made of mesh and junk . Folk art garden and bottle church also on property . Best of all some dang good tacos !
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today's adventure brings us to Riverside
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California directly across the street
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from where I'm standing is the folk art
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mecca of mr. Martin Sanchez a beer
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bottle extravaganza if you will a chapel
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on site and also a taco place
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welcome everyone Adam you whoo here now
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I have been to the premises of Tio's
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tacos once maybe twice before in the
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past in fact about two years ago I made
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a promise to myself to return here in
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just a few short months to document the
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nooks and crannies of this property I
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failed and it took me a lot longer to
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get back here than originally planned
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but I'm here now
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and I am going to peruse inside the
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fence line and check out the
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wonderfulness that exists here in
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Riverside California join me is shall
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you starting off let's take a look at
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the substance used to create these
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characters there's a wire mesh we got
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some spray paint cans filling the inside
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acts as the bones some broken beer
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bottles some soda cans a paintbrush over
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here we even have a tape measure and
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that is a sweet oh yeah that's a sweet
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stash might be tough to tell from this
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angle but there are pinecones stuffed
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right there in the bra is zoom in just a
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little you can see they are not cans or
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bottles of any type but cones from a
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tree of the the pine persuasion at first
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glance I was thinking this was some sort
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of alien creature but upon closer
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inspection it doesn't have a variety of
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arms and legs growing out from its
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middle torso I think it's someone
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sitting on top of someone else's
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shoulders
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right could be incorrect on that but
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that's that's my assumption of what's
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going on with this piece like big tin
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cans to spell out Tia's on the top of
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the roof and also on the side with the
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arrow pointing in to where you lock up
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to the counter to order food don't quote
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me on this but that might be fold your
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coffee crystal cans placed and glued
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together to spell out the name and the
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wall itself these are bottles glass
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bottles pretty cool and then around the
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side they have placed concrete to fill
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it in the hold to hold all the bottles
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in place that Bush reminds me of an
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octopus and speaking of topiaries and
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shrubbery here's a dinosaur that's not
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the only prehistoric creature because if
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you look at the ground
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amongst these rocks there are chunks of
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grass or maybe this could be astroturf
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perhaps but nonetheless right over here
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is another dinosaur it's like a hidden
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easter egg looks like a Hidden Mickey of
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sorts if you don't look down you will
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not notice that long-necked creature
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yeah the more I look at it I don't think
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this is real grass see how its kind of
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peeling up I don't know it might be Oh
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No
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yeah it's like it's like what you would
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place on a miniature golf course but
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pretty cool all along here we got some
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like different animals some sea
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creatures as it goes with the intent of
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a lot of other roadside attractions and
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why they were created this place follows
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the same suit he expanded away from the
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restaurant simply to bring in guests to
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bring in people that wanted a tasty meal
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so he built all this wild wacky stuff
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all on this block and you know what it
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worked by simply hanging this guy up
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here with his head made from a light
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bulb and a day of the dead ass
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skeleton skull people fell in love
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that's why you're looking at a heart
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with tio tacos of Riverside Oh is
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handsome is made of a pitchfork and the
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hashtag is completely across its crotch
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got the boots right there stretching up
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up towards the legs the hands the arms
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even the belt buckle it's like a parking
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cone for the nose and there is hair on
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top of the head but then above the hair
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are leaves so see the hair is there it's
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like a silvery hair so what are the
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leaves as are the leaves above it the
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tree leaves the limbs is that a hat or
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just just a cute accessory time has come
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to enter through these gates and make my
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way in ooh eyes made of golf balls
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do not look deeply into his eyes
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these retinas are made from
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top-flight golf boss this is a bull or a
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steer of some sort notice the notice the
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horns but I'm distracted by this owl
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this owl has the face of a Shrek what
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does he have okay
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yes Hulk hands oh they are yeah check it
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out they are whole cans by the way my
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friend Bryant is joining me for for a
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little meal you ever been to Tio's tacos
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before I have not lived out here since
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94 I have never eaten here either
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today first I thought it was like a beer
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keg Brian was saying it's a plastic 50
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gallon drum but as I stare at this it
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almost looks like danielson from Karate
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Kid yeah does that and these are beer
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bottles once again that are wedged down
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in the ground so they place them in the
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ground and put rocks in the middle
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spelling out the word and someone has
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not only left their coffee here but also
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first of all that was a coffee can but
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it's it was full of mixed nuts yes that
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is a Frankenstein face and I'm zoomed in
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because I want you to guess what it's
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located on okay if you're done guessing
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I'm gonna zoom out it's on the torso of
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an electrician working on a light once i
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zoom out the way the Sun is placed you
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can't really see the Frankenstein head
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anymore take a look at some of the other
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products that are used
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we got deodorant I'm pretty sure I'm
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pretty sure that's the odor on a couple
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different calculators old school AT&T
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phones they use everything but the
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kitchen sink in here and I bet if I look
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long enough I bet we probably are
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probably gonna see the kitchen sink over
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here there's some sort of battle going
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on ooh it's like the Jason Voorhees
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hatchet here like the machete oh I
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didn't even notice as a mask
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wearing a mass there she is riding a
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horse or it's a very interesting dance I
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don't know how he's holding this weapon
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it's just like teetering there on the
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hand and I'm curious there is no lock on
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this gate there is this chair does that
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open oh it does now we're going in this
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is kind of kind of dangerous if you guys
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come out here definitely definitely want
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to wear shoes do not walk around
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barefoot or with flip-flops on is that
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an elephant
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I think that's an elephant there what
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would you say the creep ratio factor of
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this would be on a scale of on a scale
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of one to ten you want me to feel it
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good oh that's like it doesn't feel
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amazing I'm just thinking what if you
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were walking down this path at nightfall
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and stumble into her my best guess is
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this is some sort of deer or perhaps a
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large Jackalope but the odd thing is
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growing out of its noggin there are some
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legs to resemble a human being and look
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they're like flying through the air so
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we have like a Superman type of human
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I'm kneeled down to get a better
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perspective of this bike rider who looks
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as if he's lost he's lost the race here
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tilt his head up it's okay buddy
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be alright
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you'll get through okay they'll be a
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he'll be other races oh now I see why he
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didn't win his bicycle is Stan shinned
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into the ground see it's it's that's why
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next time get a bike that's not
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connected to something all this is
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inside the gate here's a luchador he's
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lost his head
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it's been decapitated as I walk along
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the ground can't help but notice all
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this stuff wedged in the floor there's
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some oh there's a face they're right
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down there there are some seashells some
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weird tools there's a a wheel of some
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sort like an ice pick you should have
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your phone there's a few set you find a
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phone charger really gonna oh yeah there
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we go got to sock it there some shards
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of more shards of broken glass and it
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just continues on and on and on and on
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way down that way a child's bike you can
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even see the the old school hand grips
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that make it way more comfortable so you
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don't get blisters on your palms and
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this guy just chilling over in the
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corner this should rename this place the
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plethora of weird creepy faces facility
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almost disguised as being part of the
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tree but it's not it's intertwined into
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the trunk of the tree this dancing horse
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and behind it there's some sort of
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scavenger creature there lurking he's
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lurking
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right there in the wilderness well it's
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actually right next to the road but the
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illusion it's it's in the wilderness
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more stuff on the ground this gnome
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would be picking its nose if it snows
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have not been completely removed a lot
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of these items remind me of Return to Oz
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the firoozeh balk movie back when she
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was really young is that a is that a mop
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head on top of that what do you think is
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that a mop The Muppets got their name
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because of the it's a piece of a car
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it's a muffler
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it's a muffler not a muffler man but
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it's a muffler instrument how bizarre
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starting to get a little bit of a breeze
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and these pieces of art are spinning
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around as the wind blows they don't make
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any noise in fact I'll just be quiet for
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a moment just listen
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there's a lot of birds out here stating
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time for safety and speaking of safety
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it says enter at your own risk now I
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haven't walked around the front yeah but
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I'm thinking this is some sort of mask
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and you stick your head through the eyes
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perhaps let's check it out
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I'm inside skull are you inside the
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skull and inside the skull trying to
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escape through its eyes sighs I think I
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might have actually jab a piece of metal
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in my bar
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those are his teeth down there and this
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here wedge itself put my carpet I think
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these are feet which means at one point
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someone was standing there
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Oh be careful you're gonna be eaten
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because whoever else was there before
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was gobbled up by that guy so this is
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making me hungry which is why I'm here
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to try the tacos but is that a taco
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looks more like a submarine sandwich
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with like an onion and some tomatoes oh
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hey written across the bill of his hat
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but his fingers have become dislodged oh
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you gotta give him a firm handshake you
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might get tetanus you might actually
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need to get a tetanus shot now here's a
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little more information about the author
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mr. Martin Sanchez who is pictured here
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in it states that the acreage is one one
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acre of amazing and beautiful gardens
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created by this guy that's who we have
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to thank for all the stuff by stepping
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on this Pepsi crate it will give you the
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illusion that you are some sort of a
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angelic creature you are now an angel
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are you an angel of mercy or you are an
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angel of the opposite
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okay so coffee and then you will have
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mercy
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one day the dead will ride horses behind
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the horse oh look over here I gotta
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gotta get a little closer to this made
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completely out of Barbies these are all
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Barbies and these are all old school old
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school toys there's Bart Simpson Chip
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and Dale they're got Pluto right in here
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he's trying to be be released from the
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Captur he doesn't want to be part of the
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other toys anymore that make up this
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creature look at him he's just dangling
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there probably wouldn't want to be
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Kimberly that's her room but outside of
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where she stays is a ton of flammable
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propane as is the seashell alligator or
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crocodile there are a lot of photo
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opportunities you can place your heads
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in these cutouts but behind the cutouts
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are a lot of handless folks this guy has
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no hands his hands have been removed as
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as this guy in the barrel who also has
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no hands one of the publicize items that
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they want people to see out here is the
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beer bottle Chappell and Popeye standing
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out front guarding the chapel let's go
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take a look inside
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inside the chapel oh that's pretty cool
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you can see the beer bottles on either
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side making up the walls
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we got the tiny church pews here and the
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roof emulating like a makeshift Sistine
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Chapel of sorts crucifixion represented
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here and Jesus is made out of like metal
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wire I've never seen that before it's
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made out of he's made out of metal wire
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there on the cross once again I cannot
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drive the point home enough that there
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are lots and lots of shards of glass on
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the ground little little pieces of sharp
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glass definitely want to wear shoes here
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here's a side angle of the chapel and
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the back corner of the property there's
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a little seating area relaxing seating
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area there and a couple guys fighting on
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each other's shoulders big Bell and if
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you ever come out here make sure you get
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here before 10 o'clock that's where they
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close the parking doors and another set
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of wings is there but we're not allowed
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to get close to that set there is a
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caution police line the halo is made out
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of a 10 can item but we will not be
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getting a photo photo-op photo op fail
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today there are animals hanging from the
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branches stuffed animals whether worn
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stuffed animals just dangling from those
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tree limbs and if that's not unusual
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take a look at the roof line
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there are all kind of things up there on
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top of the shingles including someone
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that's about to ramp off the side of the
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building on a BMX bike yet another set
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of wings but below this set part of
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these concrete masks held together with
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a metal rod shoved through the back of
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that gorilla head and another one over
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here there's two gorilla heads there's
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another one right back there yeah
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there's three of them that metal plate
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was blocking the blocking in the middle
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when concentrating on the ground again
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here is a decorative sea creature
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there's another one with very sharp
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teeth yet another dinosaur this one is
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very ornate made with rocks very
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decorative and check this out you could
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go inside you can go inside this his
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horns are welcoming me in and there is a
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circular here it's almost like it's not
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a maze it's a labyrinth that just goes
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in a circle and you look up and there's
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all the beer bottles and beer bottle
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tops right there adorning the walls
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there's a dog barking behind me I'm
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going at this area specifically it's
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only for adults children are prohibited
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from planes in this area playing
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children are prohibited from playing in
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this area
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we're going down this rock path Oh even
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more interesting tools here we got some
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scissors a hammer has whole places
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infested with bugs look there's like a
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dozen of them just beelining it down the
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fence line whoa this one looks like he's
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had I don't know what he's been smoking
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but look at this look at this guy seems
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to be confrontation happening between
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these two the heck is going on here I
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don't even know what that is nor do I
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know what that is maybe that's why that
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warning sign is there and if you look
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way way up just below the tree line
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yes that's the Jolly Green Giant
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overlooking the entire property he's the
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watchman whoa
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Oh Green Giant place your bets on on
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what that is is some sort of prehistoric
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creature with its mouth open it looks
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very dangerous at first I was concerned
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with the floor being wet they have that
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wet floor side but honestly it's not
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slipping on the tile that seems so
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dangerous it's this thing you have to
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worry about kinda reminds me of the
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Invisible Man with a duct tape head so
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if you're invisible and you want to be
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seen
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you just put duct tape around your head
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and that way you won't be invisible
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anymore that's what it's what that
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reminds me of oh oh I'm just now
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noticing a little secret animal over
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here right there look it's like a dog
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connected to a rusted-out torso
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I'm having a tough time figuring out
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which one is Brian all oh wait it's okay
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I got it now
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Brian Brian is this a clown yeah I think
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that's a I think that's a clown that
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also is inviting you to sit in its lap
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and this is similar to like a Jack
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Skellington riding right there's a lot
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of bicycles a lot of bicycles are here I
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never realized there is a gift shop on
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site also supposed to be the gift shop
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owner but it looks as if oh yeah it's
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all locked up I think the gift shop
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is no longer no longer oh oh Santa Claus
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is in there I would imagine during the
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holiday season they place him up in a
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sleigh Santa sleigh up there alert the
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authorities
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someone has been eaten it's down in the
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belly of this of this beast and I'm also
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noticing where I started the video was
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on the opposite side of these but
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they're two sided there's faces on the
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front and the back inside the property
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where I'm standing
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so it's an illusion from both angles you
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see the exact same thing these are his
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feet her feet his feet are here hands
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are there so it's like yeah that's
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that's very difficult to do it's got the
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bowtie on and the Hat
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pretty sure that's a clown just when I
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think I've seen it all out here I turned
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the corner and see something new like
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ropes ropes are hanging this guy over
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this this pit that has no water so if he
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was to fall he wouldn't drown but he
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would definitely break his legs
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who is that supposed to be there
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dangling is a chimp chimpanzee on his
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arm there's some horrifying items out
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here just
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some scary stuff out here I gotta be
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honest you know like this these people
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walking by have no idea of the horror
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that exists right over their shoulders
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these lines have like some roots growing
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out of them to here on display at the
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counter
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looking at the menu deciding what
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worried we're now inside
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Tio's tacos they have an assortment of
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fresh juices that you can choose from to
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enjoy the fresh air we opted to sit
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outdoors starting off with some chips
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and salsa had a nice assortment of
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condiments here like some carrots salsa
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cucumbers onions all this is gonna go on
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our tacos and this is what we're dealing
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with I got two hardshell tacos one with
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chicken one with shredded beef because
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some guacamole on there rice beans what
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did you get right I got a shrimp and a
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fish taco nice delicious what's the
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sauce that's on there it looks like some
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sort of a spicy aioli or something like
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that so the shrimp the shrimp's here on
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the left and what's that is fish dish
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Fred fish shows nothing
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nice
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first impression oh yeah this is feelin
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after a full stomach heading back out
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now into the courtyard it's like a band
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yeah it's a full band some with a snare
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drum a horn instrument a guitar and
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there's some cymbals they're nice I have
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to wonder if they drive this around town
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like in a parade now get behind the
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wheel of this little vehicle and take
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this skeleton guy just roaming through
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the streets is on some kind of like jet
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propulsion Pat Oh up here he's got a
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beer bottle shoved in his eye before
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departing one last look creepy masks
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wearing helmets that my friends is Satan
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that's gonna do it for today from
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Riverside California
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Tio's tacos any thoughts I was great
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good food amazing art little disturbing
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slightly but a lot to see here and it's
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free to roam around even if you don't
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eat but I highly recommend trying the
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tacos yes I will see you in the next
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video the vlog south
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even though his head has been
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annihilated still holding the taco sign
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up strongly even without a noggin he's
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promoting the company good job he's a
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team player Employee of the Year