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ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT DREARY, WHILE I PONDERED, WEAK AND WEARY...LONG I STOOD THERE, WONDERING, FEARING... DEEP INTO THAT DARKNESS PEERING... QUOTH THE RAVEN, `NEVERMORE!' - EDGAR ALLAN POE.(L.A. Life)

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From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date: 20001028
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Byline: Jacqueline Etcheverry Staff Writer

Most of us are content handing out a few pieces of candy to adorably ghoulish kids at our doors on Halloween night.

But some Valley residents like to create a good scare, spending weeks - or, in some cases, months - turning their yards and homes into Halloween haunts. Most of the spooky spots are open free of charge for everyone to visit, if they dare.

``I didn't like trick-or-treating. Instead, I liked to run around and scare little kids,'' Simi Valley resident Lee Seymour says.

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