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The
hills of Tell City, Indiana hosted Ironstock 2004,
southern Indiana's annual Halloween haunter's
rendezvous. Pulling into the parking lot at the 4H
Fairgrounds felt like a homecoming. These were my
kind of people, an eclectic group who simply love
Halloween and haunting. Here was a chiropractor,
there an engineer and a teacher, all sharing stories and
information about various ways of scaring the bejeezus
out of people who tour their haunts. What a great
feeling it was to find that I wasn't the only oddball
who started his haunt projects in July. Indeed,
the Ironstock mantra is "That which doesn't kill us
only makes us stranger".
A
handful of exhibitors from the region were on hand, but
the real draw of the event seemed to be renewing old acquaintances.
These folks all knew one another, and like CB clubs of
years past they're referred to by their online
handles. Wormy, Webby, Ironman, and Snake were
just a few of the names I heard in passing. I
regretted not having written "SpookyBlue" on
my nametag.
Saturday morning
and afternoon flew by and it was soon time to come back
home, though I sorely wanted to stay for
the "Weasel Ball". I'll be coming back
next year. For more information about Ironstock,
visit their website at www.ironstock.com. |
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