The little "town" consists of a few short streets comprised of eating parlors, unique gift shops, carnival rides, games and classic cars. The area was picturesque and cozy. Going on a Easter Sunday afternoon proved to be a relaxing time to go.
A store completely dedicated to Hello Kitty! I'm beginning to have a thing now for Chococat.
NY "sock" exchange, har har
Sky Coaster
Walking down the street, there were even plenty of pretty flowers and greenery to view.
pretty cute find, huh?
We really weren't there long enough to check everything out, as we arrived a short while before having to head out to the airport for our return trip home.
until I saw this "Attraction" --out on the main street of this "town" lined up against the outer store walls, like it was a pop machine.
this is an ATTRACTION???????????
As you can see, what appears to be a good imitation of a man sits in an electrocution chair- life size, the whole bit- in a large cage. What you don't see, is that he sits there, rocks back and forth and grunts, groans and occasionally swears at you- practically daring you to give the machine a dollar so you can "flip the switch".
I have never seen this before, and this is one of the few things that I DO NOT find any sort of entertainment value in- and I do have a warped sense of humor. And I *know* its fake, but...
I took a few pics because I couldn't believe that this existed where little kids played.
I walked away and went into a nearby shop.
A few minutes later, I heard agonizing screams and groans coming from where I had just been. I stepped back outside in time to see the "man" twisting and turning, followed by poofs of smoke. A few people were standing nearby getting a good chuckle. Had I wanted to immortalize the visual sequence, I could have easily of recorded it, but the stand alone picture- pre 'shake and bake', were sufficient to keep that memory alive. And yeh, i share it with you.. sorry, but it disturbed me so much to see that located THERE.
not sure if its good anywhere, but, hey, if thats your thing and its in an environment of other people digging that sort of thing- then enjoy.
but such a real image, life size..
gah
They have something like that at one of the little tourist traps on Clifton Hill. I'm not sure wich one... maybe the criminal hall of fame.
First of all nice pictures and thanks for sharing. If you didn't show that picture I would never believe what you where saying was true. To be honest that place sounds like a made up place that you would see on a tv show like old town Usa or something. I don't really know nor can I guess why they would have that electric chair thing. But If I remember Corectly florida is a Death Penality state so that could have something to do with it. Maybe it is part of the cultral differances of the south that helps kids find that kind of thing funny, but I'm just guessing.
One of those things you know you shouldn't emjoy. but....
wow that's kind of fucked up