Everyone loves a little thrill now and then, and visiting haunted houses can be the safest way to get it. The problem is that some folks take the experience a little too seriously and react in ways nobody expected.
That’s why employees at scary houses finally decided to open up about their most awkward, bizarre, and terrible moments on the job. This list definitely shines a light on guests who are sometimes even more terrifying than the haunted house.
#61
I was working at a rather large haunted attraction and we had several tents that housed the different parts. it was an extremely windy day which made me really nervous because the main tent was huge and was swaying pretty badly. i was fortunately able to work on the actors from a moderate distance away from the tent. at one point, they decided to tighten straps that were (i assume) holding the tent to the poles. i watched as a metal buckle on the end of a strap suddenly went airborne, knocked one of the guys in the face, and then hit the metal pole and sparked from the force. oh, the sound the guy made -- it had knocked his front tooth out. i noticed quite a change in the paperwork we had to sign the following year...
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#62
We had a haunted house in high school to raise money. It was in an abandoned house and at the end we had a slice and steps. You could slide or walk down the steps. Well, this rather overweight woman decided she'd try the slide. She got stuck around one of the twists in the slide and started panicking. She was screaming and hollering and those waiting in line to get in at the other side of the building just thought it was part of the haunted house. Eventually the fire department showed up and got her out of the slide. Needless to say that was our last slide on a haunted house.
TL;DR- Fat woman gets stuck in slide and ruins the fun for everyone.
TL;DR- Fat woman gets stuck in slide and ruins the fun for everyone.
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#63
I'm not a worker, I'm a haunted house goer. It was my first haunted house and a guy grabbed me and I just automatically threw out a punch. I hit his face and heard a scream and crunch like bone. This will probably get buried, but if you were in a haunted house in Las Vegas and a little short fat girl broke your nose about ten years ago, I'm so sorry! I felt so bad because you were just doing your job. It was an automatic reaction. Not part of the topic but I still feel really bad and I would like to get the word out.
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#64
I was a member of the PTA for my local grade school. We would have a pretty tame haunted house. As I also directed traffic in front of the school in the morning, I decided to do a "unalive traffic guard" who pops out of his open coffin. I made a nice coffin, got my safety vest and whistle and laid down inside it with a sign RUN'D OVER. Now I did scare the bejesus out of a couple of little kids (sorry! I am really sorry!) but the funny thing was how many kids hit me in the stomach (no nut jabs, thankfully), pinched my nose closed, or gave me some of their candy (poor Mr. Pombrio!).
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#65
16 year old white girl ( then ) here
Can't tell you the number of times I got punched by large men
I was 5'5" and 100 lbs. yeah. So scary.
Can't tell you the number of times I got punched by large men
I was 5'5" and 100 lbs. yeah. So scary.
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#66
I've worked in the same haunted house for 4 years now. And the workers have to take a lot of bad things from awful people. I was once punched in the face by a grandma, and yes it was confusing. And another guy i know has been hit, slapped, and spit on. I still don't understand why people have to be like this to show that they're not scared.
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