Same here around Halloween.
I kept mine locked down from September to November.
Lost dogs ads during that time were heartbreaking.
What do you tell the owners?
Shelters even had a “ no black pet adoptions” for years because of it.
I had a friend who worked at a PA shelter and every year they had to go to that
“ one place” to retrieve the bodies.
One time there was actually a horse.
Evil is real.
For black cats it’s Satanic rural.
For black dogs in Hawaii, it’s for “black dog adobo”. (Maybe Satanic ritual also, but I’m not sure about that.)