Yep, another trip to Halloween Horror Nights. But this time, I made sure to get a photo with someone/something other than Lady Luck. As I emerged from the Canyon of Dark Souls, I noticed one of the reapers was being “used” as a photo op. This year’s event is largely photo-free in the scare zones, with scareactors generally going out of their way to stay out of posed pictures and keep the scares going. But it was a particularly crowded night and sometimes it’s just safer to let everyone take pictures outside a foggy scare zone rather than trying to stop and fire off flash photos in the middle of a tight area. So I joined in the fun.

As I began to walk away after the photo, the reaper waved me back to him and asked me in a raspy, growling voice, “Are you Freddy Krueger?” He had noticed my new sweater. I told him I was slowly turning into Freddy, to which he replied, “His soul is trapped here,” or something to that effect. After being called “Waldo” earlier in the night by a random guest (Waldo has red and white stripes, not red and brown!), I was happy to see that at least one person at the Halloween event recognized the sweater.