A US woman who had a crush on Munsters star Butch Patrick as a child had her dream come true after she tracked him down and he fell in love with her.
Donna McCall, 55, sent a fan letter to Mr Patrick, who played boy werewolf Eddie Munster, when she was just 10 years old, reports the Daily Telegraph.
In her letter, she asked the child star how tall he was because girls at the time were making gum wrapper chains long enough to match the height of their boyfriends.
Decades later, an article about a man who holds the gum wrapper chain world record triggered Ms McCall's memory of her preteen idol. She found his e-mail address and a correspondence began.
Divorcee Ms McCall, who lives near Philadelphia, sent a picture from her cheerleading days and photos of herself doing activities such as scuba diving, trapeze lessons and racing car driving.
Mr Patrick, 57, said: "That intrigued me a lot. She's single, she's beautiful, she's in the nicest part of the country and she likes to do adventurous things. I figured I had to meet this woman."
The pair agreed to meet on May 8 at a horror convention outside Pittsburgh called DraculaCon.
"I think a lot of people... thought there was something special going on between us," Ms McCall said. "It was just very comfortable, very easy."
Within weeks, Mr Patrick, who has homes in Los Angeles and Florida, moved to Pennsylvania to be with Ms McCall.
But the couple deny reports that they have got engaged: "It's not that it's not going to happen, but one day at a time, so to speak," said Mr Patrick.
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