The Park was a happening place this weekend chock full as it was of Halloweenish activities. We were most impressed with the Boo at the Zoo event particularly the Spooky barn.

Talk about scary. It reminded me of some kind of regional produciton of "Marat Sade." A bunch of actors in frightening costumes and make up acting up a storm inside a dark barn.

An older man dressed as a scarecrow (his arms still on the stick) welcomed the kids in and told them not to be scared. "Hold on to your parents. We lost three parents last year. Hold on to yours." He goes from being Mr. Nice Guy to a Spookmeister real fast.
"Lock the door, don’t let them out. Nobody gets out of here…" A bunch a kids made a bee-line for the exit. "You can’t leave." he said.

All in good fun. The whole experience takes up less than a minute and the kids are back in the bright sun before you know it.

OSFO said she was scared out of her mind. Especially when the Dracula actor was grabbing for kids and tried to grab her from me.

Afterwards she ran into a good friend. "Don’t go in the Spooky Barn. Trust me, it’s really scary."