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Turned on Rusty, too.

We used to talk about that sort of thing in hushed, excited voices.
Not in front of Slim, though. I couldn't have said any of that stuff
with Slim listening. But also we figured, being a girl herself, she
might not want to hang out with us if she knew we had fantasies like
that.

Whenever I imagined the Janks Field witch orgies, I always pictured
Slim as the virgin tied to the altar. (I didn't mention that part to
Rusty or anyone else.) Slim never got sacrificed because I came to her
rescue in the nick of time and cut her free.

I don't know if any humans actually were sacrificed at Janks Field back
in those days. It was fun to think about, though: sexy and romantic
and exciting. Whereas the sacrifice of animals, which apparently was
going on, just seemed plain disgusting to us.

The animal sacrifices disgusted and worried just about everyone. For
one thing, pets were disappearing. For another, people going to Janks
Field for make-out sessions or wild parties didn't appreciate tripping
over the dismembered remains of Rover or Kitty. Also, they must've
been worried that they might be next.

Something had to be done about Janks Field. Since it was outside the
city limits of Grandville, the county council chose to deal with it.
They tried to solve the problem by installing a chain link fence around
the field.

The fence remained intact for about a week.

But then a concerned citizen named Fargus Durge entered the picture.
He said, "You don't have orgies and pagan sacrifices going on in the
town squares of Grandville or Bixton or Clarksburg, do you?" Everyone
agreed on that. "Well, what's the difference between the town squares
and Janks Field? The squares're in the middle of town, that's what.
Whereas Janks Field, it's all by itself out there in the middle of
nowhere. It's isolated! That's how come it's a magnet for every
teenage hoodlum, weirdo, malcontent, deviate, sadist, satanist and
sex-fiend in the county."

His solution?

Make Janks Field less isolated by improving access to it and making it
a center of legitimate activity.

The council not only saw his point, but provided some funding and put
Fargus in charge.