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Spot, The

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Spot, the | Nickname | Public sex spot in Stanley Park that made headlines when a group of armed men staked it out to kill Aaron Webster, then claimed total innocence that they were there because it was a gay sex spot. It’s in the area where Lee’s Trail, Rawlings Trail, and Bridle Trail “create, appropriately, an upside-down triangle on the map” – Stanley’s Secrets.

Usage: “What are those two dudes doing over there, grunting in the woods like that? Oh, shit…wait, is this The Spot?

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