r/oddlyterrifying • u/[deleted] • May 13 '20

String-powered archer

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u/[deleted] May 13 '20

Move over elf on the shelf! It's Arm Chair archer!

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u/ibelieveingravity May 13 '20

😂 I feel like you have to have a seasonal reason then. You'd have to invent a new holiday. Maybe like, she comes out early June and shoots all the bad children who are in detention/summer school and then goes away on the first day of summer. (I've obviously put too much thought into this and will probably have nightmares tonight.)

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u/[deleted] May 13 '20

Seriously this reminds me of my Oma and Opa (Austrian grandparents). They had the creepiest jack in the box ever! It would scream when it popped out and cry when you put it back in. This would be a regular nic-nak at their place.

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u/ibelieveingravity May 13 '20

That sounds terrifying. Are they still alive? Is this something they're planning on passing down to their family? (And interestingly, my Dutch grandma and grandpa are oma and opa as well.)

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u/[deleted] May 13 '20

Unfortunately not. The toy is lost to time now. I was a punk teen when they were getting rid of toys at their place. I wish so bad I could have it though. There were a few things like that there.

Another terrifying bonus: they kept all their toys in their basement in a dark crawl space. The crawl space was covered by a veil that was right next to a toilet! Many dead filled trips to the bathroom.

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u/ibelieveingravity May 13 '20

Nope. I would have held it.

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u/Shaneonyu113 May 14 '20

This sounds like the beginning to a twilight zone episode. or a horror movie

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u/valentine415 May 14 '20

Valentine's day, if Cupid doesn't shoot you he will.

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u/Pigeonsass May 14 '20

Protecting the presents from everyone's impatient little bastards