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The fourth annual Zombie Dash is held at Turtle Bay resort

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Zombie Dash, a 5k run hosted by Turtle Bay Resort, came to life when participants were chased by hoards of the undead on Saturday, Oct. 17. “You’d be surprised how fast you can run whenyou don’t think you have anything left,” said Kapono Panui from Honolulu. The Zombie Dash featured an apocalypse-themed obstacle course through a trail near Turtle Bay resort with around 150 zombies scattered throughout. “It’s a family-friendly course that’s flag football style, so the goal is to trek the course with your yellow belts or, ‘lifelines.’ You want to make it through the 5k [with] as many lifelines as you can,” said Jay Park from Tantriq Entertainment, co-producer of the Zombie Dash. Each of the runners started their half-hour adven-ture with three lifelines; facing obstacles like barrels,tires, and swarms of “walkers” (zombies) starving for theyellow belts. Most were lucky if they crossed the finish line with more than one lifeline left. At the end of the race, “survivors” would trade their remaining lifelines for raffle tickets that won them anything from t-shirts, to Zodiac Hover boards, or even a trip for two to Las Vegas. On top of maintaining their lifelines, runners were each given a scorecard to carry with them to get stamped at four different checkpoints along the way. If the runners were able to get their card stamped at all four checkpoints, they would be given an additional amount of raffle tickets on top of what they earned with their remaining lifelines. All the raffle prizes were sponsor donated, and 10 percent of the proceeds made from admission and raffle ticket sales went to local high schools to help boost their theatre programs. Park said Tantriq Entertainment spent six months planning and getting sponsors to help with financing. Tyler Dean from Sunset Beach said he really enjoyed the fact that the run wasn’t just another boring 5k where the main focus is to get a fast time, but it was “truly thrilling and the zombies help push you past the limits you set for yourself.” Many of the zombies claimed they had “never felt so alive” as they did during the race. “The highlight of my day was making some lady pee her pants,” says Carol Chan of Pearl Harbor. “A lot of the bigger guys tended to scream like little girls, too.” Bruce Jones, a zombie from Rhode Island said it was the most fun he’d had in a long time and he plans to volunteer every year at the Zombie Run. His wife Sarah said her favorite thing to do as a zombie was to climb up into a tree and jump out at people as they walked by. She got punched a few times for doing so, but said it was totally worth it. Tantriq Entertainment plans to make the Zombie Dash a tradition, making bigger and better with each passing year. “The next step for the company is to bring Zombie Dash the other islands of Hawaii in the years to come,” Park said. The run cost $50 per person and nearly 2000 par-ticipants were able to live out their zombie survival fantasies.

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Community members participated in the Turtle Bay Zombie Dash either as a chasing zombie, or a runner trying to survive. Photos by Lexie Arancibia

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Employees at the Polynesian Cultural Cen-ter still report their sightings of the lagoon’s famous “Laie Lady,” where she can still be seen wandering its banks. Legends say the Laie Lady is the spirit of a young girl named Nalani, who lived in the town for many years and has since returned. According to the tourism website www.hawaii-aloha.com, Nalani decided to marry a young sailor in her teen years who was visiting the island. After much opposition, they ran away together and were eventually “hunted down by her brothers, who beat her husband to death.” As her husband laid dying in her arms, Nalani shared what was supposed to be joyous news; she was pregnant. As several months passed, Nalani gave birth to a son who later disappeared from her grasp. Locals in Laie and workers at the PCC believe the reason she is still spotted today wandering around is because of her quest to find her lost son. “The Laie Lady’s loss of her husband and son has plunged her into a life of isolation and has driven her mad. Her intentions are a mystery,” said Raymond Magalei, the PCC’s pre-vious director of marketing, in a statement in 2012. “Some say she is a lonely, broken mother trying to find her lost son, others have claimed she has a more sinister agenda.” Starting in 2008, the PCC opened its lagoon to host a new attraction called the

“Haunted Lagoon.” Visitors from all around the island came to experience a haunted canoe ride through dark passageways of the lagoon. The at-traction’s most sought-after appearance was the

Laie Lady. She appeared towards the end of the canoe ride, dressed in white robes and appear-ing taller than normal as she loomed high above the guests in the canoes. According to officials at the PCC, the first year the center held the event, it attracted just a few thousand visitors. On its final year in 2012, the event attracted over 35,000 visitors, of whom the majority came in high hopes of seeing a more terrifying Laie Lady than in years past. There is no Haunted Lagoon this year. “I’ve heard stories about the Laie Lady. People have told me that she drowned in the ocean in an attempt to look for her lost child, and some have told me that she got lost in the forest,” said Kris Zhang, a freshman from Hong Kong studying business. “She is still out there and I don’t intend on running into her.” The only visible signs of the legacy left be-hind by the Laie Lady, according to Zhang, is a coconut tree that grows along the cultural cen-ter’s lagoon. Named the Kapakahi Tree, Zhang says its twisted shape signifies Nalani’s chaotic and dramatic mind, and she has reportedly been sighted near it. According to www.scare-zone.com, a website dedicated to investigating strange occurrences and sightings, the Laie Lady was spotted during the construction of the lagoon in 1962. The site says “a labor missionary from Ton-ga was digging out the lagoon…. and he looked up to see a girl walking towards him. Thinking that it was his sister bringing him some dinner, he turned around to put down his tools. When he looked up again, he saw no one there.”

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The Laie Lady is said to roam Laie looking for her lost child. Photo from McNeil Wilson Communications.

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the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when the people of Ireland would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off roaming ghosts, according to history.com. Although the United States has added various party elements to the holiday, it first became global in the eighth century, when Pope Gregory III designated Nov. 1 as a time to honor all saints and martyrs. That holiday is called All Saints' Day, and is still cel-ebrated all over the world in the more Catholic dominated areas.

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In China, the commercialized event is cel-ebrated by expatriate Americans or Canadians, reported about.com, but it is spreading to-wards the original inhabitants as well, as junior social work major Olivia Wing To Tsan, from Hong Kong, observed. “We go to a theme park with haunted houses,” she said. “People dress up as ghosts. It’s a party thing. You don’t go with your family.” Although neighborhoods with a lot of white immigrants celebrate it more close to the US fashion, the whole event is strongly influenced by America.

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AmericaHalloween is now the US’s second biggest com-mercial holiday, after Christmas, with spending at approximately $6.9 billion a year, reported ibtimes.com. One fourth of all the candy sold in the States every year is for Halloween. Antonio Cardona, a junior majoring in business management from Guatemala, said he likes the American way of celebration. “It doesn’t have any meaning for me. It’s just a party. It’s excuse to have fun. I was here for Halloween last year. With the Latino club we went to Waikiki dressed up as skeletons. Itwas crazy.” To Tsan remembered Halloween from the time of her mission in California. “We had to go home earlier. It can be really crazy. So we cleaned our apartment from 6 to 9. Deep cleaning.”

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Among Spanish speaking nations, the holiday during Halloween time is known as “El Dia de los Muertos.” According to epmg360.com, a company meant to reach multicultural consum-ers, it is a holiday to remember friends and family who have died. Officially commemo-rated on Nov. 2 (All Souls’ Day), the three-day celebration begins on the evening of Oct. 31, designed to honor the dead who are believed to return to their homes on Halloween. Antonio Cardona, a junior major-ing in business management from Guatemala, said, “We remember our ancestors by going to the cemetery. Normally we bring flowers, but there are also people who bring the favorite food of [the deceased person], because they believe over the night the spirit will be hungry, so they can eat their favorite dish.” In Guatemala it is a family celebra-tion, he said. “All my uncles and aunts came and we get everybody together and have a great meal. In my country it’s not a dark party, but how we honor our ancestors.”

Latin AmericaClifton Tokoara, a freshman from the Cook Islands majoring in psychology, also saw the influence of US customs in his own country, though his culture still holds closer to the Catholic traditions he experienced before join-ing the LDS church. “Originally it comes from the Catholic Church,” he remembered, “but since I came off my mission it seems the whole island is celebrating it now. In the Cook Islands it’s also known as Turama [light] day. Today in the islands they decorate the graves with flowers, clean and repaint them, light a candle and say the Hail Mary.” He continued, “In the church, we remember the dead differently. Whereas other religions cry and bawl over the loss of a loved one, our church has a lot of hope. That’s maybe why Halloween has a lot of dread to it. It’s very different. The All Saint’s Day is about light. Hal-loween is about darkness and death.”

Polynesia All my uncles and aunts came and we get everybody together and have a great meal. In my country it'snot a dark party, but how we honorour ancestors.Anthony Cardona

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Pumpkin Spice & Chocolate Vice CookiesINGREDIENTS:1 cup pumpkin puree1 cup granulated sugar1/2 cup oil (canola or vegetable)1 teaspoon vanilla1 large egg2 cups flour2 teaspoons baking powder1 teaspoon cinnamon1/2 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon baking soda1 teaspoon milk 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS:1. Preheat oven to 375º F2. Combine pumpkin, sugar, oil, vanilla and egg. Mix until well com-bined.3. In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Add the dry mixture to the pumpkin mixture. Mix well.4. Add in the chocolate chips.5. Using a spoon drop mounds of the cookie dough on the cookie sheets.6. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool.

Pumpkin Cinamist Muffins INGREDIENTS:1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour2 teaspoons baking powder1 teaspoon cinnamon1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice1/2 teaspoon allspice1/2 teaspoon nutmeg1/2 teaspoon ground cloves3/4 cup granulated sugar1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed3/4 cup pumpkin puree 1/3 cup coconut oil1/4 cup Milk2 tablespoons molasses1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Cinnamon Sugar Coating1/3 cup granulated sugar1 teaspoon cinnamon

DIRECTIONS:1. Preheat oven to 400º F. Spray muffin pans with cooking spray2. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, allspice, nutmeg, cloves, and optional salt; set aside.3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the sugars, pumpkin, oil, milk, molasses, and vanilla until combined.4. Pour the wet pumpkin mixture over the dry ingredients, and stir until just combined. Batter is quite thick and if yours is seemingly too thick, add a splash of milk to thin it.5. Pour batter into muffin cooking sheet.6. Bake for about 11 to 12 minutes. Allow muffins to cool in pans for about 10 to 15 minutes before removing and placing on a rack to cool completely. They can be dipped in the cinnamon-sugar coating as soon as they're cool enough to handle.7. In a medium bowl, add the sugar, cinnamon, and stir to combine.8. Roll each muffin through cinnamon-sugar until evenly coated.

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ome of Oahu’s most sacred grounds have become desecrated from growth and development over the years, a claim Oahu Ghost

Tours believes has stirred up supernatural activ-ity on the island. Guests can book tours which will explore sites in and around the island that have been recognized as consistently haunted. Ac-cording to their website, “Guests are takento some of the most haunted places on Oahu”and given first-hand experience of real-life hauntings. Some tour locations include places where sacrifices were made to ancient gods and goddesses of Hawaii. Notorious haunted places are usually tied to their long histories, but the tour group also visits more modern haunts, such as hospitals used during World War II that housed sick children and wounded civiliansand soldiers. “Our guides are very experienced experts on telling and portraying the stories of these places,” stated Oahu Ghost Tours owner Chris Spears. “All of the stories are true, and all sites are real. We use historical and ancestral information, as well as eye witness accounts. In fact, many of the sites we visit are historical by day, but haunted by night.”

Oahu Ghost Tours says a crucial part of the tours are the chants that are said before entering any sacred sites. They claim these chants differentiate these haunted places from others due to their ties to Hawaiian history. The group claims that a sense of asking permission is required amongst the spirits before entering, otherwise the group is considered trespassing on their occupied territories. “I have had my own personal experiences with the supernatural,” stated Joe Punohu, a Kaneohe native, in his online biography. “I’ve always been taught to have a certain respect for everything around me, and to not deny the presence of the supernatural occurrences, but rather to learn about them and learn from them.” Punohu is working as a ghost tour guide. One location of a tour offered by the group gives guests up-close experiences with Hawaii’s notorious Night Marchers. According to the Huffington Post, the Night Marchers are ghosts of ancient Hawaiian warriors who roam their ancient battlegrounds and burial sites. Legends state that looking one of them directly in the eye will require you to march along with them for the rest of eternity. Michael Nielsen, a junior from California studying business management, has

a “love-hate” relationship with supernatural occurrences. He said, “I love the adrenaline and the element of surprise, but I hate the night-mares that follow.” Nielsen said adrenaline is what motivates him, and several others, to go on ghost tours. The banyan tree at the beginning of the Manoa Falls Trail also attracts much atten-tion among hikers and is also a site of the tour. According to “Uncle Joe” Espinda, a tour guide on Oahu Ghost Tours, this tree crosses the path of the night marchers and is said to hold some of their lost spirits. On some nights, he said, the faint sound of drumming while they march can be heard. Rachel Holcombe, a sophomore from Illinois studying accounting, said she is motived by her curiosity to go to these places. “I’m intrigued by the novelty idea of having haunted places in Hawaii and I challenge them to try scaring me.” According to their website, the group offers four different kinds of tours: Myths and Legends of Waikiki, Orbs of Oahu, Honolulu City Haunts, and Sacred Spirits. Oahu Ghost Tours offers transportation to the various sites, but a moderate amount of walking is required. Guests are encouraged to stay in the van if any of the sites become too graphic for them.

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Straight Outta Hard Rock Halloween Costume ContestWhen: Oct. 31, events begin at 9 pmWhere: Hard Rock Cafe Honolulu at 280 Beachwalk Ave, HonoluluAttractions: Costume contest – winner will receive $1500, live performances from EMKE and DJ Jimmy TacoInfo: For more information visit, www.hardrock.com/Honolulu.

Night TerrorsHaunted HouseWhen: Oct. 30 & 31, 7 pm – 8 pmWhere: 891 Valkenburgh St., HonoluluAttractions: Haunted HouseInfo: Profits from the event will be donated to the Operation Home front Charity. For more informa-tion, go to: www.FearBeyond-Haunts.com

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Oahu hosts haunted houses, danc-es, costume contests, and more for people of all ages to celebrate Halloween. Students at BYU-Hawaii will have to balance finals—some of which are on Halloween—and festivities. Jenna Van Vliet, a senior studying international cultural studies from California said, “Hal-loween is right at the end of the semester this year so I haven’t even given it much thought. I might try and get out there and go find something fun to do but as of now I am slammed with home-work, work, and getting readyfor graduation.” Preston Moss, a senior studying ICS from Oregon said,

“Halloween doesn’t seem to be as big of a deal out here at BYUH because we have students from all of the world. For a lot of people, Halloween just isn’t a thing that they do.” Others remember tradi-tions from home this Halloween season. Josh Peterson, a fresh-man studying computer science from Utah, said, “Every year for Halloween, instead of handing out candy my Mom and Dad would make hundreds of donuts. We had tons of people coming over to our house to get these delicious homemade donuts.”

Let the GhoulTimes RollWhen: Oct. 31, 7 pm – 12 amWhere: The Tunnels at Aikah 221 Iliaina Street, KailuaAttractions: Dancing, costume contests, prize raffle, silent auc-tion, live entertainmentInfo: $25 presale ticket, $30 at the door. For more information go to, hawaiianimalsanctuary.org

Nightmare atDole Plantation 3When: Oct. 30, and 31, 7 pm – 11 pmWhere: Dole Plantation at 64-1550 Kamehameha Hwy, WahiawaAttractions: House of Nightmares haunted house and Nightmare Express train ride.Info: For more information, go to doleplantation.com.

Sunset Mele on the Rooftop, Trick or Treat: Hawaii Con-vention Center

When: Oct. 31, 5 pm – 9 pmWhere: Hawaii Convention Center at 1801 Kalakaua Ave, HonoluluAttractions: Food, live entertain-ment, showing of “Maleficent”Info: For more information, call (808) 943-3025

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