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Camry's Descriptive Essay: The Haunted House

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I slowly stepped out of my beat up Camry. The blaring sirens of police cars and emergency reuse vehicles echoed off the broken-down warehouse on the wharf slitting my head in two. The flashing blue lights almost blinding me. Taking a moment to gather my senses I slowly take in the scene. The stench of dead fish is suffocating mixing with the fumes of gasoline and grease. Walking closer to the warehouse entrance a new smell mixes in with the stench. A vile rustic odor and burned flesh assaults my senses. A shiver runs through my body making the hair on the back of my neck raise as I make my way into the building. Walking through the first hallway was like steeping on the set of Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Blood splash stained the walls

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