User talk:Newsman2007

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Not going to block, I got the message when I thought the above boilerplate would help you out. It was an easy mistake to make, and easy to clean up. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:30, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Halloween Hoax
I deleted this article because I believe it was a hoax. If you were developing a story with sources, please repost it under a new, more descriptive title as per the style guideline. Thank you.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:29, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Imitating a grisly death by hanging is an annual feature of many Halloween "haunt" shows, usually implemented by securing the victim in a harness that supports his weight when he drops from the gallows so that the noose placed over his head doesn't actually snap his neck or constrict his windpipe and prevent him from breathing. Unfortunately, on more than one occasion such stunts have gone wrong and resulted in actual deaths.