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Why nightmares might actually be a good thing
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As if the real world weren't scary enough, we celebrate our fears every October. On Halloween the creepy costumes come out, and every year it seems Hollywood trots out a new movie with a familiar plot line.
"Halloween Kills" is the 12th (yes, 12th) installment in the series since 1978.
You probably remember your first Halloween movie, but did it give you bad dreams, or a nightmare?
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It was Labor Day weekend 2003 when Matt Scribner, a local horse farrier and trainer who also competes in long-distance horse races, was on his usual ride in a remote part of the Sierra Nevada foothills — just a few miles northeast of Auburn, California —when he noticed a freshly dug hole along the trail that piqued his curiosity.