1. The night shift, an after hours
beacon of light for hungry fish
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2. and the place for the night
owls of Bikini Bottom to gather.
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3. But on occasion, it can be
something very different.
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4. It can become a shift
of crippling fear
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5. for unlucky employees,
bringing them face-to-face
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6. with more than just late
night customers.
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7. Yes, my friends,
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8. bringing them face-to-face
with the paranormal.
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9. I'm Ken Shock,
and this is SpongeBob DocuPants.
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10. Cashier Squidward Tentacles
and fry
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11. cook SpongeBob SquarePants
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12. regularly closed up shop
at 8:00 PM.
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13. But at sundown on one fateful
Tuesday night,
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14. that would all change
when restaurant owner
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15. Eugene Krabs
made the unprecedented decision
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16. to keep the eatery open
24 hours.
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17. They both took the news
a little differently.
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18. SpongeBob was excited
to stay later.
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19. Squidward was mad
because he couldn't go home,
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20. but they didn't think
much of it.
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21. They both thought Krusty Krab,
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22. same during the day
as it is at night,
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23. but, uh, they were wrong.
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24. The night began like any other.
Customers came and went.
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25. Orders were placed, and those
same orders were filled.
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26. But it wasn't long
before the shift
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27. began to slow down
and boredom set in.
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28. As a harmless means
to keep himself entertained,
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29. Squidward told a ghost story,
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30. a story he had thought came
solely from his imagination.
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31. It was the tale of the ghostly
Hash Slinging Slasher,
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32. a supposed former fry cook
at the Krusty Krab.
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33. The story told the details
of the cook's life
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34. and untimely death.
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35. As legend has it,
he was just a regular fry cook
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36. working a part-time job
and he was little clumsy.
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37. So one night he went
to the kitchen
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38. to cut the patties
like he always does,
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39. but this night
he was particularly clumsy,
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40. and after a few minutes
of the repetitive motion,
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41. his hand slipped.
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42. It was his own trusty knife
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43. that ultimately
cut off his hand.
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44. But before the young fry cook
could even call out for help,
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45. he was hit by a bus.
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46. The kitchen is generally
a safe place for the employees.
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47. Yes, you have your knives.
You have hot stoves.
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48. You never expect
to get hit by a bus.
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49. When SpongeBob heard that story,
he was really shaken up.
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50. He was screaming and
his eyeballs were screaming.
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51. He was really shaken up.
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52. I think that's what
Squidward confessed.
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53. I think he just really wanted
to calm SpongeBob down.
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54. But was the tale of the Hash
Slinging Slasher
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55. truly a work of fiction?
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56. Paranormal investigator Arnold
Douglas doesn't think so.
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57. Supernatural presences like this
can hold a lot of power
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58. over the subconscious
of an untrained mind.
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59. You know, Mr. Tentacles
seems to believe
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60. he was making this all up.
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61. But I've seen a lot of ghosts.
Now this is a ghost.
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62. I think Mr. Tentacles
was subconsciously
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63. tapping into this old fry
cook spirit energy.
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64. I think he might
have the gift.
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65. Squidward, believing that
his story was fabricated,
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66. went about what he hoped would
be a peaceful night of reading.
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67. But the night shift had
a different plan in store.
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68. Eerie noises began
to drift down
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69. from the ceiling
of the establishment.
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70. It sounded like this weird
popping sound
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71. that he was hearing over
and over and over again.
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72. And alone in the dark like that,
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73. I think it'd get
anyone thinking.
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74. Is this all in my head
or is it real?
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75. I'd like to examine this book
he was reading.
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76. You know, it appears
he was behaving normally,
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77. but something wasn't
right about this book.
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78. There was no title,
nothing on the cover whatsoever,
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79. even the pages
were completely blank.
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80. Mr. Tentacles may not
have even noticed it,
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81. but I believe
the spirit had him.
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82. Blank books and strange noises
were only the beginning,
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83. because just after 3:00 AM,
coincidentally the perfect time
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84. to eat a Krabby Patty,
the real haunting would begin.
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85. Neither of them had ever
been there that late before.
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86. But it was a Tuesday night,
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87. the very same night the fry cook
supposedly cut off his hand.
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88. I don't think it was a
coincidence what happened next.
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89. And then the lights
just went out.
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90. No warning, no nothing.
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91. The lights were on,
and then they were off.
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92. And they were on,
and then they were off again.
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93. But then they were on.
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94. And they were off again.
And they came back on again.
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95. Squidward thought SpongeBob's
just playing a trick on me.
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96. He's trying to get revenge
for that scary story, you know,
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97. because he heard
that the flickering lights
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98. were a calling card
of the Hash Slinging Slasher.
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99. SpongeBob wasn't touching
the light switch.
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100. In fact, he thought
that Squidward was doing it.
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101. But then they could both see
nobody was touching it,
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102. and they're both looking
at each other like,
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103. "What the barnacles
is going on?"
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104. Startled, Squidward attempted
to justify
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105. the flickering
as faulty wiring,
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106. a mere result of keeping
on the lights for 24 hours.
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107. But his explanation
was quickly undermined
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108. by another
frightening occurrence,
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109. a phantom phone call.
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110. Squidward was already pretty
jumpy when the phone rang,
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111. so when he picked it up
he sounded really startled.
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112. I think he remembered the story.
A phantom phone call,
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113. it's another calling
card of the slasher,
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114. and I know as he
picked up that phone,
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115. he was just praying that there
was someone on the other end.
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116. But of course there wasn't.
So in a whirlwind of panic,
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117. the octopus
frantically attempted
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118. to recount the details
of the story,
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119. desperately hoping that
it would provide some clue
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120. for what would come next.
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121. But what came next was something
the story didn't foretell.
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122. Both employees report seeing
a strange green slime ooze
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123. out of the wall,
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124. an apparition that
after mere seconds
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125. seems to have vanished
without a trace.
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126. What's strange about this
is that Squidward
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127. was oddly calm about it,
just sort of excepting it.
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128. He even claimed that the walls
had always done this.
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129. You know, he said,
"They always do that."
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130. We scoured the records,
the archive footage,
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131. the blueprints
of the Krusty Krab.
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132. Nothing, there is not
a shred of evidence
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133. that these walls
ever oozed green slime before,
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134. but somehow Squidward swears
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135. he remembers it happening
all the time.
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136. I think the Hash Slinging
Slasher's spirit
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137. was having a greater effect
on Squidward now.
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138. It was getting closer to him,
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139. and it was actually
altering his memory.
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140. As Squidward's memory
grew foggy,
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141. a thick fog also engulfed the
front door to the Krusty Krab.
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142. The employees claim
it was an unnatural fog
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143. with a greenish hue.
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144. It lingered for a few seconds,
and then it was gone.
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145. But in its wake
was a crimson city bus.
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146. SpongeBob had been stranded
and rock bottom before,
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147. so he knew the buses
didn't run this late. Ever.
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148. Something wasn't right.
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149. It was only after
the strange bus
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150. departed that the employees
caught a glimpse
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151. of something
they'd never forget.
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152. I mean, the bus was
scary enough,
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153. but what it left behind...
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154. What they saw,
it was disturbing.
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155. Squidward
and SpongeBob both describe
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156. what they saw that night
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157. squinting into the darkness
outside the building
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158. as a looming shadow
staring blankly back at them.
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159. It was kind of hunched over.
If you looked closely enough,
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160. you could see
these deep red eyes.
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161. You could even see the
silhouette of a spatula, though.
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162. Where the left hand
was supposed to be,
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163. his hand was cut off,
like from the story.
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164. Frozen with fear,
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165. the two long time employees
of the Krusty Krab
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166. could only watch
as the front door slowly opened
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167. and the shadowy
figure slipped inside.
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168. It had to have been the scariest
moment of their lives.
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169. They were trapped
and they were dealing
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170. with forces way outside
of their understanding.
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171. The pair embraced and closed
their eyes
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172. as the shadow approached,
unable to look at the sight
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173. they were certain
would be their last.
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174. But when they opened their eyes,
the shadow was gone.
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175. Instead, there was just
some kid standing there,
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176. probably wondering why
they were looking so scared,
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177. and there was no sign
of the slasher anywhere.
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178. The spirit of the Hash Slinging
Slasher had left the building,
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179. and Squidward and SpongeBob
felt safe at last.
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180. It felt like somebody was
standing over your shoulder,
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181. like breathing on your neck,
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182. and then suddenly
they were gone.
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183. It's hard to describe
what it was like,
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184. but it was just oddly
still after that.
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185. You know, skeptics often claim
that what they saw that night,
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186. uh, actually was just this kid
that came in, but no.
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187. No, no, no. It's very clear
to me that the Hash Slinging
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was there that night,
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189. and this kid showing up startled
the spirit, scared it away.
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190. This isn't the first paranormal
occurrence in Bikini Bottom,
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191. and it probably
won't be the last,
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192. but it is the most polarizing.
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193. A lot of people like to say that
there is a logical explanation
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194. to everything
that happened that night,
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195. but then there are
the other people
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196. who like to point
to all those little occurrences
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198. It's hard to know
what to believe.
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199. It's remarkable what the
skeptics will tell themselves
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200. to avoid
the overwhelming reality
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201. that a former employee
cut off his hand,
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202. replaced it with a spatula,
was hit by a bus,
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203. and haunts the building
every Tuesday night.
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204. Today, both Squidward
and SpongeBob
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at the Krusty Krab.
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206. There have been
no further reports
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207. about the slasher and life
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208. seems to have moved on
for the underwater employees.
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209. It's not clear if they ever
told their boss, Mr. Krabs,
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210. what happened that night.
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211. But it is clear that
neither Squidward nor SpongeBob
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212. have worked
a night shift since.
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213. These guys were lucky.
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214. When facing something
like this they...
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215. Wait.
Did you hear that?
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216. No.
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217. Shh. Shh. Quiet.
Did you hear that?
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218. No.
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219. You heard that last one.
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220. You heard it.
It's all around us.
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221. While the story of
the Hash Slinging Slasher
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222. was never confirmed,
for two workers
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223. on one particular Tuesday night
shift at the Krusty Krab,
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224. there's no trace of doubt
that the Hash Slinging
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225. Slasher
is absolutely real.
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226. I'm getting most of energies
from this side.
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227. There it is. Does anyone here
have an Aunt Barbara?
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228. No Aunt Barbara's? I knew it.
Oop, that was just me.
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229. Did anyone here
just recently lose a cat?
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230. I found it.
Was this chair on the Titanic?
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231. No?
Fair. Fair.
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232. I do cleansings on the side,
soul cleansings
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