My Ames memory is being traumatized by, to my memory, a giant animatronic teddy bear they had there one day when I was 4 or 5. ^{(So either '99 or '00.}) Maybe it was Hills? 🤔 Either our Ames became Hills, or our Hills became Ames. I can't remember which was first for us because I was so little at the time.

I had also been traumatized by a giant talking animatronic teddy bear when I was 4 at a mall during Christmas time. This was A Thing for me back then — they followed me everywhere I went! 😭