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Have you been to ‘The Darkness’ in St. Louis? I was there a month ago and had a great time. It’s considered to be one of the best haunted houses in the US.
Believe it or not … I went there just for the heck of it at age 15.
The only thing I actually reacted at was actually a bridge that when I stepped on felt like it was gona break. I asked the guy later … wasnt part of the act.
Im like ok …. :o …
Dogs scare me more :P
What a nice post! you reminded me of my childhood days. I’ve been there once when I was 5 or 6 yrs old, with my cousins and our moms. I remember I held my mom tightly and kept crying throughout the bhoot bangla journey, while my brothers, sister n cousins kept messing up with the ‘bhoots’ putting fingers in their eyes and making fun of them :) It was an experience!
Hill park’s long ‘slide’ was quite thrilling at that time..
Hill Park amusements always remained under the shadow of a better equipped ‘fun land’ at Clifton therefore the rides of Hill Park are lesser known. I visited Hill Park last time in 2005 and found the ‘Meraj’ amusement park closed (I visited around 7 p.m.). The Hill Park however, now boasts a brand new ‘ride’ park towrds the northern end of the park and everybody goes to the new rides park. In Short I don’t know whether ‘bhoot bangla’ is still operational or not. Can anyone confirm ?
My goodness….wonderful writing. so personal and touching. I remember the Bhoot bangla…and taking my little sister there. I probably scared her more than any of the opeerators. I remember the operator moving a sack (boree) behind some bars but in the process get tangled up and fell to the ground. That was just hilarious.
Your post also reminded me of the years long past us when my uncle would come over, we would rent a horor movie (such as evil dead) and watch it in a dark room….mamoon could always scare the living bejesus out of us by throwing something at us at the climax moments. Now his son is how old we were back then…Maybe its time for me to pass on the tradition.