-Contributed by Luke Merrill
Last week, Horror Camp
had an unseasonable plague of swarming cat-sized flesh-eating locusts, which
was strange because we usually get the locusts sometime in late July. But due
to the unseasonable attack we packed up our bags and went on a field trip up to
South Central Michigan to our Sister Camp, Camp
Talahi to help ring in their annual fall festival.
Camp Talahi, unlike
Horror Camp, is a real camp that offers week long sleep away camp activities to
children of all ages throughout the summer, and fosters a real sense of
community amongst its members while instilling faith through the teachings of
the United Church of Christ. Although not a
member of the UCC myself, Camp Talahi extends membership to all practicing creeds
and faiths.
Located ten miles away
from Hell, (look it up if you don’t
believe me.) Camp Talahi can get a little eerie this time of year, which makes
it the perfect time for their annual fall festival. The activities included
this year were teen dance and sleepover retreat, followed by an open house the
next day that offered a Hay ride, Haunted Arts and Mad Science cabin, Hay Maze,
and a Haunted Dormitory.
Naturally, I had to
tour the haunted dormitory and was surprised to see some new additions were
made from last year such as, haunted scarecrow, creepy doctor pushing death in
a wheelchair, and what appeared to be an irate chainsaw-wielding maniac
who proceeded to chase us out of the dorm. Not the most theatrical haunted
house I’ve attended, but really a bang-up effort by the staff and worth the one
dollar admission. It was unfortunate I couldn’t take pictures but I managed to
snap one off while running for my life.
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| Don't run! Knock him out with the Fire Extinguisher! |
After the dorm, I
attended the Mad Scientists presentation, where possessed balloons inflated
themselves, which turned out not to be demonic and only an adverse reaction
between pop-rocks and coke. I also saw the scientists re-animate dead gummy
worms, using vinegar and some unnamed secret concoction, which turned out to be baking soda and water. Last but not least,
they had a miniaturized trebuchet to chuck miniature pumpkin candies which was
surprising effective.
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| Science will make those gummy worms live once more! |
All in all, a good time
was had by both the volunteers and guests of Camp Talahi. It can occasionally
be nice to get away from the craziness of Horror Camp, and see how things
operate in a real camp setting. But we don’t want to stay away from Horror Camp
for too long. Make sure to check back in tomorrow for Movie Night at the Rec
Hall.
Tags: Camp Talahi, Mad Scientists, Chainsaw wielding maniac, Horror camp on the road, Horror Camp
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