Religious Kentucky teen refuses to run race after being assigned 666 bib

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By Lee Moran / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

A Kentucky teen refused to run in a cross-country race after being issued a bib marked with the "devil's number" 666.

Codie Thacker said seeing "the mark of the beast" on Saturday made her feel physically sick and demanded that race chiefs issue her with a different tag.

But they refused, so Thacker decided to quit the regional competition before it had even begun.

"I just don't believe that 666 should be a number that's anywhere on your body and I did not want that number associated with me. It kind of made me sick," she later told WYMT.

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There is no reason they could not give her a new number. Shame on them.