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Some Thing are Best Left Alone

7m · Pumpkin Smiles · 19 Jun 14:05

“It was like something sealed up in the wall was trying to bust out.”

A story from Jennifer, an elementary school teacher who is still a little nervous about her eerie experience as a kid.

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