Screams – Leonberger Life

Last Saturday my wife and I and our daughter visited Screams. It is something we tend to do around every Halloween. Screams is the world’s largest Halloween theme park. It is located half an hour south of Dallas in a small town called Waxahachie. The park features a haunted cemetery, five haunted houses, a horror museum, games, live shows, horror movies, dozens of eateries, restaurants and pubs, and other entertainment. There are a lot of dressed up actors walking around and scaring people. You are not allowed to dress up yourself as that can cause confusion. The actors will never touch you, but you can’t guarantee that there will not be problems if visitors are allowed to be dressed up as well.

Claudia dressed in black and blue jeans on my right. I am wearing dark blue and blue jeans. We are sitting in front of dozens of Jack’O Lanterns — My wife Claudia and me at Screams. I am holding a milk stout from Left Hand Brewing in my left hand (where else).

Claudia and our daughter is standing inside a long tunnel lit my colorful lights. — My wife Claudia and our daughter in the spooky tunnel.

At Screams, there are several places to buy a drink or get something to eat. However, in the middle of the park there is a dedicated area with restaurants and several places where you can buy Mexican food, Greek food, corn dogs, turkey legs, sausages, hot dogs, hamburgers, funnel cake, desserts, beers of various kinds including craft beer, German beer, cocktails and other drinks. On each side of this area there are covered seating areas. The restaurant naturally has its own indoor seating area.

The photos show two spooky props lit up by colorful lights. They are standing in the corner of the playground. — A portion of a children’s playground. It had a large inflatable (not shown). In the background is an eating area for several restaurants and bars.

The image shows a female zombie dressed in brown. — A portion of the haunted cemetery. It was dark and it was very difficult to take photos with my phone camera unless the objects were nearby.

A dimly lit castle that looks like the Bran castle in Transylvania. — The haunted castle is one of the five haunted houses. It is very big and features several floors. It might be the biggest haunted house I’ve been to.

It is a fun place to visit even if you don’t like haunted houses. There are a lot of less extreme entertainment to choose from.

Another spooky thing happened this evening. I took a swim in my in-law’s swimming pool (not heated so a bit cool). As I was swimming, an owl flew right above my head and sat down in a nearby palm tree and just sat there and stared at me. As I continued swimming I was attacked by this big black thing. I thought it was maybe a big insect or a black bird, and I thought it tried to bite me. Then I realized it was a leaf. I decided to take a photo of the owl who was still staring at me. So, I went inside the house to get my phone. As I came back out and approached the owl, he kept staring at me. In should have taken a photo at this point but I kept getting closer to the owl and unfortunately it flew off before I could take a photo. The photo below from pexels will do.

The incidence was a little bit creepy because according to Scandinavian folklore an owl that flies right above you or in front of you is a bad omen. Typically, someone will die. My grandmother died the day an owl flew in front of my dad. Anyway, if I’ll make another post tomorrow, you’ll know that I am still alive.