If you walk around NRG Stadium on game day, you never know what you're going to find.
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Sure, there are the tents filled with excited fans, and plenty of good food.
But then, there's the unusual. Hanging in the blue lot is a tent that might make your skin crawl, with shrunken heads, scary clowns and downright spooky faces.
"Maybe it is a little bit of trying to jinx, but it's also just doing something to make us feel different than just a tent," Texans fan Bob Chick said.
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A season ticket holder, Chick adds a new piece each year, a tradition he started after he caught beads from promotional cheerleaders.
"I would always go after those," Chick recalled.
Each piece has a meaning. Some he's bought, and others were given by friends.
"The pirate is from a daughter and some good friends, so that means a lot to us," Chick said.
Chick gets a kick out of the creepy mementos, pieces that, at first, took his wife, Marla, some convincing.
"It did at first, and then I realized it's just a way to express yourself, and a personality, and that's how he enjoys tailgating and it wouldn't be the same if we didn't have these friends around us," Marla said.
A group of friends that might not make much noise, but certainly bring joy to this couple every Texans home game.
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