| Under the cover of evening, pre-school goblins and fairies began their usual door-to-door race for candy, some as early as 5:30 p:m. By 6:30, the RCMP had to block off the road leading up the hill to Mountain View Drive, right in the middle of Houston's "suburb" area, because a battle had begun!
Teenagers were pummeling vehicles with eggs. By the time the police arrived, the number of teens had swollen, some blocking the sidewalks, more hiding in the surrounding trees and bush and they were throwing rocks, sticks, even human feces at anything going by! Joe says, "I'm not sure who they were mad at, but they were a pretty angry bunch."
Demanding they stop did nothing but fire the mob up. Two windows on the police suburban got smashed. The kids set dumpsters on fire and rolled one down the steep street at Mountain View. Word spread the area was not safe and Halloween for the little ones ended quickly. But the war raged on.
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