A Creepy Guy with a Cape was following us!

written by Bob   Danielle was nine, I think, n she asks if we could plan a Halloween party for her friends. I lived n Swissvale n my tiny apartment was way too small for a party, although you'd be surprised how many crammed in there. So I asked Mom if we could invade her house, the one I grew up in, for a night. She said sure, she would go to her sister's house. We made the invitations n planned a total Halloween themed party for kids. We made the basement into a haunted house, had spooky games, odd activities n played Bloody Ghost in the back yard, which was the darkest, thickest woods in Monroeville. (Bloody Ghost, one person hides in the dark while the others bravely split up n find the bloody ghost, yell BLOODY GHOST n said bloody ghost chases everyone back to base n first one tagged is then "it." real spooky fun game for kids n Dads) So the night went great n was a great time. Three adults n 15 9 year old girls. Part of the itinerary was at the stroke of midnight we would walk through the "haunted" neighborhood then go back n   watch Goosebumps movies n fall asleep. Half the kids are still in costume, the other half are in pajamas. They are wild at this point, running through yards n not listening. I thought how to logically get 15 laughing, out of control kids to listen n behave n NOT play Ding Dong Ditch, which I learned that evening was ringing doorbells n running away. The best option I could think of was to call them all together n explain that a creepy looking guy carrying a sickle and wearing a cape was following us so everyone just stick together 

n let's hurry home where it's safe. Worked like a charm!! Funny, the kids never saw this guy, who also had fangs, but the adults always saw him jumping behind bushes.

 Then the cops showed up. Some moron looked out their window, saw three adults n 15 kids, half in costume n half in pajamas, n called the Police. They shine the spotlight n the kids all ran to the car,

"Are you guys here to catch the 

man in the cape who is after us?"

 These kids were scared for all the wrong reasons!! The cops asks 

"A cape? What is he Superman?"

  
 I said Oh no, this guy got fangs n carries a sickle. I then explained to the kids that there is no creepy guy with a sickle, that I lied to control you screaming kids and the Police are here because you guys are acting up.

Me n said cop laughed pretty hard
 at the scene!

Kinda proud that my daughter had a party that Police were called to breakup at nine years old!! Cool huh? I also sometimes see some of the kids that attended now in their twenties, and they 

remember the party as 

a great childhood memory.