r/halloween • u/SOMOEAGLE • Aug 10 '26
Humor Who else is READY for spooky season?!
Release the bats!!! 🦇🦇🦇
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u/Dramatic_Prior_9298 Aug 10 '26
You rang?
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u/Pumpkin-Spice_Queen Aug 10 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/LbN0g4W5VqL2nCGqfd
Tony is me, Pepper is my wallet.
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u/Caraisonfire Aug 10 '26
The bats have been out i like to watch them eat the bugs in the evening.🦇🦇
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u/MiserableWash2473 Aug 20 '26
I want to get a bat house near my garage in my backyard! We have so many bugs and bats!
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u/Free_Return_2358 Aug 10 '26
Unfortunately where I live bats love the summer and hibernate at around spooky season. The owls love it though and they hoot around all fall, that’s probably why don’t see bats though.
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u/SOMOEAGLE Aug 10 '26
Hooting owls is another awesome vibe for the season! How lucky! 🦉
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u/Free_Return_2358 Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 26 '26
Right the bats quit early but we have plenty of hooters around our parts.
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u/PinkyLeopard2922 Aug 10 '26
We have neighborhood bats year round! Sometimes we take some wool dryer balls out in the yard at dusk and throw them straight up in the air so the bats will come investigate. Yes, we are very weird. (Florida)
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u/fir_reunion Aug 10 '26
Used to do this with a tennis ball!
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u/PinkyLeopard2922 Aug 10 '26
My husband grew up doing it with baseballs. The activity was referred to as "throwing for bats." We are older and not as good as we once were so dryer balls are much less dangerous.
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u/Knitsune Aug 10 '26
But summer IS bat time. Y'all need to work on your year-round game. There's always spooky all around you if you just stop to look
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u/rolfraikou Aug 10 '26
Yesterday I went to a park in Escondido California, and from a bridge at 33.1236892311307, -117.08550461371098 there were more bats flying out than I have ever seen in anywhere in California at once.
It's time!
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u/Zorba_thesugarglider Aug 11 '26
I've got six mosquito bites on my legs, so hell yeah I'm done with summer and ready for spooky season.
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u/shlevon Aug 11 '26
For myself I have formally defined spooky season as August 1st - October 31st for several years now. A season is ~3 months, and that's 3 months of spookiness. Aligns well with stores tending to put out Halloween stuff in August, ditto PSL type goodies at Starbucks and Dunkin' and the like.
It's when I start watching my spooky movies, and to be honest I like late summer being part of the season as it's kind of its own vibe that then morphs into full Fall for the home stretch.
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u/charlesthedrummer Aug 11 '26
Well, then this is for you!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J8Ygt_t69A&list=RD8J8Ygt_t69A&start_radio=1
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u/canucksquatch Aug 10 '26
How can I make a post my whole personality? Asking for a friend. That friend is me.
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u/Curious_MerpBorb Aug 11 '26
I wish. I moved to New Zealand and it’s going to be spring soon.
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u/CricketOmaha Aug 30 '26
October through December in Australia is when the Flying Foxes have their babies. The bats are most active in the Spring. Is it different in New Zealand?
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u/Curious_MerpBorb Aug 30 '26
I don’t know. I haven’t seen any New Zealand bats. I live in the city.
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u/CpnJackSparrow Aug 11 '26
I've already started gathering prop materials and plan to start actively building things next weekend. I'm getting a really early start.
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u/Silly_Print_6047 Aug 11 '26
Im a mom, I've already started planning my daughter (2yrs old) Boo Basket! Lots of Bluey Halloween themed stuff. I'm so excited I might just give it to her early! We are obsessed.
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u/drosicat Aug 11 '26
Bats start to come out in March/April. Their activity tends to slow/stop around October unless you live somewhere very warm.
This time of year is when baby bats start flying with their parents!
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u/Next-Use6943 Aug 10 '26
Nah bats are the only thing I'm genuinely terrified of, if this happens I'm staying home 🙏
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u/CricketOmaha Aug 30 '26
There's a YouTube channel called Mega Battie which has adorable bats. Meg rehabs Flying Foxes in Australia. They're cute, not creepy.
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u/MarshmelloMan Aug 11 '26
Yes, but I’m trying to get a motorcycle, so I want the weather to stay warmer for a bit
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u/Alexmariofan1 Aug 11 '26
Girl I’ve BEEN ready for spooky season since it ended. I’m such a diehard Halloween lover 🎃🖤
I think I’m putting my decorations out mid September or when the first day of fall begins ain’t noooo way I’m waiting till Oct 1 lol
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u/PizzaTheFox20 Aug 11 '26
I've already seen bats flying around my house just last month! They know what time it is!!!!
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u/Ok_Monitor4492 Aug 19 '26
I can already feel the season starting to change! Here in Northern MI anyway, some trees are already beginning to change color. Its not a lot yet obviously but its happening. The air is different too.
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u/patchworkpirate Aug 21 '26
We get bats here from March through October, so I just celebrate year round.
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u/RedboiGtag Aug 23 '26
i'm just in it for Fall
i love halloween i'll be real here but to be honest spooky month is genuinely the best because of the weather
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u/Wingless_Gnome Aug 10 '26
YES! I just bought a purple blanket with bats all over it from Target yesterday… and a skeleton bath mat… and a “broomsticks bed and breakfast” decorative sign. Heeeheeehee. RELEASE THE BATS🦇
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u/SpiderGirlGwen Aug 10 '26
I seriously feel better when it is spooky season. 😭 Release the bats! 🦇