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31 October 2006

Your Halloween stories? →[More:]

My most memorable:

So there was this haunted house, sponsered by a church. (Every event in my hometown was sponsored by one church or another. Even Halloween stuff.)

The haunted house was actually a haunted barn. And a big part of the fear was that you had to run across a stack of hay bales while being chased by Leatherface!! (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, you undersand.)

Well, I ran across those hay bales, and I slipped, and I fell off. I fell into the dead space between the hay bales and the side of the barn -- which was basically a large tarp.

And I was trapped for 10 or 15 minutes, until someone from my church group realized I didn't turn up at the van.

But by that point, the dude with the chainsaw found me and tortured me a bit.

The end.

post by: mudpuppie at: 03:00 | 67 comments

It's been made clear to me now that I haven't articulated the fear inherent in the situation I just described.

See, I was totally TRAPPED between some hay bales and some plastic, and I couldn't move. I was stuck. And it was really fucking scary. And there was a chainsaw.

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:06

It sucked.

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:12

This is my thread. Leave me alone.

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:14

I have other stories, people.

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:15

Ooh, I have a Halloween story!!

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:17

Mudpuppie, do tell! It must have been fascinating!

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:18

It was, mudpuppie. It was really fascinating. But it's a story best told at another time. Sorry, dear.

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:20

Oh, you are a fucking tease, mudpuppie. You suck.

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:22

Fuck you, mudpuppie. You totally ignored what I was trying to say, which is that Halloween makes us ALL wear a mask. All of us. So fuck you.

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:23

*puts down chainsaw, backs slowly away*

posted by elizard 31 October | 03:24

*feh* spill it.

posted by Zack_Replica 31 October | 03:24

Oh jesus. You think you're so smart. You concoct this whole she said/she said thing, and you think you're going to win people over. But really you're just hiding beind some stupid annual costume, and that's very sad. You are very sad!

And was that story about being stuck in the hay bales even true??

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:25

Oh, it was true, my friend. It was true.

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:27

I'm sorry, mudpuppie. I jumped to conclusions. Sorry.

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:29

No, it's okay. People do that. I get it. I never meant to start anything. I like you, I do. I'm sorry if I gave a different impression. I get sensitive sometimes. Sorry.

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:31

It's starting, people.

posted by occhiblu 31 October | 03:32

Thanks, it's okay. I like you too.

And yeah, that story was totally true. I got stuck between some hay bales and some plastic. And a guy with a chainsaw chased me. I didn't wet my pants or anything, but I could have. It was sucky.

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:33

No shit! That MUST have been sucky! Jesus.

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:34

Well, duh. But please, don't use the Lord's name in vain like that. Especially not today.

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:36

What do you mean?

please, don't use the Lord's name in vain like that

Are you getting all right-wing on me?

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:38

I had a Halloween once where I pretended to be a good friend. I made phone calls to people and shit, and they totally bought it. It was great.

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:40

Wait, what's going on here?

I am muduppie, and I approve of this message.

And I'm confused.

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:41

Okay, this is weird.

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:42

So... has anyone seen mudpuppie?

posted by taz 31 October | 03:43

I am scared.

posted by carmina 31 October | 03:43

Gee, guess the chainsaw thing left more mental scars than were originally apparent, huh? :P

posted by Zack_Replica 31 October | 03:47

Wait, what the fuck is going on??

(And this is mudpuppie.)

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:48

I can't find mudpuppie... somebody go back to the haystacks and see if she's there.

posted by taz 31 October | 03:49

It's the ghost of the great pumpkin!

posted by occhiblu 31 October | 03:53

I actually had a good Halloween story, which I told above. But it's probably more appropriate now that people tell ghost stories.

I don't believe in ghosts, but I have seen one. I think we discussed this a year ago.

Carry on.

(This is mudpuppie.)

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:54

*watches the goings on from the rafters. A mask covers the burnt ravaged remains of my face. Sad Eyes stare downwards.*

posted by seanyboy 31 October | 03:55

THIS IS MY THREAD! RED RUM! RED RUM! RED RUM!

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:56

(This is mudpuppie.)

(Not really. I just like saying that.)

(This is occhiblu.)

posted by occhiblu 31 October | 03:56

I am ZAT. Are you the gatekeeper?

posted by taz 31 October | 03:58

GET OUT OF MY THREAD, BIYATCH!

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 03:59

GET OUT OF MY THREAD, BIYATCH!

That was not me. Something weird is going on.

*hears chainsaws in the distance*

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 04:01

Mudpuppie is a big liar.

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 04:05

LOL. Yes, I am. I am not to be trusted. Ever.

--mudpuppie

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 04:06

*dresses up as mudpuppie for Halloween*

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 04:09

Dr Ray Stantz: Gozer the Gozerian... good evening. As a duly designated representative of the City, County and State of New York, I order you to cease any and all supernatural activity and return forthwith to your place of origin or to the nearest convenient parallel dimension.

Dr. Peter Venkman: *That* oughta do it. Thanks very much, Ray.

posted by Zack_Replica 31 October | 04:09

No, seriously, the story about being trapped between the hay bales and the plastic was a good one. And it was true, too.

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 04:13

What about the chainsaw?

posted by Zack_Replica 31 October | 04:17

All of that was true, including the chainsaw!

Fucking derailers....

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 04:18

Hey, I'm no derailer, unless it's an evil derailer.

posted by Zack_Replica 31 October | 04:22

Holy shit, what's going on here??

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 04:26

Whoa, this is fucked up.

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 04:32

*makes "wooo woooo" noises*

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 04:36

Well, we have a plethora of pups here. If we can train them all to attack, then the bad people are in Trouble!

posted by Zack_Replica 31 October | 04:37

I am not your pup. GO AWAY!!!!

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 04:40

Okay, this is creepy. Stop.

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 04:42

I will be vindicated in the morning.

-- mudpuppie

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 04:47

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by Zack_Replica 31 October | 04:50

...hold me...

posted by sciurus 31 October | 07:50

is this thing working?

posted by altolinguistic 31 October | 08:55

So, how many mudpups are there? I'm confused.

posted by LunaticFringe 31 October | 08:56

mudpuppies?

posted by Lipstick Thespian 31 October | 09:26

You know the one where mudpuppie said mudmuppie sucks? That one wasn't mudpuppie because likes girl puppies.

posted by danostuporstar 31 October | 09:29

Oops, I left out a mudpuppie there.

posted by danostuporstar 31 October | 09:30

The day before Halloween, my gentleman friend and I took a long road trip through the North Country to visit this old roadside tourist attraction that was closing down. This was the last day before they began the full dismantling of the exhibits, and we received a special tour from the proprietor.

Billed as a walk-through adventure of state history, it was essentially a giant stage-set diorama built inside a huge black-box warehouse. You began by crouching in a creaky old wooden ship as the floor gently rocked beneath you and timbers moaned and groaned. You then walked through a pre-contact forest scene, through the pioneer's settlement and the little cabin in the howling winter wind. Along the way there were occasional animatronic figures, singing and talking, and phantom-ghost children amid weaving machines on a mill floor.

THe walk was quite disorienting, as the pathway wove around and up and down and layered upon itself in many levels. And the exhibitry was all very charming in a creepy way. Finally, we were testing an echo feature, where you lean across a fake lake and holler at a mountain and listen to your echo come back. Our guide said "You wait here - I'll go see why it's not working." The two of us looked at each other, lost in the large empty creaky weird now-defunct tourist attraction, and the rest of the plot of the horror movie this might become easily suggested itself.

But then he came back and we ended up with a lovely tour and a pretend train ride which felt really real. So it was a nice time after all. But you could hardly have had a better set-up.

posted by Miko 31 October | 10:00

Um, West Coast Gentlemen-Friends-in-Training?

This is how you will eventually roll in New England. Forget what you've heard about foliage trips, hottie women from Boston, or finding good, cheap real estate in Vermont.

You want to get freaky with the local fauna? It's all about psychotropic, claustrophobic, Tom Robbins-style tourist traps and then a nice visit out to a gigantic, white landmark hotel where Jack Nicholson got his inspiration for merrily chasing his offspring with an axe.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 31 October | 11:07

My mother died on Halloween and I must say that this postcard, while not mine, holds true for me too.

posted by By the Grace of God 31 October | 11:52

When I was a junior, our dorm set up a haunted house. I got to be a corpse dangling from a noose. A special touch I suggested, which worked quite well, was a completely dark hallway filled with latex gloves hanging from the ceiling. Each glove was filled with ice water and covered in vaseline, and hung at a height intended to hit most people in the face. Instant gross-out.

posted by deadcowdan 31 October | 12:31

Oops, I left out a mudpuppie there.

Mudpuppie?

posted by Specklet 31 October | 13:05

Some years back when my kids were smaller, my gentleman friend and I took a whole minivan full of kids to Pennsylvania to this huge haunted barn/cornfield etc. We had to wait in line a long time in front of the haunted barn. I was wearing an elderly, raggedy but beloved black peacoat. As we wound up through the line, I realized people were smirking at me. Then I realized that we were standing under black light and every cat hair, dandruff flake, smear of whatever on my old black coat was illuminated and glowing. My coat was very, very scary.

Which turned out to be a good thing, because my stepdaughter was about to have a big old freak out about going into the terrifying barn in the cold and dark and seeing the glowing mess that was my coat distracted and cheered her up so that we go to go in after all, where it was very frightening and cool and we were chased all around by college students in bad makeup wielding chainsaws and other implements of destruction.

posted by mygothlaundry 31 October | 13:06

I got a 403 on that postcard, BtGoG.

posted by essexjan 31 October | 13:43

arse. Sorry about that!

It's one of this week's postsecret postcards. The direct link does seem to work when copied and pasted into my Firefox, if that helps..

posted by By the Grace of God 31 October | 18:19

*waits for Mudpuppie to call out Mudpuppie on MeTa...*

Back on topic... There was this spooky old house with a spooky old couple in it at the end of our block. We never ever saw them all year long except on Halloween when we would go up to the house and say "Trick or Treat!" and they would give us candy apples and cups of warm cider. Very nice people. That is all.

posted by Doohickie 31 October | 19:43

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