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Grownup spooky stories at library

For those who are looking for a way to honour their Halloween spirit without going to a party can make their way to a Spooky Storytime for adults on Saturday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the main branch of the Prince George Public Library.
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The main branch of the Prince George Public Library is hosting a Spooky Storytime for Adults on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. They will share scary stories, urban legends and take guests on a walking tour of the library.

For those who are looking for a way to honour their Halloween spirit without going to a party can make their way to a Spooky Storytime for adults on Saturday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the main branch of the Prince George Public Library.

"It's going to be a little spooky," Laura Weisgarber, library assistant, said. She and her co-worker Leslie Hilder came up with the idea and then put a plan in place.

"But you won't be jump-scared," she said. "It'll be a bit more laid back than that. We got the idea when we started telling each other urban legends and from there it just evolved into us putting on a Spooky Storytime for the public but for adults."

So a bit spookier than the mainstream.

Weisgarber remembers hearing one particularly haunting urban legend.

There was a man driving down a deserted road when he saw a woman who was visibly upset standing on the side of the road. He stopped and asked her if she was all right and he told her he could take her home if she wished.

She got in the back of the car and she told him where she lived. When he pulled into the driveway and parked the car he didn't hear her get out and yet she wasn't in his back seat any longer.

He thought he'd better follow up and knocked on the door of the house. When he explained the situation to the older woman who answered the door, she told him that he had just described her daughter who died several years earlier.

"Along with scary stories and urban legends we might be making up our own stories with a library theme," Weisgarber said. "There may be some interactive stories and we will be doing a walking tour of the library and telling stories along the way so half of the storytime will be that and half will be seated with a more traditional format."

People are welcome to dress up if they wish, but it is not required.

What is required is a call to register for the after-hours event at 250-563-9251 ext. 141 or 140.