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ISIS Violence Prompts Removal of Busch Gardens Halloween Props

Busch Gardens altered its Halloween programming to remove decapitated props reminiscent of ISIS beheadings.

by David Mikkelson, Published Sept. 19, 2014



Claim:   Busch Gardens has altered its Halloween programming to remove decapitated props after recent ISIS beheadings traumatized potential attendees.


TRUE

Example:   [Collected via Twitter, September 2014]

I can't even with people being offended by headless Halloween figures at Busch Gardens and comparing to ISIS. Really?

— Trevor Dickerson (@TrevorDickerson) September 18, 2014




By David Mikkelson

David Mikkelson founded the site now known as snopes.com back in 1994.


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