Halifax, NS — The University Of King’s College as an institution is no stranger to the occult, offering multiple courses on topics like vampires, werewolves and witchcraft. In part due to this, one student has taken it upon themselves to go above-and-beyond in order to have the scariest Halloween possible. Raven Astrabeth is the third-year student at King’s dedicated to horrifying campus by spending Halloween as the only day of the year she will not be dressing as a vampire.
“Picture the most horrifying, blood chilling, unimaginably scary thing you can think of, now double that. That’s what I will be dressing as,” Astrabeth said. “That’s right, you guessed it, I will be wearing an Aritzia Superpuff and Uggs. When I put on the costume for my roommates, three of them were reduced to tears and one was so disturbed he dropped out and moved overseas.”
In a statement to The Mackerel, some members of King’s faculty have voiced concerns that Astrabeth’s costume may not be ‘school appropriate.’ “Last year, she dressed in Nike sweats and Air Forces. Campus was in a state of complete chaos. I swear I saw at least three Ghostfaces, two Draculas and a Boogeyman running in terror from the air force monster,” said Blake Darkthorn, a professor at King’s.
“A lot of the students just aren’t prepared to see that sort of thing. I wish Raven would just dress as an incredibly niche gay cultural reference, like the rest of the students do,” Darkthorn continued.
In order to protect King’s students in future years, King’s is drafting costume guidelines to determine what may be too scary for the campus. These guidelines include bans on items like moon boots, Stan Smiths and shackets.
By Sam Creighton