I just want to take a moment to thank all of you for being friends.  Thanks to Hauntspace, we have a place to share our LOVE for Halloween! No-one understands us better than other haunters. Because we share information about our lives with each other, such as deaths in the family and illnesses and such...we become shoulders to cry on and an arm in a time of need. We offer each other advice, criticism, compliments, etc... and we haunters build a bond that others do not understand. In some ways we have built a haunters family. And on occassions we get to meet other haunters and chat halloween stuff, which is a real treat. It is a treat for many reasons and the obvious one is that we share a similier passion and share creative ideas. When we share ideas with each other there is a true interest in what you are saying and not just a head nod with an un-huh. Ideas can be shared, mutated, twisted and turned into your own creation. I just think you Halloween Freaks are talented and special and I wanted to let you know!!! Thank you for being My Friend!!!

Amen sister!

Couldn't have said it better myself!!  Those that do not understand our passion and look at us as weirdos, freaks and nut cases seem to misinterpret our friendships and the closeness we have to others of "our kind".  They seem to forget we are human and just like every other human being we have the basic need to "fit in" and communicate with others who share a common interest.  We are no different than ANYONE else other than our love of Halloween.  This is not something that just develops as a "mid-life" thing.  It is something that begins early in life.  Think about it.  In grade school the school yards are usually seperated into boy's side and girl's side.  Then in high school, you have the band geeks, the jocks, the cool kids, the nerds, etc.  So why would anyone think that as you get older, it would be any different?!! 

You hit the nail on the head which is one of the reasons I am traveling to GLFF.I want to meet some of the friends I have meet on HAUNTSPACE and meet more like minded people.

Thank you for being a friend Goldie!! It's always such a pleasure to visit with you!

I have been hosting a Halloween party for (gasp) 15 years now and I used to be very selective about who I would invite as I didn't know how people would react. Amazingly my "freako passion" has been well received and most locals associate me with Halloween (which is a-ok!).

The one thing I lack locally is people to visit with that share the same passion so HauntSpace and the members here are a real blessing! I will likely not meet very many of you in person but I'm grateful for the opportunity to get to know this talented group!

I remember the first time I went to GLFF. People were so worried about me and didn't want me to go alone. They said things like "How can you go meet a bunch of scary people you've only spoke to online?"

Granted, meeting online friends can be scary and something that requires precautions to be in place ie., I didn't sneak off and people knew exactly where I was going and when I was expected to return, etc.

However, it was trying to get them to understand that my Halloween friends weren't scary... they were everyday folks, just very creative. I said over and over... "They MAKE scary things... THEY aren't scary!"

So my first trip out I did have companions with me, but not because I didn't want to be alone, but because they were supposed to help with the driving. My second trip out, I did travel alone, and simply spent the night so I didn't need another driver.

Its sooooo nice to find other people that enjoy making corpses too... finally someone you can talk to that understands your concern if something doesn't look decayed enough.

I often speak with more regularity to my online friends, then offline ones. People are busy have different interests, etc. But here at HS or a gathering, everyone is there for Halloween. And you can't help but to sometimes get more involved in there non-cyber life, cause you know when something isn't right with your friend lately, or you haven't seen them online recently, which just isn't like them. You KNOW when someone is pulling an April Fools prank and you know them well enough to sic the squirrels on them for trying to prank you.

But meeting your online friends in person just seems to make it all complete... even to the outsiders. Now if I talk about Goldie, or Skullmaster and get the snide remark... Oh are they one of your online Halloween friends... I can say yes, but we've also met too so you can drop the online and refer to them as one of my friends.

Thanks FRIENDS!

Hmmm!  Not scary?  I may have to disagree with you there.  Sometimes I scare myself with the twisted ideas I come up with.  LOL!!  

What you said is definitely true!  People are "scared" of the unknown & things they don't understand.  The only reason we are scary to them is because they don't know & understand us.  I really believe that HauntSpace has given us an added bonus though.  Most of us have built strong and lasting friendships on here, without ever laying eyes on each other.  The bonus, I speak of is that the friendships we share here are "real", based on who the person is and NOT what the person looks like, talks like, etc.  It is not clouded by the superficial things.  You know, like if CreepyChris had a squirrel tail & stuffed acorns in his cheeks, it wouldn't matter to us cause we already love him! 

No matter what's goin on in my life...

whether I'm building something, researching haunt concepts, or just every day regular life. My Hauntspace friends keep popping up in conversations about non Halloween/Haunting things. Like it's been said before, sharing ideas, etc. just helps to make everyone a better haunter. It's those that hoard the information, (much like Haunted Attractions vs themselves) that don't seem to last. Regardless of how many years that I've been haunting my non-profit Maze of Terror, I can never stop learning or never have enough haunt friends.

Wow that put a smile on my face .........

Here Here!!!

Where else can I say that I'm hanging a rubber dead guy from my house and not get looked at like I'm insane. 

HAUNT SPACE RULES!!!!