This May Be Scariest Halloween We Have In Recent Times

A Halloween Message from Niagara At Large reporter/publisher Doug Draper

Posted On Halloween Eve, October 31^st, 2024 on Niagara At Large

I think that if I had Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wicked Witch from Oz Land show up at my door,  all at the same time this Halloween night, it wouldn’t have me shaking with fear as much as I now am with only five days left before the vote count in the U.S.. presidential election.

With polls in that election continuing to show – for reasons beyond my comprehension -support in that do-or-die  race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris virtually tied, there is a hell of a lot more at stake there than a trick or treat his Halloween night or someone smashing the pumpkin on my front stoop or soaping all the  windows of my car or home..

If Trump wins, it won’t just be the United States, from its economy and democracy to its vital social services aimed at fighting climate change that will be at stake. It will also wreak havoc on Canada, one of America’s closest and one of its biggest trading partners, and on many other allied nations around the world.

So earlier this week, when I first  saw the Trump Jack O’Lantern, or  “Trumpkin” as some call it, it had me almost wanting to run for the hills like that ‘Cowardly Lion’ in ‘The Wizard of Oz.”

On this Halloween eve, I pray that our American neighbours do the right thing when they go to the polls and liquidate this dangerous man the way Dorothy did to the  witch at that creepy old castle in Oz Land.

In the meantime, I will leave you with another photo of  a very nice pumpkin stand off Canboro Road in Pelham –

And here is one of the best big Halloween balloons I spotted a few days ago on a front land  near Chippawa Park in Welland. The shark actually thrashes back and forth as it devours, head first, one of the characters in the 1970s Jaws movie –

Finally, here is to all my many loyal followers on Niagara At Large on this Halloween Day, 2024. I can never thank you enough for your support.

And if you don’t mind I am going to  repeat something I have said several times here over the past two months.

Please contact all of your American friends and relatives and urge them to vote for Kamala Harris while they still can.

• Dour Draper,NAL, and our family cat Luna who is the purr-fect colour to greet young trick or treaters at the door one Halloween

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