This was our first year. We had a hayride, a hangout area, and a corn walk. The 30th we had a pretty big crowd, 1600, and a couple of actors in the corn had some incidents. One female actor who was pretending to be a prop actually had to call it quits because she was punched, felt up, and had 2 pepole grab her mask and yell into her face. Another clown with a chainsaw at the end had a couple people take swings or kicks at him (kind of to be expected), and a couple other people were punched or slapped. Its a 20 min walk and our 3 head actors were walking it, we didnt catch any of the people.
Rules at the front always help. Apparently the entry person was not giving them because they thought we were to busy, I was furious.
I am thinking about next year having about 8 people with radios walking the trail backward scaring people and watching for trouble.
Having a couple real cameras showing reactions for a live feed to the hangout area. Also with signs saying the whole thing is under surveillance
Lastly in training talk about some strategies to get close to people without getting hit.
I am curious about what other haunts do to insure the safety of their actors and what everyone think of these ideas.
Rules at the front always help. Apparently the entry person was not giving them because they thought we were to busy, I was furious.
I am thinking about next year having about 8 people with radios walking the trail backward scaring people and watching for trouble.
Having a couple real cameras showing reactions for a live feed to the hangout area. Also with signs saying the whole thing is under surveillance
Lastly in training talk about some strategies to get close to people without getting hit.
I am curious about what other haunts do to insure the safety of their actors and what everyone think of these ideas.
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