Mine would be the time my dad rigged a harness and “hung” himself from the carport beam, dressed to look like a stuffed Halloween decoration. He would grab at the bigger kids and parents when they came up to the door for candy. Scared the living bejeezus out of them.

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    Probably all the times I went to Spirit Halloween growing up. I really loved all the squishy gross-out toys, like creepy crawlies and rats.

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      One just opened in the old Rite Aid building near me. I haven’t gone in one in ages. I may wander in just to look around.

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    My wife and I used to get hot chocolate and visit every spirit Halloween in our state. Later on we got married on Halloween. So those two together are really special to me

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      All on the same day or did you space them out?

      Sounds like a dumb question, but I am married to an action figure collector, and we have made a few marathon toy runs to allll the stores over the years.

      And I love that your anniversary is Halloween!

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    I was like 9 and in a new school. My aunt died in a car crash that October. Days later, we’re at the most famous haunted house in the city, my parents had agreed to something months prior.

    Anyway, 9 years old, horror house, haunted secret hallways, scary basements. October.

    I don’t know what that means but, it always makes me feel something.

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      I don’t know what to say. That’s a whole lot for anyone to process in one month, much less a 9yo kid.

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    We’ve done Halloween in key west a couple of times. Zombie bike ride is super fun!

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      Dad lived there once upon a time and now makes an annual trek to Fantasy Fest. I’ve done Zombie crawls, but never a bike ride. How does one pedal or steer with mangled limbs? 😄

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        Very carefully. 😁 There are thousands of zombies participating, so you really just sit on a bike and ‘flintstone’ it. It’s a fun time that can be as mild or as wild as you choose.

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    If anything, I spent spooky season cosplaying, nothing spectacular. Was never really a trick-or-treater unless it was a part of something else. My favorite cosplay was of Arezu. That day, everyone wanted me to trick-or-treat.

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      I remember having lots of Pickachus, a few Ashes, maybe a Naruto or two. One year I was visited by a Totoro, but otherwise nothing very niche. Did any adults recognize your character?

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    My mom really got into Halloween when I was a kid. Even as I got a little older and not that into it she still decorated the house and put on a tape of spooky sounds that played through a boom-box hidden on the front patio when she would hand out candy for trick-or-treaters.