Haunted Shack
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The Haunted Shack was an attraction at Knott's Berry Farm
for many years, until it was demolished in 2000. After a spiel concerning "strange goings on," and a demonstration in which two volunteers appeared to change height (in what was, in effect, an outdoor "Ames Room
"), groups of guests were led on a tour of an odd shack in which the laws of physics seemed to be distorted, with chairs sticking to walls, and water seeming to flow uphill (all through the use of various perceptual illusions, combined with a surrounding hillside that completely isolated the shack from any outside frame of reference).
Following the tour, groups were given the "Haunted Shack Oath":
Guide: Repeat after me: I
Group: I
Guide: Got taken
Group: Got taken
Guide: That's the whole oath.
Knott's Berry Farm
Knott's Berry Farm is a theme park in Buena Park, California, now owned by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, and a line of jams, jellies, preserves, and other specialty food, now part of The J. M. Smucker Company based in Placentia, California....
for many years, until it was demolished in 2000. After a spiel concerning "strange goings on," and a demonstration in which two volunteers appeared to change height (in what was, in effect, an outdoor "Ames Room
Ames room
An Ames room is a distorted room that is used to create an optical illusion. Probably influenced by the writings of Hermann Helmholtz, it was invented by American ophthalmologist Adelbert Ames, Jr...
"), groups of guests were led on a tour of an odd shack in which the laws of physics seemed to be distorted, with chairs sticking to walls, and water seeming to flow uphill (all through the use of various perceptual illusions, combined with a surrounding hillside that completely isolated the shack from any outside frame of reference).
Following the tour, groups were given the "Haunted Shack Oath":
Guide: Repeat after me: I
Group: I
Guide: Got taken
Group: Got taken
Guide: That's the whole oath.