Silverwood sued for scares, haunt actor punched by guest

Finally, a haunt attraction scary enough for Gonch.

Ugh.

People are the worst.

Jeez.

He thought she was a rag doll. Okay. And he felt the need to punch a rag doll in the face because why?

Because people suck.

Actually, I get it. Who hasn't seen someone ****ing with props and decorations?

"Look at me, I'm punching the spooky rag doll!"

Happens all the time.

With as often as the actors use the "sit and look like a prop and then jump up suddenly" approach, I'm actually surprised this isn't more common.

My understanding is that this happens quite frequently at haunted attractions. People seem to have a thing for getting drunk first before visiting the park.

Idaho is like the West Virginia of the Northwest. There, I said it. I'm an elitist dick.

When I worked security at Six Flags Great Adventure, you would not believe the stuff people would do to the characters. A lot of them are minors, so we've have to call their parents to find out if they wanted charges filed. A lot where teenage girls punched by teenage boys who got scared in a haunted house. Their excuse, she popped out and scared me. Really dude, really?

being drunk is still no excuse for punching a scare actor. Hell, I'm drunk right now, and I still wouldn't punch one of them.

If your coming to any of the parks during Halloween you should be prepared to be scared. Being on park property during Halloween is you giving you consent and agreeing to be scared. NOBODY should be allowed to sue for something so ridiculous. If they fail to scare you then they aren't doing their crappy minimum wage jobs correctly.

Josh...BOO!! Damn, I guess you have to be drunk in Idaho for it to work.

Raven-Phile said:

being drunk is still no excuse for punching a scare actor. Hell, I'm drunk right now, and I still wouldn't punch one of them.

What about that SnoopyPoop guy, though?

I didn't know this, but apparently in Europe, they don't have frivolous lawsuits like this. Now I'm the type of person who thinks that America is best at nearly everything, but I mean come on, Europe's courts are beating us in the "common sense" aspects of the law. This crap seriously needs to be dealt with.

I can give you a laundry list of the things that have happened to me in the 12 years I worked Halloweekends and Geauga Lake's Haunt.

This is nothing new.

sws said:

Josh...BOO!! Damn, I guess you have to be drunk in Idaho for it to work.

Or on meth. Have you seen the billboards on the way to the park? Way to disturbing to post on a public forum.

Jeff said:

Idaho is like the West Virginia of the Northwest. There, I said it. I'm an elitist dick.

Not elitist at all... It is (almost) universally understood that stereotypical humor is still acceptable for a few groups...if that was the angle you were seeking. But they are definitely similar in per capita GDP, population, landscape beauty, etc.

I thought it was funny that the girl in the first story was named "Griswold." Sounds like something that would happen to Clark and the gang...

I bet you're a barrel of laughs at parties.

Knowing comedy is subjective, it would be fruitless to participate in a pissing match about what is and isn't funny. I have to go work on my "Duck Dynasty" Halloween Costume now... Hope I'm not coming off as an "elitist dick."

No worries, you definitely don't corner the market on being unfunny.