Barbed Teeth Myths

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There were legends that a cranky, three eyed beast resided in the cave outside town. Rather than heeding the warning three curious teens decided to venture to the caverns. At the mouth of the cave, they shined a flashlight and there was the gleam of one eye staring back at them, then two others, and shiny set of barbed teeth. Before they could run, its claws extended. No can is quite sure what became of them, but the bones tell the

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