When I first met Rory, he told me about this tradition that he and his friend John Link had every Halloween. They set up Rory's porch with a "dummy" man next to a bowl of candy. The dummy however was John and when the kids got close enough he would just slightly move his hand or something and scare the little children.
The kicker is that they had a video camera all rigged up and in the house, behind the porch windows Rory threw a party each year where the guests could watch in real time as John scared the children.
I participated one year while we were dating, but then after we got married John moved away and I just felt funny about being the house on the block that was known for scaring children. So the tradition ended with me. Talk about a kill joy.
Our friend Beth recently asked about the video footage and in the midst of the boxes downstairs we found a dvd of one of the years. Rory clipped it together as sort of a best of. If you're not into Halloween, you may not appreciate this. But if you are, you may find yourself laughing and getting pretty fired up for an evening of trick or treating. Happy Halloween, everybody!
Boo! Halloween Live at the Groves from Becca Groves on Vimeo.
6 comments:
So this is what you're doing today?!!
Josh and I enjoyed the laughs! HaPpY hAlLoWeEn!
BEST. EVER.
I'm glad that you put a stop to this. Those poor kids were scared even before he moved. :-)
Too, Too funny. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much for sharing this - too, too funny!
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