OMAHA FAMILIES WERE TREATED TO A SPOOKTACULAR TREAT AT THE HENRY DOORLY ZOO’S ANNUAL SPOOKTACULAR. THE EVENT IS HELD FROM 5:30 TO 8:30 ON EIGHT DAYS BETWEEN OCTOBER 17 AND NOVEMBER 1ST. CARVED PUMPKINS, ORANGE LIGHTS AND LIGHTED ANIMALS, LIKE BATS, MADE THE ZOO FESTIVE. THERE ARE NEW ATTRACTIONS EACH YEAR THAT FAMILIES ARE EXCITED ABOUT, AS ONE PARENT SAID:
“WE CAME LAST YEAR……”
FAMILIES ENJOYED MEETING POPULAR CHARACTERS ALONG STORYBOOK LANE. SOME INCLUDED ANNA AND ELSA FROM FROZEN, SPIDERMAN AND CAPTAIN AMERICA AND TINKERBELL AND PETER PAN. SPOOKTACULAR HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, BUT IT’S RECENTLY DEVELOPED INTO SOMETHING NEW, AS RACHEL METSCHKE (METCH-KEY) SAID:
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EVEN PARENTS WERE GETTING INTO THE FUN AT THE EVENT. ONE FAMILY WAS DRESSED UP AS BATMAN, A WITCH, DARTH VADER AND SOMEONE ATTENDING A MASQUERADE. A MOM SAID SHE THOUGHT THE EVENT WAS PERFECT FOR KIDS BECAUSE:
“..MAKES THEM FEEL THEY’RE DOING SOMETHING THEY’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO.”
KIDS ENJOYED THE ANIMALS, TRICK OR TREATING IN A NON TRADITIONAL WAY, A FRANKENSTEIN FOAM PARTY, DANCING TO KID FRIENDLY BAND THE STRING BEANS AND MANY OTHER FUN FALL ACTIVITIES. TICKETS ARE EIGHT DOLLARS FOR NON-ZOO MEMBERS AND SEVEN DOLLARS FOR ZOO MEMBERS. CHILDREN 2 AND UNDER GET IN FREE. FOR MORE INFORMATION PARENTS CAN VISIT OMAHAZOO DOT COM. FOR MEDIA STORYTELLING 2, I’M ALLISHA ANDERSON.
Cole Dean 