Thread: Do you statle ToTs at your haunt?

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For those who have a haunt at home do you just provide a spooky atmosphere or do you also attempt to startle people? If so, how do you do it?

Mines more upfront raw intimidation these days. I will follow and make older kids squirm though.

Originally Posted by UnOrthodOx

Mines more upfront raw intimidation these days.

What do you mean by intimidation?

The whole "I ain't going in THERE" reaction.

So kids wind up coming in bunches, huddled together, or clinging to the parents.

I don't hide in the shadows, everything is well lit by comparison to other yard haunts. Nothing jumps out. Just the stuff out, with me there.

A little of both actually, I set a spooky atmosphere and I let the smaller TOT's go through without triggering the props.. the older ones I try to startle. All my props have to be manually triggered, yeah its a bummer but Im working on it lol anyway that lets me choose who I 'startle' and who I dont
Example: I have a creepy pond w/ a skull fountain, spanish moss, fog and a large lizard. The younger TOT's just walk by , the older ones get a 'spit' from the lizard

This might sound sick and sadistic, but scaring a ToT half to death is one of the best feelings I could have.