Thousands sign petition to shut down controversial haunted house: A torture chamber under disguise
A haunted house that lasts 10 hours and requires its visitors to fill out a 40-page waver is now the subject of a petition calling it a "torture chamber" that needs to be shut down.
McKamey Manor, which stretches from Summertown, Tenn., to Huntsville, Ala., has drawn national interest for years due to its extreme conditions: Attendees can reportedly be subjected to having their fingernails pulled off or even getting a tattoo, according to one volunteer employee.
The circumstances inside are reportedly so intense that owner Russ McKamey has promised a $20,000 reward for anyone who completes the tour a feat he says no one has ever accomplished.
"Not your typical 'Boo' Haunted House. You've been warned!" the house's website states.
But now McKamey Manor's radical reputation is being challenged. A Change.org petition which calls on both the Tennesee and Alabama state senates to permanently close the attraction has earned more than 63,000 signatures since launching five days ago.
The petition, titled "Shut down McKamey Manor," claims the haunted house is actually a "torture chamber under disguise" that "uses loopholes to get out of being arrested."
"They do screenings to find the weakest, most easily manipulated people to do the 'haunt'... McKamey Manor is a shame to all haunted houses, and needs to be shut down," the petition reads.
Frankie Towery, who started the Change.org page, alleges that the attraction often includes waterboarding and visitors being forced to eat things, adding that attendees have even reportedly been injected with drugs in order to cause hallucinations.
"It's literally just a kidnapping and torture house," the petition's description also says. "Some people have had to seek professional psychiatric help and medical care for extensive injuries. I propose that all locations where this is happening be shut down immediately."
Why can't the liberal generation just let people get their fingernails ripped off in peace? Happy Halloween! ---