The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow New York - Real Headless Horseman Bridge / Old Dutch Church & Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow New York Nov 2023
Transcript
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today's adventure brings me to a place
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that I've never been but always wanted
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to
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see with my own
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eyes
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Sleepy
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Hollow New
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York as the recording of this Monday
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November 6th fall is in full swing and
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possibly
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I'll see the
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headless
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horsemen
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quite a Vibe through here with the
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leaves that have changed recently
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here to
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the real life Sleepy Hollow the
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church the Immaculate Conception Church
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of Sleepy Hollow resides right here have
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the cross over
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there amazing looking home here I have
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never been here ever in the 49 years of
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existence on this Earth that I have
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resided I have heard the stories I've
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seen the shorts I've seen the
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themed characters in The
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Parks and now I'm here in the real place
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I'm inviting you to join
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me that truck has squeaky brakes shall
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you and even though all Hallow's Eve was
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about a week ago already come and gone
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still a little room for some spookiness
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this here in the
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fall the name of this
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town adopted the Sleepy holler name
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named after the short
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story back in the
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9s originally Terry town or North Terry
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Town there's a lot of cement trucks
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going through here if you look up on all
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the street signs they definitely embrace
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the headless
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horsemen and the story and the
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name pretty neat little area down here
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it's a nice little quaint downtown got a
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bit of construction there they got the
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scrim up around that
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building very
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strict strong words
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there beautiful
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Church proper theming here in the
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windows also there is the vassel
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directory here that kind of show some of
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the things here in the general area
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there's the Terry news there's the
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Sleepy Hollow bicycle shop the Hollywood
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North Pizza little Hollywood name in
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here and then you got some ghosts and
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pumpkin head goblins all along the side
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side of the Sleepy Hollow bicycle if
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we're playing a drinking game on how
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many times I'm going to say this name
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probably will not end well for
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you where to holidays
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Collide you know Halloween's come and
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gone but Christmas is right around the
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corner always give it a little nod to
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Nightmare Before
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Christmas
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that's
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awesome why am I so easily entertained
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this the old Strand Theater here you
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could see where the Marquee used to be
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now a medical center you can see where
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the movie posters used to be too or the
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posters for the Productions the old
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strand the gentleman that wrote the
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short story Washington Irving he's laid
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to rest around here so I'm going to see
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if I can find that spot as well and that
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is why the town Embraces it so heavily
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it was all based right here I'm going to
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go to the bridge also this bridge this
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is an art you know artistics interpret
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or artist interpretation of it it's an
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interesting building over there law
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offices and right next to
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it is the post office here in town
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that's it right over there that little
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side building Green County got some
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ghosts on the window there Medusa even
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making an appearance
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here corner of Lawrence Street is an old
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building dated 1912 again this town had
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its original name up until the
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mid90s there's going to be some
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references to North ter Town not just
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what it's called now for example at the
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base of this Bell here the fire station
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Bell North Terry Town lots of
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pumpkins the municipal building and look
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who is on the stained glass right up
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there also the clock is correct it is in
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fact
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10:45 I always like when towns have the
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correct time on their
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clocks going to be a lot of pumpkins NT
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nor ter
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town I'm hope I hope I'm pronouncing
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that
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correctly there's a headless firefighter
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not just a headless horseman is a
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headless firefighter look
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he's lost
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it really Pleasant weather right now
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50° just
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perfect very busy Thorofare that goes
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through here another clock with the
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correct time check out Horsemen Bagels
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over here they have coffee in here or
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they are just fully embracing this look
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at this this look at this
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all right I got it check a look they put
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the little cardboard thing on there cuz
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this thing is piping hot but there he is
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he's holding a
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bagel not a pumpkin kind of see it there
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it's a bagel not a pumpkin caution stand
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back you never who know who could be
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lurking in this area
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I guess I could have got pumpkin spice
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but I have to just I mean it would have
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made sense to get pumpkin spice
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but the plastic golfers right
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there right along the side of this
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little rock shop also it wasn't as hot
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as I thought it was so I could I took
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the little cardboard thing off you can
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get a better look here at the bagel
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guy it's a great old vehicle take a
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look the animal hospital and there is an
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officer that has the Sleepy Hollow on
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the side of the
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car pretty cool it's a sleepy little
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town one could say a quiet Village every
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day like the one before of course I'm
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quing Beauty and the Beast but it is a
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village it is a it is designated look
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there's another one stay in the name of
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the village on the side he a little
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Disney tie in because I remember the
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Disney short with kabad crane the
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horsemen and if memory serves correct I
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believe the one that previewed with that
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are somehow Incorporated I think Mr
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Toad that was also somehow wedged in
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there I have to look that up but I'm
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pretty sure toad had something to do Mr
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Toad would be cruising around here that'
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be pretty awesome
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I don't know if toad would be afraid of
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The Horseman though didn't seem like he
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was scared of too much all right I knew
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there was a correlation Walt Disney the
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adventure of kabot and Mr
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Toad told and sung by Bean Crosby and
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told by basil wrath bone and Technicolor
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so you can see there is The
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Horseman and then down here is jadus
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Toad himself
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Little Toad tie it now one thing more
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frightening than subject matters I've
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already just
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mentioned are these geese I've not had
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good luck with gooses and geeses they
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seem to be walking away though so that's
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good that's good because what I want to
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show is
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this presented to the Village of nor
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Terry town by the Centennial committee
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back in 74 which was the same year I was
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born before they changed the
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name it is now so that's why it still
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says the village of North
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Terrytown the Centennial committee when
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it was 100 years old started in
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1874 and then in
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1974 this was placed here and take a
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look at the horror of this is this
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supposed to be kabad in a in a really
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fast pace on a horse just getting out of
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town trying to get the heck out of here
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I mean really you know the animated is
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kind of it's kind of
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humorous and I've seen it in the parades
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not so scary Oogie Boogie
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bash certain
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events but you look at this that is like
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I mean that's not even like ing in a
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comical way that is like
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fullon going after this
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guy it's kind of horrifying we really
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think about it there are a few places
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that are on my bucket list to
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go on Halloween on All Hallows Eve
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October 31st of each year my favorite I
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think so far is being in South Pasadena
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where John Carpenter filmed the
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movie every Halloween night there it is
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amazing I've done it twice so I kind of
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knocked that one off the list this year
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a week ago give or take a
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day I was in Salem Massachusetts when
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you think of asking a lot of people
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where do you want to be on Halloween
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night a lot of people want to say Salem
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I said that and I was there I did it one
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year I would love to be here in Sleepy
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Hollow New York on All Hallows Eve I'm
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going to make that happen one year I
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don't know when I think that might be
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like that might happen one
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year gas here in town is
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368 according to that of course a horse
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meets a different kind of
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fuel I don't know what the Horseman's
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horse probably just a traditional diet
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that a horse would
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have so right next to this is a
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sculpture right over there where a few
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people are getting a photo I'm going to
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be one of
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them just across from the fuel stop gift
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shop over there go over this bridge
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which is
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known very
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famously in this little
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river all right evidently the old bridge
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fell into
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disrepair and now there's a new
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bridge formerly span the stream at this
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spot a more magnificent functioning
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roadway very very very wide here this is
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the old
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bridge the
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spot from the
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story not away I would want to spend an
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evening being chased by someone holding
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a pumpkin that is their Noggin in their
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head and the horse is sprinting after
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you in a fashion that would give you
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night nightmares for the rest of your
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existence the church grounds are open
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till 4:30 p.m. each day the Old Dutch
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Church started back in
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1685 and as it should
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be this was placed on the national
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register of historic
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places that was a garbage truck
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4: and I believe his headstone and his
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final resting place are so is so
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populated or people ask where it is so
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often that they have just placed a sign
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leading to
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it which is nice
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that the village does
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that there houses up on the
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hill through the changing of the
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leaves and a train going by oh it
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doesn't get much better than
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this can't see the train from here but I
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heard
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it
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tethers is horse
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nightly in the churchyard according to
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the legend
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plot national
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landmark Washington Irvings grave and
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his home Sunnyside and the Old Dutch
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Church which he immortalized in the
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legend are historical
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landmarks Perpetual care from local
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citizens and admirers of the
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author this plaque was placed here in
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is you can't walk right up
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to headstone in fact it says stay out
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of the
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enclosure if there is this little
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walkway kind of go around the backside
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here so you got the family plot
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signature here and then you got his
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right
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can almost feel you can almost feel like
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an eeriness not really but when it gets
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quiet when the traffic down there kind
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of goes by and more down towards the the
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river stream down
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there even even though it's Not Dark
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Yet
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and the wind's blowing the leaves are
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fall I keep like looking over my
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shoulder like is that
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felt it's always fascinating to visit
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places that give
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inspiration for stories that live on way
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longer than the people that wrote them
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I'm always fascinated by traveling and
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going to places like
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this this place is
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awesome some dogs barking in a residence
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down the
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road so this church was also mentioned
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in the short story where kabad was in a
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rush to get
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here try and do escape and get to this
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so where that main bridge is that has
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the plaques on it which is kind of the
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main thoroughfare in and out of
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town supposedly there's another
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Bridge the back of this property so I'm
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kind of stepping back in here where I
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just was a little bit ago I'm going to
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try to find the one that was more
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similar to the one he wrote
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about hopefully tucked away back here in
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the woods along the stream oh look at
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this look at
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this
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okay is this the original
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Bridge
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that the original bridge is still back
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here this little walking path here
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would Trot upon treaded
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upon this is pretty dang
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cool look at
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you can see where
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the y went across right
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there
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glad I walked back over here this is
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really dang
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cool probably a I don't know maybe a
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half mile down the stream from where the
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bridge that has the placards on it
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R like an axle or
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there it is the real headless horseman
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Bridge the real
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deal
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unbelievable at the trees growing out
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the side of
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I was going to say it's kind of tough to
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wrap my head around the fact that this
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is the real
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bridge I'm making a head
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pun bad joke so if you visit this area
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don't sleep on this
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spot is a bad one too just to give some
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proximity go in the South entrance here
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along the side of this
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road I was up there a little bit earlier
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and showed them those but go along this
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road here along the side and then
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down the incline
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there and there's also some condos and
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houses right
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there the bridge they designated the
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newer bridge is over here about a quar
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of a
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mile so walk up this
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road go along this
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direction and the original Bridge Is
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Right down
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there this is interesting
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here this is a type of
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headstone that when you go through the
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Haunted Mansion at Magic Kingdom in
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Florida they kind of recreated something
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similar to this
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style as you're walking through the
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queue this is a really expansive
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property I just realized someone else is
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in
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here and I want to see where their their
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headstone
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is Mr Andrew
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Carnegie 1835 to
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1919 responsible for an incredible
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amount of architecture
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Carnegie
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Hall it'll never
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last I believe that's a paraphrase
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paraphrase quote from the American
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Adventure this is pretty dang cool
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little side
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note to the subject matter but
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and not only coins have been placed but
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also dollar
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bills here on
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his and his
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okay sounds
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good I asked if I could get a photo of
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the truck
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here fire truck inside I said I
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could door was open and I asked one of
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the
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Mo pumpkins
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everywhere look at this freaking fire
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station very
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gothy very gothy take a look at this
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little painting of this ghoulish
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creature here with the tongue and then
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these eyeballs these flying eyeballs all
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right going to cover some ground make up
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some
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miles heading
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Southbound that's going to do it for
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today going to be on the road the rest
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of the day just making up some
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time heading south we'll see you in the
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