Not unlike an amusement park or Halloween Horror Nights, trick-or-treaters swarmed down Key Biscayne’s streets, collecting around creative and frightful candy stations. The spooky evening even survived wet weather that loomed throughout the day.
Good thing it didn’t rain, as Islanders dressed their homes in macabre and thoughtful ways (and some out of cardboard). One Key Biscayner, Ali Khouri, gathered her friends to orchestrate an “insane clown posse” experience.
“We started last Sunday,” said Khouri, gesturing to the elaborate homemade set-up. “[We did this] for the community to enjoy Halloween just as much as we do.”
Trick-or-treaters tried their luck and spun the wheel of “trick or treat.”
Hidden behind a tent, clowns sprayed water on the unlucky ones that landed on “trick.” But even the tricks came with candy prizes afterwards.
“Halloween on Key Biscayne is the island at its best,” wrote Belen Estacio to the Independent.
Estacio and her family experienced their first Halloween on the island with their daughter.
“We couldn’t make it a block without bumping into a friend, a neighbor, or a very small superhero. It’s a sweet reminder of why we love calling this place home.”
And in classic Key Biscayne fashion, decorated golf carts drove down the crowded streets. One golf cart adorned with “AI”-lettered LED lights gave away robot figurines, a fluorescent sign reading “Hang in there, it gets worse!” posted on the back.
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Giant skeletons and monster inflatables towered over front yards, green and purple lights flickering stronger as sunlight slipped into dusk.
One Key Biscayne resident laughed in conversation, remarking he saw a new take on “helicopter parent”: someone dressed as a slinky, the spiraled wires leashing the child to her side.
Dogs of all sizes and shapes shared in the celebration as well.
“His name is Mulder, like the X-Men,” introduced the parent of a pooch dressed as Superdog.
If it’s one thing Key Biscayners are good at, it’s going above and beyond for any kind of celebration.
Bianca Sproul is a Cuban-American freelance writer and artist from Miami, FL. When she’s not writing or reading, she snorkels at her favorite childhood beach on Key Biscayne and practices pottery in her at-home private studio.