Things That Go Bump In The Night

This photograph was taken in our yard after the last downpour

My kids have always loved this time of the year and so did their daddy. You see we were only one house off the road and only a few came. Randy would prepare and get excited each year for those who would come to the house. He had such enjoyment planning his main scary decoration every year.

We hoped to hear the doorbell and at times we did. For those too skittish to ring sometimes we left a basket of candy out on the porch.  It was rare to have little trick-or-treaters but we never or he never gave up.

One morning after Halloween we woke up to find a mask, a pumpkin bucket with candy, and a black piece of fabric. We wanted to know what happened, what was the mystery?

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We had to wait until the next Spring at strawberry time to find out what happened and who had dropped their goodies and jumped out of their costume! 

One of my workers told me still with fear in her voice that it was she and her kids who had come up into the yard and been scared so badly that they ran dropping everything. Oh, how that made me sad, and I of course offered new buckets full of candy and a new costume. She said, "No thank you but I'll never get them back up there again!" 

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I guess his headless man sitting on the porch had scared the daylights out of them. I told him to soften it up so the little ones wouldn't be scared out of their wits! 

The children were fine no lingering fear but they said, "We love y'all but tell Mr. Randy we ain't coming back up there again!"

I'm sorry he scared them so bad with his headless man on the porch.

Precious family

We loved them

Thankfully they recovered from it!

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Great Aunt Luna's Charleston Ghost Tale.