Thread: Bozz's backyard bog!

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Hallow Forum Fiends!

Indulge me if you will -- I just have to rave!

Well, we did it!! At the kind invitation of HF member Bozz and his family, we (MysterE and I) hopped in our car tonight and drove an hour north to enjoy Bozz's Backyard Bog - his cool haunted trail! And what an experience!! It is soooo wonderful to finally get to ATTEND someone else's haunt and experience the scares and fun we dream of! Especially when, year after year, we spend sooo much time planning our own haunt parties that we never really get to relax and just be a "guest."

Bozz has enlisted several actors - including his talented son - to wait patiently throughout the trail and listen for unsuspecting guests to make their way through the woods of a what is a truly creepy forested area behind their beautiful home.

There are scares galore along the way - even before your feet hit the trail. After walking though the cool haunted house on the driveway, you are greated by his avatar/signature pirate and a hidden lawn blower that is suspended from the ceiling to deliver a big burst of air and sound as you make your way out to the backyard. It is anchored up in the opening of the garage attic door. When I walked under the flags - I got pummeled with a blast of wind that set the mood for the trail to come! Genius!

Bozz has several props hooked up to get lively with motion and sound - and he even has a few real fish (stuffed with sharp teeth intact - eek!) lurking at eye level inside a tunnel arch that leads down the trail. You can't get out of the arch without a snake attack as you exit. Further down the trail - and deeper into the woods - are several spooky spots - but the thing that really makes your adrenalin rush are the actors waiting to jump out and say BOO! They got me good!
And since this was a practice night in prep for the Big 10/31 - we were privileged to see some of the behind-the-scenes efforts that go into making a trail haunt so fun. We even got to see some of Bozz's great prop finds from Spirit. He really scored with the Bat Bar!
We felt truly fortunate to live near another HF member haunt and after tonight, we are even more convinced that Halloween Forum is the #1 place to hobnob with our fellow Halloween wizards.

Bozz and his family really know how to keep the Halloween Spirit alive and kickin'. It was just the break we needed - and really pumped us up to get our own haunt in gear before (yikes) next weekend!

Thanks Bozz - and thanks too to Halloween Forum for making it all possible. We had a truly special night tonight - thanks to Bozz and his great family. Happy Haunting next week and beyond ~ BOO!

Wow, sounds like you had a nice night full of good hospitality. Its always nice to meet up with people and see things.

Glad to hear you survived Did you need to change clothes? haha
How's the puppy doing? Did you take her with you?

MsM

It was such a pleasure to have you guys up. Forum members I'm here to tell you now if you enjoy Susan's wonderful sense of humor and extremely nice personality on these boards, well her and her hubby Rich are even twice as much fun in person. We never laughed so hard ..........so if you ever get the opportunity to meet them or entertain them.......... your in for a real treat ! They are a pure joy, fun / funny, and first class all the way ,.

Yo that is friggin awesome..we need to have some parties here in Canada..well ones done by forum memebers to say the least..

Nice looking group! I'm guessing Ms SusieBoo is the 'shocked' one with the halloween orange scarf on? C'mon Bozz, I was expecting a much more TERRIFIED shocked look from her

I didn't see her but I heard the scream she made when my boy lunged towards her,shes a good screamer too......lol. He was standing on the very end of the decoys with his head down as just another static prop, works eveytime day and night and you guess her in the pic . A FEW MORE SHOTS BELOW...........SHOULD HAVE A VIDEO UP BY MONDAY.

Now that's what I wanted to hear! Susie screaming instead of booing haha Got the scream on video? haha Susie the screamer

I'm currently uploading a walk thru video now on YouTube its 15 mins. long so I'll have to do it in 2 parts. I should have it up and on the boards here in the next hr. or so.

That is so great! Looks like you guys had a great time!!