A Unique Vacation....On the dark side,,,,,

:: Editor's Note : This article is part of a series we are doing on unique Dark Rides across the US. Just in time for travel season. Why not scare yourself a little on your next vacation?::

The year was 1977 and I was just about 6. During a trip to Six Flags Over Georgia, I overheard someone talking about how at the top of the log ride hill there was a man that tried to cut your head off with an axe. I thought how awful that would be to be on whatever ride they were talking about. A little while later I found myself in a hollow log floating down a blue flume. It was not too bad, nice scenery fun going around the turns.

As we turned a corner, I saw up at the top a huge hill a big top hatted man with an axe. Then I knew. At that point I thought my parents and grandparents were the stupidest people in the world for getting on a ride like that and taking me with them. As the hollow log boat neared the top of the hill, I saw an attendant standing on a little platform watching out boat. Not taking any chances with whatever he had in mind I crawled up in the bow of the boat and crouched down by my parents' knees. I felt our log going over the crest of the hill. The terrible clanking sound was louder down there and I waited expecting their heads to roll down any second. The boat slammed down through a log tunnel into the flume and I peeked out and saw them smiling and tugging on me to get back up. I couldn't believe they lived, and I thought how wrong it was to have rides that have killers on them.

- Kingpower Cinema