Back when I was at Ricks (now BYU Idaho) a few of my roommates and I ended up working in a haunted forest for a night. I don't really remember the details of how it happened, but I do remember that one night. It was COLD. So we bundled ourselves up and headed on over at the appointed time. I had a lot of clothes on, including long underwear and my winter coat. We were going to be outside all evening, so I had to dress accordingly. Well when you have all that stuff on, it impairs your mobility. I was already walking a little stiffly. Then they dressed me in a pair of white sweats and painted my face white. So now I was a walking marshmallow woman. I could barely walk...it was more of a waddle.
My assignment was to lay in a fake coffin in the woods with the lid closed. I have no idea why I agreed to that. Could anything be creepier? And I was pretty alone, there weren't any other people nearby. They gave me a cardboard knife covered in foil and told me I had to pop the lid, jump out and run after people as they came by. Just try to imagine that. First off, it's not that easy to pop up from laying totally flat and do it quickly. Secondly, I was a marshmallow woman which made it even harder. I'm surprised people just didn't bust up laughing as I heaved myself out of that coffin in white sweats and lumbered after them, screaming at the top of my lungs. But somehow I managed to scare people, some of them pretty good. I even remember a couple of brave looking guys running away from me at full speed. Despite my awkward, marshmallow-like appearance and my creepy assignment, I had a great time that night.
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Haha... that brought up good memories of Ricks Halloweens. I miss you! This story gave me a great laugh!
i'm laughing...hard.
That's one of the best laughs I've had all day!
I totally remember that night! They stuffed me into a kid's skeleton costume over all my black thermals and sweaters. I had to sit on the cold, cold ground next to a tree lined path and jump up after people as they walked down the path. I remember being SO cold and hungry (because they promised us food, not money for this gig, and the food was old stale sandwiches.)
I DO remember sitting around a campfire after it was all over with the rest of the "cast" who were almost all still in High School and you had your eye on the guy who chased people with the chain saw.
Ah, Memories! It was a fun night. Thanks for fun Ricks Memories. We did have a good time.
I remember that chain saw guy...he was cute... :) I don't remember stale sandwiches, maybe I blocked that part out!
Oh dear... you Ricksies are odd ones.
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