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Haunted House Features Bin Laden Execution

Display Put On By Naples Jaycees

POSTED: 5:20 p.m. EDT October 25, 2001
UPDATED: 5:23 p.m. EDT October 25, 2001

A mock execution of suspected terrorist leader Osama bin Laden is the star attraction of a Halloween haunted house sponsored by the Naples Jaycees.

"Every year we have an execution," said Lisa Douglass, chair of the Naples Jaycees. "This year we wanted to execute someone everyone hates."

The house features a young FBI agent pummeling bin Laden in his death row cell, then dragging him kicking and screaming to the execution chamber before slamming the terrorist into the electric chair. The agent turns on the electricity, making sparks fly and the floor shake.

Teenagers play the role of the agent and bin Laden.

The Jaycees are sponsoring the house as a fund-raiser to buy gifts for children and soldiers. They raised $36,000 last year and want to do the same or better this year.

Douglass said most people have enjoyed the haunted house, especially the execution chamber. "There are some naysayers, but I'd say come experience it for yourself," she said.

Stephanie Andrews, 17, of East Naples, dressed as a devil and selling food at a concession stand outside the house, said the bin Laden attraction is a real success.

"That's the thing that's getting them to come," Andrews said. "It's our little way of revenge."

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