By the sounds of it, my little trick has worked...

I didn't feel like dealing with trick or treaters tonight because I'm down in the basement and I didn't want to run upstairs every five minutes to answer a knock on the door. So what did I do?

Bear traps. I laid out about three of them on the path leading up to my house. I dug little indentations in the ground and covered the traps with leaves.

I can hear kids screaming right now, blood curdling screams that are ripping through the quiet autumn night and disturbing my beer drinking.

I can clearly hear that two of the screams are from kids, but the last one is deeper and more seasoned. I think I may have bagged one of the mothers.

Next year I will set more traps. I hate to think of how many got away.