Sure. Sometimes a jump scare. Which was more funny then scary.
However, One of my uncles was fond of trying to scare us kids for a few years in particular. I think somebody convinced him to stop at one point.
I never really celebrated Halloween as a kid by trick or treating or dressing up. I wasn't allowed and when I was old enough to be sneaky, I no longer cared. So maybe I didn't understand letting someone else scare me as concept. To me it was simply unacceptable.
I gave him such a scolding once when he was really trying to pressure me and a cousin into a weird situation. Some uncles and a couple aunts and some cousins and my siblings and I were having a campfire in the woods. We had a few tents up for those that were camping overnight.
I don't think he understood that I didn't have a problem with him telling scary stories and pretending there were werewolves out in the woods to my brothers, my cousins, and I.. but actively scaring me or my cousin through harassment and trying to pressure me and one of my cousins to go in the woods so he and another uncle can howl, scare and chase us is not ok. And not my idea of a good time. Sorry we weren't idiots and we stayed put...because I said we could. Why would we allow him to scare us? No sane person picks that. Not sure what the hell was going through his brain.
It was more traumatizing realizing that your uncle is a jerk, who doesn't care about other people's feelings and autonomy.
Humans are always scarier then monsters.
But maybe people who don't have reasons to fear people or loved ones feel more...safe, and don't actually get scared or feel like they should protect themselves and others...and just trust that the person won't take things too far? I have no idea.
My uncle was really mad at me for spoiling his "fun".
He was sullen at me for almost a year and wouldn't say hi or anything. He would look at me and then deliberately ignore me. And I was a freaking child. Lol
He spent that entire year implying that I was a wet blanket to others, and lightly poking fun at me over whatever flaw he could find... when in reality I was standing up for myself and he was just out to get revenge on me. All because I wouldn't let him playact by choosing not to engage.
Perhaps they wouldn't have scare us that badly. Who knows?
However, No sane person trusts anybody who chooses to push someone into an uncomfortable situation only to try to scare someone into hysterics and crying and running away to safety...and think it's a good time. Halloween doesn't negate bad behavior. Because actually scaring the shit out of a innocent person is not ok.
