Lady Lost Found

The Bay City Hay Maze received special attention from the Bay City Fire Department (BCFD) for two reasons, to prevent a fire and, once a week, to search for lost people.

A few days after the Creepy Crawl message came from the organizers that one visitor didn't come home.

The BCFD, under leadership of Lucien Greybeard, went out in full force to search for the lost visitor.

They went around the outside of the maze and shouted hoping for a reply. From a distance one could hear a faint reply. (click on an image to see it enlarged)

The rescue workers immediately extended the boom of the fire truck and one volunteer went up to see the path of the maze and the origin of the sound.

Rescue workers entered the maze, oxygen, food and water with them. Under guidance from above they carefully manoeuvred through the maze leaving a rope behind them.

They found the young lady lost in the maze, dizzy, confused, tired and completely dehydrated. She mumbled something about breadcrumbs. After applying first aid she was taken out of the maze following the rope.

In an ambulance, sirens on, she was taken to an undisclosed location.

The BCFD did not reveal the name of the victim so we could not ask her about her ordeal and rescue.

The BCFD closed of the maze for being too dangerous.

While discussions were going on to make the maze safer for visitors the weather changed.

Pictures by Lucien Greybeard, used with permission. Please see more pictures from Lucien from it's Flickr page.

Reporter T.J.Hooker, Vick Forcella

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Creepy Crawl

For the last few years Xiola Linden has organized the Creepy Crawl, visits around the grid in a Halloween theme listening to music, dance and having creepy fun. Each location is raided with a creepy crowd for half an hour before the next location is creeped. This year was no exception.

The creepy crawl started visiting the May Haze, er, Hay Maze at the Bay City Fairgrounds.

At 10 o'clock the creepy crowd gathered at the fairgrounds. DJ Gospeed Rasere, from a distance, spinned up the wheels and the music started.

Many of SL celebrities attended. Of course Xiola but also Strawberry Linden in her first creepy crawl with a Linden last name. Steven, Wendi and Wulf Linden joined.

Avi Arrow and Kennylex Luckless were there, representing the old mainland around the Ivory Tower of Primitives.

Bixyl Shuftan of the SL Newser was present.

Evola Courtois, Solo Anatra, Vian Magic, Yeya Zuta, and Marianne McCann, amongst others, brought their Bay City pride to the event.

The crowd topped out at 40 people, only because that was as many as could fit. Same with the conga line, which was maxed out for a large part of the time.

People were well dressed for the occasion. Some were just covered with a sheet and pretended to be a ghost, others went the full mile and were dressed with clothes, but without flesh. Some wolves were seen running around fighting over a pelvis.

For over half an hour the crowd had a great time at the fairgrounds, drinking freshly made Bay City Brew that made them glow a little.

Some dared to enter the maze, some found the exit, some will be recovered by the BCFD recovery party next week.

When the clock stroke half past ten most of the creepers poofed away to the next location in Dreadville. Pity the ones left behind, they had to clean up the mess.

It was a great party. Can't wait for next years Creepy Crawl.

Anyone missing a pelvis? Elvis?

Reporters Marianne McCann, Vick Forcella

Images Ivola Courtois, Marianne McCann

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