Zombies and ghouls gather for a scare at Balboa Park Halloween Family Day.
At first today’s Balboa Park Halloween Family Day seemed uneventful. A lot of park visitors out enjoying a sunny late October day. What could possibly go wrong?
The San Diego Police could not stop the frightening scene to come. Their skeleton crew was taking a lazy Saturday nap in the park.Everything seemed peaceful and normal. A baby stroller headed down El Prado, carrying a sunflower.The San Diego Zoo was showing a two-toed sloth to costumed kids eating candy for Halloween.This MTS lady seemed happy and so did the pumpkin behind her. But little did the visitors to Balboa Park know…danger was lurking nearby…The Doggie Costume Contest in Spanish Village promised to be a fun, tail-wagging affair.This witch assured me she was a nice witch. Not one of those wicked ones. But I don’t know about all those spooky symbols on the sign beside her.The glassblowers were making beautiful pumpkins. There’s nothing very scary here, right?Now wait a minute. I see Godzilla strolling near the reflecting pool. Perhaps he emerged from deep waters to wreak havoc on San Diego. I hope not.More nice pumpkins. These are arranged among harmless, pretty flowers and various exotic plants in the Botanical Building.A lady, with a skull face painting, poses in a beautiful Dia de los Muertos dress. What could possibly go wrong today?Oh, no! Here come the evil clowns! Now we asked for it!And now zombies are converging on the Plaza de Panama! One is limping horribly toward an undead bride in a wedding gown!And now look! A crowd of limp, staggering figures is assembling in the plaza. What are they going to do?They’re going to dance! It’s Michael Jackson’s Thriller!
It’s close to midnight and something evil’s lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream, but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
You’re paralyzed…
A scary flash mob, brought together by the San Diego Civic Dance Association, performs Thriller during Balboa Park Halloween Family Day.
‘Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one’s gonna save you from the beast about to strike!
What a bunch of spooky fun! So much fun, they did it again and again!
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13 thoughts on “Thriller flash mob scares Balboa Park visitors!”
Ha ha, “skeleton crew”… you are a funny guy. That zombie flash mob must have been thrilling to see! I think my favorite costumes, though, were the scary clowns. Yikes!
Looks like heaps of fun. We don’t really celebrate Halloween much in Australia so it’s very interesting for me to see what happens in other countries. Thanks! 🙂
How fun to be there for that!
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It was awesome!
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Ha ha, “skeleton crew”… you are a funny guy. That zombie flash mob must have been thrilling to see! I think my favorite costumes, though, were the scary clowns. Yikes!
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Lots of great costumes all over the place! Those clowns might have been the scariest!
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Looks like heaps of fun. We don’t really celebrate Halloween much in Australia so it’s very interesting for me to see what happens in other countries. Thanks! 🙂
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Halloween has became a major thing here in the United States, much bigger than when I was young. Not sure why, but people enjoy themselves!
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That’s brilliant! Great fun for Halloween! 🙂
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Made me feel young again!
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How cool is that? Thanks for sharing!!
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It was great, plus I’ve always enjoyed Thriller, especially the Vincent Price rap at the end!
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The sunflower in the stroller must have melted all the fears away!
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Even Godzilla couldn’t overcome the power of the sunflower stroller!
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Ha, ha!
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