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Halloween Sighting at May Dreams Gardens

October 31, 2008 By Carol Michel 19 Comments

It was a dark and stormy night…

It was Halloween night.

As I walked along the garden path, dry leaves crunching beneath my feet, I thought I heard the sounds of someone else walking through the garden. But when I stopped, I heard nothing.

Nearby an owl let out a screech.

I jumped at the sound and glanced quickly over my shoulder. I swear I saw something in the shadows, but I talked myself out of it. “There’s no one here but me,” I told myself.

Then I stood for a minute in the still night and glanced up at the full moon just as a shadow crossed over it.

I shivered and thought about turning back.

But I continued on, still hearing the footsteps, which now seemed more like something hopping.

Hop, hop, hoppity hop.

I stopped.

It stopped.

I started walking again, this time a little faster. Then I heard it again, and it seemed faster, too

Hop, hop, hoppity hop

I could feel my heart beating in my chest… beat, beat, beatity, beat.

For once, I wished I had brought a hoe with me, a hefty hoe, one that I could use to defend myself.

I continued walking and again glanced furtively back to see what might be in the garden with me. At that moment, a shadowy light came out of nowhere and brought it briefly into focus.

I gasp. I might have screamed.

Horror of horrors, and nightmare of all nightmares!

My garden was visited by the gigantic….

Halloween Hare!*

Run for your life!

*****

Posts from Halloweens Past:

’06 – Green Fingers

’07 – You Might Be A Gardening Geek: Halloween Edition

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*According to ancient gardening legend, the Halloween Hare hops from garden to garden on Halloween night looking for Easter candy not found in the spring Easter egg hunt. If the Halloween Hare doesn’t find any candy, he will create a little havoc in the garden by pulling up plants or turning over containers. Many gardeners, hoping to avoid this mischief and havoc, will leave a few pieces of Halloween candy out in the garden for the Halloween Hare to find. Sightings of the Halloween Hare are rare.

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  1. Anonymous says

    October 31, 2008 at 4:09 pm

    You’re so funny. Happy Halloween.~~Dee

    Reply
  2. RURAL says

    October 31, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    Very humorous! I don’t think that we will be seeing the Halloween Hare around here. More than likely pumkinii smasherous teenagerous. They have been hard at work all week, smashing what little pumpkin stock we have left.
    Jen

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  3. Anonymous says

    October 31, 2008 at 4:54 pm

    I can’t imagine anything more frightening to a gardener unless he was accompanied by a gang of rascally raccoons.

    Reply
  4. EAL says

    October 31, 2008 at 5:15 pm

    Great one. Hmmm, what about the Night of the Living Dear?

    Many burbanites around here find their visitations equally dreadful.

    Reply
  5. Unknown says

    October 31, 2008 at 5:56 pm

    Hahaha! 🙂 You’re story is great. Thanks for the laugh…

    Reply
  6. Cindy, MCOK says

    October 31, 2008 at 6:47 pm

    Beware, beware, the Halloween Hare,
    if you’re not careful, he’ll give you a scare!

    Reply
  7. Yolanda Elizabet Heuzen says

    October 31, 2008 at 7:58 pm

    LOL, that was almost scary, not quite as I don’t frighten that easily and we do not celebrate Halloween over here so that helps too. 😉

    Thanks for the laugh and I loved the pic.

    Reply
  8. Gail says

    October 31, 2008 at 8:19 pm

    Have a wonderful time with the trick or treaters tonight…we never get any! Gail

    Reply
  9. Lisa at Greenbow says

    October 31, 2008 at 8:45 pm

    The Halloween Hare wouldn’t dare to come in to our garden with our ghostly Luna at the ready to pounce on it. If it should happen into our garden it might find a candy wrapper but unfortunately I would have eaten all the candy already.

    Reply
  10. Anonymous says

    October 31, 2008 at 9:03 pm

    Funny story & I loved the photo! Happy Halloween!

    Reply
  11. Kathy says

    October 31, 2008 at 10:52 pm

    Is that why we always have Easter at your house, so the Halloween Hare will find something?
    Kathy

    Reply
  12. Mr. McGregor's Daughter says

    October 31, 2008 at 11:05 pm

    Have you seen "Wallace & Gromit & the Wererabbit"? This is going to give me nightmares.

    Reply
  13. JGH says

    October 31, 2008 at 11:30 pm

    What will be buried in your plot in the morning??…. I wonder….

    Reply
  14. MA says

    November 1, 2008 at 3:28 am

    whoa! that made me LOL! you are so clever! Hare indeed. Glad you were armed w/ a substantial hoe.

    Reply
  15. Shibaguyz says

    November 1, 2008 at 7:14 am

    If you want a kick, do a google on “halloween hare.” Too funny.

    Reply
  16. Sherry at the Zoo says

    November 1, 2008 at 2:03 pm

    That was too funny! I can just see a children’s cartoon about the Halloween Hare, followed by the Great Pumpkin.

    Reply
  17. compost in my shoe says

    November 1, 2008 at 2:57 pm

    Hope you had some big carrots in your hand to offer this wild creature….!

    Reply
  18. Tira says

    November 1, 2008 at 3:43 pm

    Thanks for the chuckle!

    Reply
  19. Rose says

    November 2, 2008 at 2:21 pm

    A belated Happy Halloween to you, Carol! This has to be the scariest ghoul in your garden:)

    Reply

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