BooFest sends shivers through Main Street at Lakewood Ranch

The hardest part of attaching a giant skeleton to an old VW bus is figuring out how to drive without an obstructed view. 

Getting the oversized bones to hold in place had to be accomplished with vacuum mounts, manufactured by SeaSucker. Owner Chuck Casagrande said normally the mounts would hold down a bike instead of a skeleton leg. 

This is the VW’s second drive to Lakewood Ranch for its annual BooFest, which was held on Oct. 25 on Main Street. 

The skeleton was last year’s new edition to the VW. This year’s add-on was a rooftop coffin. 

The perfectly peculiar bus drew a crowd all night, but the scaredy cats stayed back as clowns jumped out at the brave.

For a less spooky Halloween experience, the Baby Fox Academy operated its bubble machine. 

Owner Laurie McCracken wore an inflatable fox costume and danced around, handing out bags of candy. 

The academy set up two tents and handed out 800 bags of candy in under an hour.

“I sent my husband to the store,” McCracken said. “We don’t just give out one piece of candy, there are five pieces in each bag. And we add an inflatable every year because it’s a favorite picture spot.”