Subject: RE: Trick or Treat
Around here the so called Trick or Tr-eater's
Select the better neighborhoods to hit. They will travel miles to get to where the pickings are better.
They travel in gangs, not bunches
I have seen older groups rip off the other kids. Called the Sheriff as getting involved would be a lot more trouble than it is worth. Even with Video footage, I have nine cameras, the Sheriff says they can't do much because the younger kids won't talk.
The local kids are intimidated
The parents of some of these kids try to intimidate the home owners
I suspect they are also casing some of the homes from the way they swarm the area. My dogs tend to keep them at bay
Funny how the lawn equipment thefts increase the week after the holiday.
Sorry, but this practice has taken the fun out of it. Now local Church's and Fire Departments hold Fall festivals. Some because they believe Halloween is the Devils day, others because they want the kids safe.
The local law enforcement round up all the known sex offenders for the night
Hospitals X-ray the candy because of pins and adulteration
It is what it has become, not anything like it once was
Shame, but true
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