Ricky Hagerty (AYAOTD)

Ben Hagerty

Background

Ben Hagerty died five years ago when he fell into the area below the sluice gate after a large amount of water was released.

During the events of Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Season 2 Episode 10 The Tale of the Shiny Red Bicycle played by Benjamin Shirinian

Mike Buckley and Ricky are racing their bikes. They end their race by the sluice gate as a worker is opening it. Water pours out of the canal and Ricky tells Mike that his dad is going to take him fishing. The wooden railing collapses and Ricky's bicycle falls into the rushing water. Ricky starts to fall, and Mike grabs his backpack, but Ricky slips and falls to his death.

At school Mike hears someone calling his name and sees an image of Ricky standing at the classroom door. Mike backs out of his desk and starts yelling that Ricky is there and is sent to the Nurse's Office. Mike looks out the Nurse's window and briefly sees Ricky standing near his bicycle. He looks away from the window and sees Ricky in The Nurse's office. During the night, Mike has another nightmare about Ricky. In the morning Mike wakes up when he hears Ricky calling his name. He looks out his window and sees Ricky calling to him. Mike confronts Ricky and Ricky tells him that he is trying to warn him about Ben Buckley who is about to drown at the same location he drowned. Ricky lets Mike borrow his bicycle and before he leaves, they both tell each other they miss them. The sluice gate operator opens the sluice gate, but Mike manages to pull Ben free in time and they get to safety. Mike looks at where he left Ricky's bicycle and it is no longer red and shiny, but old and rusty.

The very next day, a fisherman found the remains of Ricky.