Comments on: Real life Halloween http://alwaysanadventure.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/real-life-halloween/ A man, a plan, a canal, Panama Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:05:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: bmcdee http://alwaysanadventure.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/real-life-halloween/#comment-11 bmcdee Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:33:09 +0000 http://alwaysanadventure.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/real-life-halloween/#comment-11 I know- the south is full of a certain kind of creepiness (enough about my family!!) that just cuts to the quick. I know- the south is full of a certain kind of creepiness (enough about my family!!) that just cuts to the quick.

]]> By: 'vinnie... http://alwaysanadventure.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/real-life-halloween/#comment-6 'vinnie... Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:27:23 +0000 http://alwaysanadventure.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/real-life-halloween/#comment-6 In rural Georgia, we heard the story within the next few days...though I don't know when I found out it was his own father. The next year was the scariest Halloween ever. This paragraph from the story made me queazy, a very real southern gothic moment: "When police got to Whitney Parker's house, his parents almost died on the spot because they couldn't find the Pixy Stix," said Hinton, now a lawyer in private practice. "They found him holding it asleep. His little fingers were not strong enough to get the staples out." In rural Georgia, we heard the story within the next few days…though I don’t know when I found out it was his own father.

The next year was the scariest Halloween ever.

This paragraph from the story made me queazy, a very real southern gothic moment:

“When police got to Whitney Parker’s house, his parents almost died on the spot because they couldn’t find the Pixy Stix,” said Hinton, now a lawyer in private practice. “They found him holding it asleep. His little fingers were not strong enough to get the staples out.”

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