by Balaram on Tue Nov 04, 2014 2:13 pm
Cannibal Jean-Claude it was David, nail-on-the-head. Only survivor of the doomed '86 Ottawa Party, he returned with the tale of the tragic loss, and surprisingly robust.
He now had several spirit "helpers" or as he says, he can just feel their presence "in his gut". The children were allowed a chice of a few dead animals--skunk, bever, rabbit, racoon, and rat, and Jean-Claude, tho back was turned, thanks to his spirit helpers, would be able to discern their choice. Plush toys, I effected them further to look more gross and road-killy, ok, it may have been overdone, but still, common! Halloween, hello?
Mostly very young kids this year, they weren't interested to handle the dead things, said "euuuu!" a lot, and were aided by their parents to just say no. And the headband said "pirate" to them.
So--used a d'lite and had some blue fairy fun anyway.
One group of teenagers--one group only came by--got to play with the dead things, got the costume and the quick back story, and had a laugh. So there is yet hope for the future.