The house that inspired King's novel, 'Pet Sematary,' is up for sale. (Google Maps)
The house that inspired Stephen King's novel "Pet Sematary" is up for sale in Maine.
WCSH-TV reports the 113-year-old, four-bedroom Orrington house is being listed for $255,000. The house sits on three acres about 15 minutes south of Bangor. It's also where King wrote the story.
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King's website says he was renting the home in 1979 when his daughter's cat was killed by a truck. Local children had created a pet cemetery in the woods behind the house, and King got the idea for the book after burying the cat.
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The novel came out in 1983 and was adapted into a movie in 1989. "Pet Sematary" is also the name of a Ramones song that plays over the credits of the movie.