Happy Halloween Second Lifers!- Orchids Reporting… ~ The SL Enquirer

Halloween or the "All Hallows' Evening" is near! And so is
the time for making jack-o'-lanterns and dressing up for Halloween parties, but do you know the real story behind this holiday?
This is an old Irish myth about a man "Stingy Jack." Stingy Jack once invites the Devil to have a drink with him and tricks the devil to turn himself into a coin. Jack puts the coin into his pocket with a silver cross. The devil could not change back into his original form till he promised Jack that he would not bother him for one year and if should Jack die, he would not claim his soul.
Come next year, Jack again tricks the devil into climbing into a tree to pick fruit and carves a sign of the cross into the tree's bark so the devil could not come down until he promised Jack not to bother him for ten more years.

Soon after, Jack dies. God would not allow such a cheat into heaven. The devil, being upset with Jack and keeping his word not to claim his soul, wouldn’t allow Jack into hell. He sends Jack off into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a carved-out turnip and as the legend goes, roams the Earth with ever since. This ghostly figure came to be known as "Jack of the Lantern," and then, simply "Jack O'Lantern."
In Ireland and Scotland, people carved scary faces into turnips or potatoes. In England, large beets were used. Immigrants from these countries brought the Jack o' Lantern tradition with them when they came to the United States. They soon found that pumpkins, a fruit native to America, make perfect jack-o'-lanterns.

There are many ways to celebrate the ghostly spirit of Halloween in SL ! Here are a few ways..

Explore!

Utherwurldly Entertainment Studios

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Presents a Haunted Sim Featuring

· Children of the Candy Corn Sim Wide Hunt

· Haunted Hay Ride

· Pirate Caverns

· Chapel of Lost Spirits

· Cursed Village

· .... and much much more!

The Utherwurldly family invites you in to explore the sim and take advantage of the various areas to take photos, and interactive games as well. You can also join our in world group and find out when new things are added, special events are being hosted as well as our plans for the future!

Hunt !

If you love Halloween, then you are going to be one HAPPY camper! A plethora of Halloween themed hunts are underway. A whole big bunch of grid wide hunts are in full swing, and more and more sim wide and store wide Halloween hunts are popping up daily.

Grid Wide Hunts

A Kinky Halloween 2 Oct 1 – Oct 31
Black Cat Store Wide Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
Bobbing For Heads Hunt Sep 27 – Oct 27
Boo! Bunny Hunt 2 Oct 15 – Oct 31
Burn Your Binkies Oct 15 – Nov 15
Cirque Du Freak Hunt Sep 30 – Oct 31
Costume Party Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
Dark Dimension Oct 6 – Nov 10
Don’t Be Blind: Hunt For The Cure Oct 1 – Nov 1
Falling Into Autumn Sep 22 – Oct 21
Going to the Farm Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 21
Gorean Grid Wide Hunt: Tribal Oct 5 – Oct 31
Happy Halloween Full Perms Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
Hunt Spooktacular Oct 7 – Oct 31
Leather or Lace Hunt 2 Oct 7 – Oct 28
Lost In Space Hunt Sep 21 – Oct 21
Mass Hysteria Oct 3 – Oct 31
Mating Call Hunt Sep 30 – Oct 21
Modern Horror Hunt Oct 1 – Nov 1
Panda Love Hunt Oct 10 – Oct 31
Pin Up Hunt Oct 5 – Oct 20
Revenge Of The Toys Oct 1 – Oct 31
Scary Halloween Hunt Oct 1 – Nov 10
Science Fiction Hunt Oct 1 – Nov 1
SL’s Top Haunted Places Oct 1 – Oct 31
Sleepy Hollow Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
Tabletop Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
Tinies Halloween Hunt Oct 15 – Oct 31
Trick or Treat Hunt 2013 Oct 13 – Nov 1
Tricks for Treats Hunt Oct 15 – Oct 31
Two of a Kind Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
Vampire Diaries: Love Sucks Oct 15 – Nov 30
Vintage in Venice Hunt Sep 23 – Oct 23
You’ve Been Tangoed Halloween Hunt Oct 14 – Nov 3

Sim & Store Hunts

Aileen’s Cabin Hunt: October Oct 1 – Oct 31
Bliss Couture Closing Hunt Ongoing
Bloody Halloween Hunt Oct 15 – Nov 1
Boo! Bunny Candy Corn Mini Hunt Oct 15 – Oct 31
Botanica’s Haunted Corn Maze Hunt Sep 15 – Nov 2
Builders Brewery Graveyard Oct 12 – Oct 31
Carrie’s Halloween Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
Cherry Hill Mines: Haunted Adventure Oct 15 – Nov 1
Cosmopolitan 1st Anniversary Hunt Oct 13 – Oct 27
Death In The Desert Oct 1 – Oct 31
Escapade’s & Stitches Fall/Halloween Hunt Oct 1 – Nov 30
Filth N Pretty Halloween Trick Or Treat Oct 9 – Oct 31
Hallows Eve Hunt Oct 8 – Oct 31
Happy Halloween Maze Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
Hauntingly Cute Hunt Oct 15 – Nov 15
Haunts of Antiquity III Oct 14 – Nov 1
Hidden Halloween Treats Oct 1 – Oct 31
Immortal Hearts Halloween Hunt Oct 9 – Nov 1
Immortals Haunted House Of Torment Oct 13 – Nov 3
Keresma Halloween Hunt Oct 11 – Nov 1
Lusty’s Haunted House Hunt Oct 17 – Oct 31
MC Fashion Halloween Hunt Sep 21 – Oct 31
Me’LanGe Pumpkim Mystery Hunt Sep 20 – Oct 31
Miyagawacho Hanamachi Autumn Hunt Oct 13 – Dec 1
Moonstar Harvest Moon Hunt Sep 5 – Oct 31
Palm Bay Halloween Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
Pirate Treasure Hunt Sep 21 – Oct 23
Potpourri Designs: Halloween Hunt Oct 15 – Oct 31
RMK Gothic Halloween Oct 15 – Oct 31
Serenity Heaven Halloween Hunt! Oct 14 – Oct 31
Sin City Heart Hunt Oct 12 – Dec 31
Skull Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
Store-Wide Ghost Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
The Nest’s Halloween Hunt Oct 6 – Oct 19
The Station: Grand Opening Hunt Oct 15 – Nov 15
Trick Or Treat, Hide -N- Seek Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
Witch Project Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
Zuri Jewelry Hunt Oct 1 – Nov 7

Happy Hunting!

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4. Party!

Theme will be Halloween, aka Trick or Treat. Relive your childhood by dressing up in your favorite Trick or Treat outfit. Let your imagination run wild, or come as whatever makes Halloween special for you. In our specially themed set design, we have L$1000 split prize pot up for grabs, as well some great sploder payouts; throughout the night.