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I remember seeing that story on TV when I was a tyke.

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It was a huge deal for my dad to ever enter a circus tent after that, which he did with me twice when I was young. Even as a typically oblivious kid, I was aware that he wasn’t happy with being there.

I never got to meet my grandfather, who died before I was born.

My dad died in 2004. I’m pretty sure I don’t like the circus because I think it’s boring and smells like animal poop, but there may be some inherited fears of it too....lol