Halloween, interrupted

A very scary date showed up for the Halloween party on Saturday night.

No matter how hard we tried, we couldn't scare him off.

 

 You might think it was the creepy skull guy who had us all unnerved.

Actually, we like him. 

Really, it was the mountain lion spotted just down the road from the home of our Halloween party hosts.

We couldn't really blame the lion for lurking: the costumes were amazing,

 and the setting, though far more wintery than autumnal, spectacular.

The spooky trail leading up to the home of our hosts, resplendent with live witches and goblins, took a turn toward truer terror, at least for the pre-teen crew. They welcomed the feline drama, filling the party with whispers of friends missing, perhaps lost forever to the scariest guest of all.