Template:Featured Article/07 2010

Almost nothing is known of Ra Amin Ka's background but for the fact that he was once an evil Egyptian king. Around the turn of the century, Ra Amin Ka was mummified and his inert body came into the possession of a traveling carnival. During the 1930s, the carnival was passing through bayou country in the American southeast when Ra Amin Ka awakened and began terrorizing the community. According to a town sage, most of the people from the town relocated soon after. Tales of Ra Amin Ka soon became part of the local folklore.

By the year 1985, Ra Amin Ka was once again inert and entombed inside his sarcophagus. The sarcophagus came into the possession of an elderly blind man who kept it secure inside of his remote cabin. One evening, an actor named Harold, who had been working on a monster movie where he played a mummy, came to the old man's cabin seeking shelter. Harold was still in his mummy costume and, being mistaken for a real mummy, was fleeing from some angry villagers. The blind man invited him into his hut, but when he placed his hands upon Harold's hands and arms, he panicked, believing that Ra Amin Ka had come to life. The man retreated into the back of his cabin at which point, the real Ra Amin Ka awakened once again.

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