Spooky Traditions
This vegetable was originally used in place of curving pumpkins
What is the Turnip?
This green house is the place that the kio fish are found
What is the Durfee Conservatory?
This local poetry writer, whose house and grave are in Amherst, wrote poetry about natural including her favorite, birds.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
These companions are usually associated with witches and often took animal forms including frogs, black cats, and owls?
What are familiars?
These animals replace the hair on the head of Medusa and her sister gorgons. Just don't look into their eyes!
What are snakes?
This practice of walking door to door asking for treats comes has its roots in traditions such as souling or guising where children traveled in costumes to protect themselves from spirits while they were collecting treats such as candy or coins.
What is trick or treat?
The largest degree program at UMass Amherst
What is Psychology?
These groups of animals are know to have a negative association with humans and other host
What are parasites?
She wrote an early horror story that stared a "monster" made from human body parts.
Who is Mary Shelley?
A chimera can refer to a person carry two different sets of DNA or a mythical creature that breathes fire and is a combination of a lion, a snake and this animal.
What is a goat?
This day is celebrated to welcome dead family memeber's to visit for the day in addition to remember those that we have lost.
What is the Day of the Dead or Día de los Muertos?
The place to go for open skate
What is the Mullins Center?
This type of interaction is consider to be to the benefit of both the acting and acted upon species and
What is mutualism ?
Edgar Allen Poe is a famous writer known for many horror and science fiction poems. One of poems has this animal repeating "Nevermore" to a broken heart narrator.
What is a Raven?
Vampires both modern and old have many different powers including transforming to this flying animal.
What are bats?
This is Halloween...or the night before that goes by this name because it was traditionally known for people, espically children, to pulling pranks and creating choas.
What is Mischief Night?
This is the site where you need to go to sign up for classes and check grades.
What is Spire?
These trained animals are usually used to aid and support their human caregivers
What are service animals?
This book and movie is about a large St. Benard that terrorizes an enitre town after becoming infected with rabies.
What is Cujo?
People infected with lycanthropy will transform to these animal inspired monsters and run wild.
What are werewolves?
The colors that are most associated with Halloween, black and orange represent these.
What are the harvest and death?
This is a resource you should consider using if you need help with classrooms.
What is the LRC?
Humans usually base many stories and legends from nature and the animals around them including these animals that were thought to be shapeshifters and tricksters native to Japan.
What is tanuki?
These many legged invertebrates can give many people a scare but a few will keep them as pets, and they are even a little bit hairy. Be careful because they usually do not like to be petted!
What are taruntulas?
These legendary creatures have a human head on a lions body and are known for killing anyone that gets their riddle wrong or being a benevolent guardian of tombs.
What is Spynix?