A 'Haunting' past

            So, very rarely I believed I have touched base on this, as to my origin, and where my for this all start. Well, not to come off corny and in the lines with a Batman villain, "I was born with it, molded by it..."
       I can seriously recall I don't EXACTLY KNOW where to pin point it, as to where my love began.
When I was little I was no different in watching what anyone my age was into:Batman, Thomas The Tank Engine, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Mary Poppins The Super Mario show, ALL THAT FUN STUFF A Normal child would grow up watching... But I wasn't QUITE normal. On the side with the Horror, movies included Killer Klowns from Outer Space (my all time favorite), The Childs Play movies, Full Moon (Puppet Master and Demonic Toys) The 80's remake of the Blob, and a few others to say the least...
     I can't really say I was introduced into the Modern house hold named slashers, with the exception of Freddy, who had REALLY stood out to me, because He wore the awesome hat and glove, which really sold me and as I remembered from an OLD OLD Home movie (long lost sadly) of me wearing someones Freddy mask, hat and glove from around one of my earlier Halloweens. other than Freddy, THAT was all I known...

    Of course with these movies ALWAYS on my mind, it was made difficult to make any friends, seeing that the stuff I enjoyed, rather gave others Nightmares and wanted nothing to do with me, this all being my Elementary school years, different and an outcast from the rest.

      Now at times, although I do not OFFICIALLY count it my start, It is more forgotten and not discussed, but my Haunt beginnings go back to kiddy Hayrides, where I DID do Michael Myers, for just the night or two, then it was done... and this, I can say I did for two years straight, just for two nights in a month and in a year.
       I of course dealt with that crowd until I moved on into Middle School, where YET AGAIN, I wouldn't get any acceptance, and the fact that my older sister was one of the more popular kids and because she always looked out for me and that EVERYONE in the school knew her, it never really helped matters neither.
       Of course it wasn't the first year of middle school or my loner persona I want to discuss... My first year in Middle school, ALSO the first year I had started my 'Haunting career', Working with the Lansdale Jaycees- A Haunting Troupe that did it all for Volunteer work, just to get out, dress up and put on make up and put on a show... No pay in the end, just people having a fun time, scaring the shit out of people nuff said...
     and when I had started out, my character of choice, was Michael Myers... now regardless this coming from someone the age I was at, and the height I was at and the props I was to afford (the big and cheap plastic glow in the dark machetes and scythes) I relied ALOT on how I moved and portrayed My Michael character. alot based on Dick Warlock's portrayal and little of Nick Castle's, for my height, SCARY and effective, especially if they were my height range...

   and for three years I have done Michael with the Jaycees, until an unfortunate fall came, where concerns happened with the building we haunted in, NOT meeting up with certain fire codes and a year was taken away from the Haunters of the Jaycees... The Following year, when we returned, by then was too late and wouldn't make the following year. A Majority of THE BEST Haunters had moved on, the new location was weak, and it just didn't seem to possess the spirit as the years before... Following year, I moved onto another Haunt, and the Jaycees further distanded and went six feet under...

   As for Today, I am still Haunting, and I retired doing Michael my second year working with the Haunt I am currently working for now."
   I have been Haunting for a total 11-12 years, and still do to this day. and over the many years, I have learned valuable techniques that further improved my craft, both in the field haunting to even Costume modifications and character development... All these skills would come into place for future projects, but THAT... I will save for another blog!!
                                                                                                          - Dr. Tyson