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ZACH WHITNEY, FOX 13 NEWS UTAH.
>> Bob: OCTOBER AND HALLOWEEN
BRING FANTASIES OF WITCHES
FLYING OVER FULL MOONS.
>> Hope: BUT THERE IS A VERY
REAL PAGAN COMMUNITY IN SALT
LAKE CITY.
WE'LL
>> Bob: WE HAVE HALLOWEEN
APPROACHING, AND IT'S THE SEASON
FOR WITCHES.
MEMBERS OF UTAH'S PAGAN
COMMUNITY OPENED THEIR DOORS
TONIGHT TO DISPEL MYTHS AND
MISINFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THEY
REALLY ARE.
FOX 13 NEWS' BEN WINSLOW WAS
THERE.
>> Reporter: PAGANISM IS AN
UMBRELLA TERM FOR PEOPLE WHO
BELIEVE IN MULTIPLE GODS OR
GODDESSES OR PRACTICE
WITCHCRAFT.
THEY HELD AN OPEN HOUSE TO HELP
PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT THEIR BELIEFS
AND BUILD BRIDGES FOR PEOPLE WHO
DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
>> A LOT OF MISINFORMATION ARE
THAT WITCHES ARE EVIL, GREEN,
UGLY, SACRIFICE CHILDREN OR EAT
BABIES OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY
BE.
THAT THERE IS WORSHIP OF SATAN.
THINGS THAT HAVE NATURE.
NONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE TRUE.
>> Reporter: THIS SERVES AS A
PAGAN COMMUNITY CENTER FOR
UTAH'S ESTIMATED 15,000 PAGANS.
>> YOU HAVE THE ZION CURTAIN
HERE IN UTAH.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE PUT UP A
CURTAIN AROUND US, AROUND YOU
HAD THAT SAYS EVERYONE WHO LIVES
IN UTAH IS A MORMON WHEN IN
TRUTH UTAH HAS A VERY VIBRANT
AND DIVERSE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY.
PAGANISM IS JUST ONE OF THOSE
DIVERSE FACTIONS.
>> DRUIDS, WICCANS, TEMPLE OF
ISIS.
YOU NAME IT, WE PROBABLY HAVE IT
TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: PAGANS AND WICCANS
COMMONLY ASSUME THEY'RE GODLESS,
IN FACT, THEY BELIEVE IN MANY
GOD FORMS, ARCHETYPES AND
SPIRITUAL BEINGS.
>> DON'T THINK WE'RE TREE
HUGGERS, AND KNOW THAT WE RUN
THE GAMBIT BETWEEN CONSERVATIVE
AND LIBERAL.
I KNOW SEVERAL STAUNCH
REPUBLICANS AND SEVERAL VERY
LEFT DEMOCRATS.
>> ARE THERE PAGANS IN UTAH.
>> Reporter: SIDE BY SIDE
REPRESENTATIVES OF UTAH'S
DIVERSE PAGAN COMMUNITY ANSWERED
QUESTIONS FROM THE CURIOUS.
>> I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WITCHCRAFT,
AND IF IT'S A POSSIBILITY OR
NOT, AND IF THINGS ARE REALLY
OUT THERE THAT WE DON'T KNOW
ABOUT.
>> Reporter: UTAH HAS HAD A
PAGAN COMMUNITY SINCE THE EARLY
1980s GROWING EACH YEAR.
>> THE MAJOR MYTH I WOULD LIKE
TO DISPEL IS THAT WE'RE KOOKS.
THAT THERE ARE ONLY CRAZY PEOPLE
WHO BELIEVE IN THIS.
THERE ARE TEACHERS, DOCTORS,
LAWYERS WORKING IN UTAH RIGHT
NOW WHO ARE PAGAN.
>> IT PURELY IS IF YOU
UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DO AND WHAT
WE'RE ABOUT BETTER THAN OUR
ABILITY TO LIVE WITH YOU
PEACEFULLY, AND FOR US NOT TO
HAVE GROSS MISUNDERSTANDINGS IS
GREAT, GREATER.
>> Reporter: EACH YEAR UTAH'S
PAGAN COMMUNITY HOLD AS PAGAN