Snuggin' baer

The purple menace, an urban legend about a toy bear that became a vicious killing machine first it ate a squirrel. Then a man fell victim to it's insatiable appetite.

APPEARANCE
The snuggin' baer is a toy bear that has purple fur, red eyes, sharp teeth and claws.

LOCATION
Abandoned Ames discount stores

HISTORY
Ames was an American chain of discount stores based in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, USA. The company was founded in 1958 with a store in Southbridge, Massachusetts, and at its peak operated 700 stores in 20 states, including the Northeast, Upper South, Midwest, and the District of Columbia, making it the fourth largest discount retailer in the United States despite some success in its later years, Ames was plagued by debt and a slow decline in sales because of the Snuggin' Baers weren't selling. This resulted in two bankruptcy filings that ultimately put an end to the chain. The company, despite expanding into other markets and taking over many closed stores that had been abandoned by competitors, went out of business in 2002. That's where Snuggin' Baer™ was left to rot in old dusty storage shelves. But some appeared in thrift stores mysteriously. Nobody really knows how they got there or when. But when they were bought by parents that's the day they signed their death wish.