[CatherineofAragon]

"if any of you have small pets, cats, dogs, keep them indoors the next few days. and if’you think i make this up, talk to a trusted police detective about it, if they’ll talk about’it, ritual animal mutilations go up during the few days around halloween."

"I don't believe it because it's likely an urban myth."

It's no urban myth. Pets are much safer kept inside on Halloween.

[Biggirl]

I try to get the word out myself.

[needmorePaine]

It's no urban myth. Pets are much safer kept inside on Halloween.

Yes, because there are more people roaming about during trick or treating, and there is more traffic as parents drive their kids from one neighborhood to another.
I doubt that the danger to pets is from a spike in ritual mutilations.

[Salamander]

And there’s more of it and it’s worse than you’d imagine.

Lock everything up for a few days....please
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