Halloween Memory #213: Dracula Kid

One time we had a Halloween bash at Dellview Baptist Church. It was supposed to be an alternative to Halloween for all us little Christian kids who weren't supposed to take part in an evil holiday like Halloween! I was maybe 10 or 11, or less. Anyway, you were supposed to come dressed like "your favorite Bible character". I don't recall anyone daring to dress like Jesus, or God himself, but there were a plethora of shepherds as I recall. And tons of prophets. I went as a shepherd too. Y'know... lots of this type of thing...

So we were all in there doing our innocent stuff, and they had lots of cool activities and games and stuff. Also lots of candy.

So all of a sudden, some kid shows up in a full-fledged VAMPIRE outfit! Complete with fangs and phony blood all over his mouth. We didn't know the kid. I guess his mom didn't get the memo. He looked just like this:

He joined right in the festivities though. Even taking part in the "Bobbing for Apples" contest. Ha! His white face make-up washed off in the water. The water was a murky white after him. I didn't try. I didn't want an apple at all. Much less one I had to dunk my head in a cloudy bucket of slurry for. No thanks. Now if they'd had jumbo Butterfingers, maybe...

Anyway, I'll always remember the crowd of us innocent shepherds and prophets parting and Bela Lugosi's mini-me strolling in like he owned the place.