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Wednesday, Oct 31,2012
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Ding Dong,
the witch is gone
HeatherMilfê
The Clackamas Print
Susie Cue, age 9, was walk
ing by herself last Wednesday
night when a dark figure report
edly tried to grab her at the
comer o f Tony and Stark.
“I was leaving die library at
half past midnight, when sud
denly this stranger tried to grab
me.” said Cue. “I didn’t see
what they looked like, but who
ever they were said ‘I ’ll get you
my pretty!’ and then they were
gone,”
Susie Cue, who has been
•living along Drury Lane, just
half a block away from where
the incident took place, says
she no longer feels safe in her
neighborhood. Her parents are
convinced that her attacker is
still at large.
“We’ve been getting strange
letters,” said Dorothy Cue,
Susie’s mother, “written back
wards on our bathroom mirror,
sometimes carved into our front
door. Whoever it is, they’re say
ing they’ll get our little dog,
too. If things continue this way,
I think w e’re going to have to
move.”
The Cues have only been
living in their home a few short
months, already they are sur
prised at the amount of super
natural activity that has been
happening in the neighborhood
“We’re definitely not in Kansas
anymore.” said Dorothy Cue.
However, it wasn’t until the
body o f an elderly, unidentified
female was found in the vicinity,
that local authorities really started
to get involved. The female in ques
tion was between the ages o f 50 and
80 years old, had long, dark hair
and based on the appearance o f her
clothes, was homeless.
Anybody who might be able
to identify the woman is urged to
- come forward.
In the meantime, this incident
has caused the police to do a back
ground check o f all the residents
who live there, and increase patrols
in the neighborhood
“All we can say now is that, the
cause o f death was a large fall from
a very great height, which would be
fatal to any woman o f any age,” said
chief o f police Jim Gordon. “The
woman seemed to have been caught
unaware. She still had a broom
in her hand, which is a mystery
because we think she was homeless.
What was she sweeping? This was
obviously murder.”
The background check on local
residents has produced startling
results. Within a one-mile radius,
law officials found at least two
unregistered vampires, one ghoul
and at least three registered witches,
the latter o f which were all in viola
tion o f their parole by being within
one block o f a school. Questioning
o f residents, however, also reveals
concerns about a so called Bigfoot
- or Sasquatch living in the park
Remus Lupin, 41, a commu
nity member, is peeping a close
eye on the situation. As a registered
Werewolf, he wonders where the
fingers are going to point next.
“It’s been difficult for me to
keep, a job as it is. Now that they’re
talking about murder, things are
getting more uncomfortable.” Said
Lupin. “I know they’re going to
look at me because o f what I am,
but honestly, it sounds to me like the
work o f The Muffin Man - which
isn’t a reassuring thought. Whoever
it is, I hope they catch them soon.”
Lupin isn’t the only resident
talking about The Muffin Man.
If you aren’t acquainted with The
Muffin Man, he was a notorious
figure on Drury Lane in the late 80s.
“There’s no reason to suggest
that The Muffin Man is behind
it He hasn’t been active in Drury
Lane for more than 20 years,” said
Gordon.
Recent reports, do however,
point to activity centering mound
the old Keebler Place. Chief Gordon
assures the public that the City
Police is doing the best they can do
resolve the matter, and that there is
really very little to be concerned.
That being said, he advises all
community members, to please keep
an eye out for any suspicious activ
ity, and to please follow basic safety
precautions when walking at night,
especially on Halloween.
Do not to talk to strangers, wear
While the remains were too disfigured to secure a ^identification, the wicked
witch"s death raises many more questions than answers.
a coat, don’t eat any suspicious
looking candy, generally avoid dark
looking places at night, and blow
your nose into a tissue or napkin,
not on your sleeve or the sleeve
o f a neighbor. Wear bright look
ing clothing. Be loud and travel in
groups. C any a flashlight with extra
batteries.
“The most common mistake
people make is in their own homes,”
Gordon said. “Most people make
the mistake of not turning on the
light before they enter a room. I just
can’t explain how dangerous this is.
Unless the power is out, NEVER
enter a dark room by yourself. And
even then, make sure you have a
flashlight, and that it’s turned on.”
Parents are responsible for keep
ing their children safe. Never
let any children trick-or-treat
unsupervised. Local citizens
can do their part to help ensure
everyone’s safety as well. Keep
porch lights turned on for your
local area trick-or-treaters this
Halloween, and report any suspi
cious activity to the local authori
ties as soon as possible.
Any residents who may have
any information on recent events
are urged to report directly to
Gordon, or the commissioner,
Harvey Dent. A $2,000 reward is
offered* by the county for anyone
with information leading to an
arrest in these cases.
Observatory haven for Haggart haunting
Felicia Skriver
News Editor
Harold Haggart, the creator o f the dome, comes back every Halloween to haunt
the grounds o f Clackamas Community College.
The gravel road tucked in the back
o f campus sits un-noticed all year long
by travelers, until the feted night of
Halloween when it sucks in unfortu
nate souls walking by. The road leads
past the old Observatory that lurks
above us all.
There have been reports within
the years o f people being drawn in,
like insects to a light. Some say that
culprit is the ghost Harold Haggart, the
creator p f the dome. He’s said to have
come back from his grave and claims
spirits from his watchtower. In the last
24 years that the dome has been on
Clackamas soil, there have been many
mysterious disappearances surround
ing the observatory.
“I know' for a fact that creepy
Observatory had something to do
with Trevor’s disappearance,” said
Tiffany Newton about her longtime
friend Trevor Den. “During our Plant
Harvest class he would randomly zone
out towards fee dome and mumble
things under his breath. It was weird..
H e’d wander towards it while we
would walk to fee community gar
dens. It was hard to break him out fee
trance; I found myself yelling at him
once or twice.”
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Clackamas Community College has
had constant rumors swirling feat
Haggart returns every Hallow’s
Eve to collect souls. The unfortu
nates who have been drawn in to
this scheme are said to be Haggart’s
astrological slaves, roaming star to
star. They return on Halloween to
help Haggart do his bidding.
“There have been no definite links
between fee observatory, and fee
disappearances,” said Evan Shroud,
senior assistant to fee director o f cam
pus safety. “The disappearances that
you’re inquiring about have never
actually been traced back to Haggart.-
You can ask fee OCPD if you don’t
belie ve me. It’s all a part o f a big hoax
to scare students.”
Shroud dénies fee connections in
fee cases; however students on cam
pus are becoming more aware o f
fee looming Observatory. The only
astrology class provided by CCC is
now online, being that students are
hesitant to register.
“The chill in fee air made it hard
to breathe,” said Alex Gerald, a stu
dent here at CCC. “The oxygen lev
els in fee air seemed to drop wife
every step I took.”
Gerald was taking fee last astrolo
gy class offered before it went online.
Around mid-terms fee class visited
fee telescopes one late October day.
Gerald and all fee other students
were heading back when suddenly he
ended up back at fee base o f fee stairs
to fee Haggart observatory without
any memory o f how he got there.
“I was just about to climb, fee
stairs when 1—well it looked like fee
shadow o f a man...I was so scared it
broke fee weird trance I seemed to be
in,” said Gerald “I honestly don’t run
much, but I booked it out o f there.”
Gerald stated that he hasn’t walked
past fee road since that day.
Since fee incident, fewer students
have been willing to approach , fee
tower. As tonight is Halloween, stu
dents o f CCC are urged to take care
and take caution when wandering
campus after dark.
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