Halloween Costumes
Halloween costumes have been traditionally modeled after supernatural figures such as monsters, ghosts, skeletons, witches, and devils. Over time, the costumes started to expand to include popular characters from fiction and celebrities. Now we have beautiful sexy costumes to taunt and flaunt your assets.
Dressing up in costumes became popular for Halloween parties in the US in the early 20th century and was and still is as popular for adults as it is for children. The first mass-produced Halloween costumes appeared in stores in the 1930s when trick or treating was becoming popular in the United States.
Halloween costume parties generally fall on, or around, October 31st, often falling on the Friday or Saturday prior to Halloween.
Mythical Monsters
When it comes to Halloween you can’t forget about the mythical ghouls and monsters, especially the ones that can’t be proven that they do not exist. That is where a cryptozoologist (someone who studies creatures whose existence has yet to be proved) comes in. Want to go looking for these creatures? Well, you might not have to go far, they may be closer to home than you think……New Jersey, Florida, the Rockies to name a few places.
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A flying monster with bat wings, sharp claws with the head of a horse. Legend has it that the Jersey Devil is the cursed 13th child to be born to a woman known as Mother Leeds who transformed into a hideous beast shortly after birth and fled into the forest. Sighting continue to this day. The Jersey Devil is alleged to have been roaming the pine barrens and towns of Southern New Jersey since the 18th century.
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Skunk Apes are hairy creatures that stand between 5-8 feet tall and smell of bad body odor and rotten eggs. They are said to inhabit the swamps and forests of Southeast Florida, especially in Everglades National Park. According to cryptozoologists, you can lure a Skunk Ape with dried lima beans!
Big Foot or Sasquatch is a 7-10 foot man-ape covered in hair (not fur) that has been described as brown, red, and black with only the face being exposed without much hair. They allegedly possess extraordinary physical strength and agility and communicate with one another by banging rocks or sticks together along with blood-curdling screams.
They have been part of Native American folklore for centuries. Bigfoot encounters have been reported in every state with the exception of Hawaii. The mountainous western areas of the United States and Canada are the best regions to go looking for this big hairy and scary creature.
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Some say the el Chupacbra is a dog-like creature and others depict it as an upright human/reptile hybrid with large red eyes and quill-like spines running along it’s back. It is said to hop like a kangaroo on steroids.
El Chupacbra was first reported in Puerto Rico in 1995 when eight dead sheep were found, all drained of blood from puncture wounds in their chests. Sightings along with brutal animal slayings have spread to other countries as well such as Mexico and the Dominican Republic.
So, as you dress up the Halloween, whether it be in a sexy witch costume or a colorful clown costume and head out to your Halloween party, think about those scary monsters and ghouls that might be lurking in the shadows.
