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  • 'Screamer' still running, but the shrill is gone

    04/07/2007 11:19:09 AM PDT · by Graybeard58 · 33 replies · 1,816+ views
    Waterbury Republican-American ^ | April 7, 2007 | Aaron C. Davis (A.P.)
    No screaming on the Screamer! A suburban amusement park has gotten so many complaints from neighbors about bloodcurdling screams that it has instituted a no-shrieking rule for its scary new thrill ride, the Scandia Screamer, a gigantic, windmill-like contraption that sends people plunging 16 stories to Earth at nearly 60 mph. Riders who let out a screech -- or just about any other noise -- are pulled off and sent to the back of the line. "After the first complaint, our rule was no profanity," said Steve Baddley, general manager at the Scandia Family Fun Center. "Then neighbors said it...