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Re: Strange Happenings in Socorro, NM.

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On Tuesday, September 1, 1992 at 11:14:32 PM UTC-6, David Honeywell wrote:
> Here is a story that was told to me when I used to live in Socorro, NM.
> It also appeared in the local newspaper back in the early 70's. My
> best friend's father told us this one night when they were having a
> family get-together a few years back.
> Mr. Sanchez (my friend's dad) explained to us that there used to be
> a bar that went by the name "The Old-85". Back in those days, there
> wasn't a whole lot to do on a Friday night so many of the adults went
> to this bar to "live it up". At that time, the population of Socorro
> was around 5000 people, so most folks knew others on a first-name basis.
> Out of towners were easily recognized by most "townies".
> Anyway, it so happens that on a certain Friday night, the Old-85 was
> busy as usual, full of the usual rowdies, rock and roll band, and what not.
> (As told by Mr. Sanchez himself)He and a few friends decided to step out
> for some fresh air and to "shoot the shit". They noticed a real fancy
> Corvette pull up, and an impressively handsome man stepped out of it.
> They took note that he wasn't from around there and joked at his clean-cut
> looks to themselves. He proceeded to walk into the bar.
> A few minutes later, Mr. Sanchez and his friends walked back into the
> bar to enjoy the rest of the night. He took note that the mysterious guy
> was having an easy time socializing with the local women, and also mentioned
> that most of the guys in the bar noticed too (jealousy I guess?).
> At this point, Mr. Sanchez tried to forget about the hot shot stranger
> when he noticed a commotion beginning to occur. Many people were whispering
> to themselves and pointing and looking at the stranger who was now seated 
> alone in the back corner of the bar. He leaned over to a friend and asked
> what was going on. His friend then told him to look at the stranger's feet.
> Mr. Sanchez realized that the man was wearing no shoes or socks, and instead
> of having human feet, the guy had CHICKEN FEET! He then explained in great
> detail that the man's feet were unusually large and groteque. The crowd
> was so upset, that someone called the police while several people
> "barracaded" the man in, and what I mean by this, is that a few guys
> casually stood around the area making it hard for him to leave without be-
> ing noticed. When the police finally arrived, several people pointed
> to where the man was seated and were astonished to see that he had completely
> dissappeared! There was no way for the guy to have left without being
> spotted going thru the crowd, and there was no back door for him to escape.
> When the crowd walked outside, they saw no trace of his car.
> Like I mentioned above, the story was featured in one of Socorro's daily
> newspapers (I have no idea what the day was, or for that matter, what year
> it was). If anyone is interested, it wouldn't be to hard for me to pull
> the newspaper out of the archives (Socorro is less than 200 miles away).
> I'm told that its still a mystery to this day about what happened on that
> strange night.
> dhon...@dante.nmsu.edu
> David R. Honeywell

Why isn't there anything on web about this bar in Socorro?

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