Thread: questions from the kiddos tonight!!!

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1. "Zat tang takin' my pitcher?"
(No, it's a strobe light)

2. "Does yer kitty like candy too?"
(No, the daughter's gerbil is loose and he's prowling around the front door in hopes of getting a free, fat meal)

3. "Why is there a car wif yer Halloween stuff?"
(It's a '61 Plymouth Savoy - not a scary as Christine but uglier)

We made a six foot witch that was supposed to stir a cauldron, but the turntable went out. We settled for a fog machine blowing fog through a hole in the back of the cauldron for the appearance of smoke. One of the kids asked, "Is that a real witch?"

Most surprising moment: "Here, here's the door, let's see if they's in here..." and the kid literally opened the door like he was going to come in! I was standing just off to the side, so I popped out with a "boo" and it startled him back out. Came out and said, "so who's so hungry they need a treat?" and they all dove in. Poor things, nothing but sugar to feast on all night, must have been starvin'...

My favorite questions of the night were from both kids and adults. I stand in the lawn, very...very...still...the walk around me and up to the front door. I usually turn around to face where they are getting candy and when they start back to the street...I'm facing them again.

Most ask, "Wasn't that thing looking the other way?" As the go by, I usually pick one out and reach-out to touch with a small growl. They usually all get creeped-out and take off! Then stop for a great laugh while I wave goodnight to them and wish them all a happy Halloween. Lots of them hang around and watch for a bit while I get the next crowd.

My husband was acting like a stuffed dummy sitting along the walkway. He would move & startle the parents or a brave ToT.

He moved & scared a kid. The oldest in the group (maybe 12) says to me "What did you get mad at him and have to kill him?" I replied "No, he was just bad and is in a time out"

Man, I laughed, the kid had a pretty good/dry sense of humor.

I had one little boy ask me if he could go into our Haunted House.
We only do up the outside. The inside is just as normal as always.
I thought it was real cute, and that maybe I should have done something inside just to let him go in.

Not from a kiddy, but a guy who wandered, drunk, to my front door... "I was attracted by the lights." He offered me a drink (out of the bottle, of course) after I gave him a candy bar and wished him a happy halloween.

After moving the haunt from the backyard to the front, the biggest question was "Is there anything out back?". Many young'ns were dissuaded by their parents from instinctively trotting down my driveway as well, proof of Pavlovian theory at work.

The evening's best questions, and the most intelligent ones I might add, came from a tiny little girl of about three, who asked a ton of technical questions about my animations. I was more than pleased to answer every one.

Originally Posted by Dr. Slickshill

The evening's best questions, and the most intelligent ones I might add, came from a tiny little girl of about three, who asked a ton of technical questions about my animations. I was more than pleased to answer every one.

Awe, how cute is that? Another future haunter? I hope

I stand at the exit of my walk-thru Haunt to hand out the treats. My Haunt is in my small, detatched, one-car garage.

One little girl (about 7 y/o) asked, "Do you live here?"
I nodded silently.
She looked around and said, "Where do you sleep?"
In a low voice, I said, "I NEVER sleep. Happy Halloween."

I think it kinda creeped her out.

Roger