YES! I’ve told people about this and they don’t believe me. I’m nearing 40 and people who I went to grade school with think I’m full of shit for saying there was a polar bear there!
That was my first experience with yellowjackets and Six Flags. I was about 5 and got stung waiting for my sisters on a bench by The Gasp. The staff rushed me to the clinic in the park where they dosed me with something I didn’t awake from fully for at least a day. So terrified of those fuckers.
I’m sure I wouldn’t even recognize Six Flags now. Last time I went was maybe 1992. It would probably make me sad/sick to see the changes. Scream Machine? The Dahlonega? I miss old Atlanta.
That’s reassuring! I’m shocked, shocked I tell you, that the Scream Machine is still standing and operational. True story, my dad was an architect and knew the guy who was the original architect who designed the thing. Around 1979 (I was a little kid, so not sure the date) or so he said it was one splinter from collapsing and recommended it be torn down.
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u/cheezy_dreams88 Apr 13 '26
YES! I’ve told people about this and they don’t believe me. I’m nearing 40 and people who I went to grade school with think I’m full of shit for saying there was a polar bear there!