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Spooky slumber party takes place underneath Paris

Spooky slumber party takes place underneath Paris

A once in a lifetime opportunity to spend the night with the dead.

Every kid knows no slumber party is complete without a few spooky moments, but one contest winner got an entire evening of skeletons and spirits in Paris’ infamous catacombs.

Pedro Arruda of Brazil submitted the winning essay to Airbnb’s macabre Halloween contest, earning himself the chance to sleep 65-feet beneath Paris’s historic streets with some of its oldest residents.

Arruda and his 65-year-old mother spent the night in a candle lit room somewhere in the winding dimly-lit maze of femurs, skulls and spines.

The two were accompanied by a story teller, to make the night truly terrifying.

As a self proclaimed “history nerd,” Arruda was excited about the experience, and said the dead do not bother him.

“I’d be much more scared if they were alive,” he told the PostStar.

The catacombs are open for Parisians and tourists to walk through during the day, but sleeping among the walls of bones is unheard of.

Airbnb paired up with Paris City Hall to make the experience possible, reportedly ponying up $331,000 for the Halloween night access.