An Eastside evening spent searching for spirits uncovered one realization: The living instill more fear than the dead. Give me an ancient Hawaiian apparition over a Kapa‘a tweaker any day. Spending Halloween night on the outskirts of a heiau overlooking
An Eastside evening spent searching for spirits uncovered one realization: The living instill more fear than the dead. Give me an ancient Hawaiian apparition over a Kapa‘a tweaker any day.
Spending Halloween night on the outskirts of a heiau overlooking Wailua offered a sense of serenity during the brief periods uninterrupted by motorists speeding up Kuamo‘o Road or worries of who may be lurking behind the coconut trees.
No spooks revealed themselves, but photos taken in the area proved more telling. An expert analysis determined that the unexplainable white orbs in some of the images — shot from the same exact location just seconds apart — were likely energy spheres caught on camera.
Distracted by the stars peering through passing clouds, we decided to head back down the hill and set up shop at a cemetery to see what fantastic phantasms might greet us there.
Sitting on Wailua Beach with the waves inhaling and exhaling at our feet, we sipped some Cotes du Rhone and gnawed on Gobstoppers while waiting for the show to begin.
The night sky ultimately took center stage. Shooting stars afforded us a handful of wishes and a couple planes posed as unidentified flying objects.
The only questionable celestial sighting was a glow over the horizon where O‘ahu would be and an abnormal twinkling in Orion’s blue-studded belt.
Maybe it was the vino tinto, maybe it was the mass consumption of corn syrup, maltodextrin and carnauba wax. But the constellation just seemed to be trying to communicate something.
Regardless, I wouldn’t trade this shared experience for the world. We may not have met any specters or wraiths to write home about, but my first full-on, ghost-hunting effort as an adult left a lasting memory.
Plus, we managed to avoid encountering any ice heads or other shady lifeforms who seem to come out in droves sometimes when the sun sets.
Inside this week’s edition of Kaua‘i Times, you’ll find a frenzy of photos from Family Fright Night.
Superheroes, witches and scary costumes galore made the event at Kaua‘i Village shopping center a success, according to Kaua‘i Times’ Amanda Gregg.
