Fort Edmonton Park's annual Halloween event, Spooktacular is coming up on October 28th and
29th and preparations are in full swing. I was involved with
planning last season as well as a few years ago and am certainly
missing the action this year.
My office seems to Spook central, Jasper House on 1885 street. I
have been tripping over body parts and bugs and get lost on my way
to the washroom as there are black curtains hanging everywhere.
Some of the strangest things that I have seen and heard
in the last week?
- caskets walking out of the Henderson Round Barn all the way to
the other end of the street
- staff dragging multiple scarecrows down the street leaving body
parts behind.
- conversations on the staff walkie-talkies about missing bodies,
arms, legs, thrones, chains...
- skeletons falling in love
- glowing eyes
- furry monsters
All of this and more, along with the Ottewell turkeys walking in
and amongst all of it gobbling away.
I have also become the guinea pig for many of the tricks and
scares that can be expected and end up screaming and jumping at
least once a day.
No comment on what these involve, I can't ruin the
surprise!
Lori Hill
-Interpretation
Supervisor