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Gambling? Nudists? What was going on behind the 8-foot fence in Edmond?
Among those who know about “the compound,” conclusive answers could never be found as to why the property at Edmond Road and Kelly Avenue was surrounded for decades with 8-foot-high fencing topped with barbed wire.
Part of the fencing finally came down this summer, but who put up fencing and why remains one of Edmond’s longest-running mysteries.
Some say the fencing was put up around a house that once stood on the property to hide illegal gambling involving wealthy and powerful interests. Other rumors, some salacious, also are repeated by those who have been around long enough to remember when the fencing was originally built around the approximately 15-acre property.
“The rumor is that nudists lived there,” the new owner said. “That’s my favorite rumor. I haven’t heard any others but that. And I’m going with that.”
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