CAUTION: Parents, Check Your Kid’s Halloween Candy
Sometimes, people seriously suck. For as long as I can remember, parents have told stories like this. A parent’s ultimate nightmare when it comes to Halloween. Candy that’s been poisoned or otherwise tampered with in some way to hurt kids. Well now it’s actually happened. Multiple razor blades were found embedded in some candy this year after Halloween.
It happened in Eugene, Oregon. Which is about 110 miles south of Portland. Three separate parents called in the incident of finding the razor blades in their kid’s candy. The blades were small, about an inch long, like the ones found in a manual pencil sharpener.
Eugene Police Capt. Chris Harrison said in a news conference Wednesday that the first report came on Halloween night. The next two on Tuesday. All of the blades seemed to be slipped into the candy through a small slit in the wrapper. The candy that was tampered with was two Kit Kat bars and an Almond Joy.
NBC News reported what Harrison said about the reports: “‘One parent was looking through their child’s bag of candy, inspecting it, and happened to notice a small slit in the wrapper of one of the candy bars,’ he said. ‘Thinking that was odd, they investigated a little more and opened the candy wrapper and found a razor blade, a small razor blade that was embedded inside the candy bar.’”
It’s hard to fathom why someone would do this. The Eugene Police Department does not have a suspect in custody at this point. But the department has narrowed down the neighborhood where the candy was probably acquired. They have issued a warning to local residents who may have had their kids trick-or-treat there on Monday night.
Considering the blades were slipped into the candy bars without obviously messing up the wrapper, it would be very easy to miss this. So parents, PLEASE check your kids candy as soon as possible.
–Wendy Rush, 96.3KKLZ Las Vegas
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Top 10 List: Most Popular Halloween Costume This Year
10. Harley Quinn
Movie popularity aside, this costume is just fun. I’d totally wear it in public year round if I was more daring.
9. Cowboy
Halloween is an excellent time for little boys of all ages to play Cowboy. It’s a surprise there’s no cops or robbers on this list.
8. Cheerleader
This one is a perfect combination of fun, cute and simple to throw together. So it’s a shoo-in for Halloween.
7. Rabbit
This one might be popular because it’s so easy. A white outfit, some bunny ears (that we all have lying around from Easter anyway) and voila. Instant costume.
6. Pirate
Another costume that’s just too cool not to do. It’s hard to dress like a pirate and not feel like a bad boy or girl. And let’s face it, that appeals to even the most angelic of us.
5. Fairy
Fairies have always been a popular choice for costumes. Maybe because they’re kinda everywhere? From Tinkerbell to Galadriel, they show up in so many narratives. Plus, it’s a readily-accessible outfit to make us feel pretty and magical. Obvious choice. 🙂
4. "Stranger Things" Character
I swear the Stranger Things franchise is to this generation what Ghostbusters was to mine. Costumes from the show are everywhere.
3. Dinosaur
This costume will never go out of style. For a very simple reason: Kids. Dig. Dinosaurs.
2. Spiderman
Here’s another example of the media influencing our costume choices. With the release of Spiderman: No Way Home, it was inevitable this costume would top the list of most-popular.
1. Witch
For the second year in a row, the witch is the most-popular Halloween costume. And I’m guessing, like the rabbit costume, it’s because it’s easy. Throw on some black clothes and a hat and you’re good to go.
