#13 - The Devil Beat a Hasty Retreat

This is the front door of the same house as seen in #6 – Little House in the Canyon, #7 – Home Sweet Homestead, and #10 – Keep the Shade In.

I have no idea what actually happened to cause such a rip in the front door screen like this. But it has the remarkable resemblance of a cartoon-character silhouette of a devilish shape, horns, mustache and all! Some say it was actually the mustache of photographer Travis Haight that made this remarkable visage.

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