Halloween Tragedy Prevention

DeVon — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:47:00 GMT

Halloween is a special time of year. It’s the one night a year you can ignore that time-old piece of advice and actually take candy from strangers and not piss your parents off. It’s also a night of costumed mayhem and destruction. If your costume is clever enough, you can get away with just about anything. Think of Halloween as living in a Mentos commercial. As long as you flash a smile and a thumbs up at the end of whatever misdemeanor you’ve just committed, everything will be fine. Just left a bag of flaming poop on your English teacher’s doorstep? Who cares? Just egged the house of that suspected child molester who just moved into your neighborhood? Big deal. Just killed your best friend’s little brother because his killer clown costume awakened some deep childhood trauma for you? That might actually be taking things a little too far. Fortunately, we can help with that. No, we can’t help you hide the body, but we can help to prevent the unnecessary deaths of other children this Halloween. Just call 413-497-0074 to hear tips on telling the difference between children and the creatures they imitate with foam, rubber, and plastic. Only you can prevent another disaster like this:

Child Slain because of Halloween Costume

Pandora Spox, AP

It was a fun-filled night that ended in a hail of bullets for young Jason Campbell. Witnesses say that Campbell, seen here in costume in a photograph taken earlier that same night, was trick-or-treating in his own neighborhood accompanied by an older relative when he approached the home of neighbor Wayne Stacey. Stacey spoke frantically to the young man through the closed door of his Birmingham-area home before appearing in the doorway with a firearm. Witnesses say the boy and his guardian thought it was a Halloween prank until the shots rang out. Stacey claims to have been under the idea that Campbell was an actual werewolf and threatening to disembowel him. A coroner’s report says that the slugs fired into Campbell’s body were home-crafted silver bullets that Stacey, a welder by profession, had made in his basement. An official search of the premises by authorities later turned up other home made weapons including a box of wooden stakes and a radioactive device believed to be an attempt at Ghostbusters-style ray gun. Stacey tested negative for controlled substances and his criminal and medical records showed no warning signs. In a statement from Stacey’s attorney, Stacey quotes that “the kid looked exactly like a real werewolf you’d see in the movies.” Campbell’s family will be pressing criminal charges.

Jason Campbell in Costume

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Halloween Tragedy Prevention