2021 – The Hackensack, NJ, Halloween Boo-Thru
(ignore April 30, 2017 publish date – this was published on November 5, 2021)
The WHAT?
You get the idea – people drive through the park with their kids in socially-distanced cars and see “not-too-scary” stuff in broad daylight. But to take my time and shoot everything sequentially, I took a Walk-Thru instead.
The entrance:
The warning:
Along the way, you’ll see the occasional sign, but rather than post the 5 separate images, I put them together as one (click to enlarge, hit back button to return):
Cobwebs to the left, cobwebs to the right and an evil figure in the background cackling (no – not the tall one!):
It was a wicked witch (in blue?) who was brandishing a twig at me while laughing in a jarring, high-pitched voice (she must have had a sore throat after 3 hours of that). She also had to hang on to her hat, as it was quite breezy:
While I was there, she cackled at a carful of people who enjoyed her antics:
Next to where she was located, the wind suddenly knocked over an inflatable that was dedicated – I’m guessing – to hand-eye coordination. She came running over to lend a hand to stabilize it while the hand kept its eye on her:
(Note: rumor has it that the witch may have been Rose Frontignano, Interim Superintendent of the Hackensack Recreation Department………….wait – she helped put this whole thing together and then tries to scare people away?)
Next up was this self-explanatory display (it better be – I got nothin’):
I’ve always liked candy corn, but a lot of people are not fans of it, so it was nice to see that Hackensack created a bleacherful of what are literally candy corn fans (click to enlarge):
Here are the next half-dozen sites (check out the names on the tombstones………..most are readable………click graveyard and trolley to enlarge):
This guy was guarding my car:
Coming into the home stretch (click to enlarge):
I’m not sure, but I think I walked in on something I wasn’t supposed to see (left):
Finally, the station that puts a smile on every kid’s face: friendly young ladies in gender-reveal (not theirs – already established) colors giving out free candy:
What better way could there be to end the festive Halloween trip through Foschini Park?
I think that the bleacher full of candy corn figures is adorable. I am one of five people in the entire world who actually likes candy corn!
That looked like fun…