If You Go
‘ What: Hell House, performed by Rising Fawn Church of God ‘ Where: South Dade Community Center, 259 School St., Rising Fawn ‘ When: 7:30-11 p.m. tonight, weather permitting. A tour takes 20 to 30 minutes. ‘ Admission: Free
RISING FAWN, Ga. – He stands behind waist-high flames, lifts his black hood and chuckles.
“I knew you could never keep a promise!” he tells an audience of about 20. “This is where it ends for you!”
It is cold outside the South Dade Community Center on Friday night, and the fire is the lone source of light. And surrounding the audience, men and women and children with painted faces crawl through the dirt on their bellies and clutch the air inches from the visitors. The demons wail. And Chris Hagler, 45, the pastor of the Rising Fawn Church of God, stays behind the flames, head tilted back, laughing.