Royal Dragon
06-20-2003, 11:07 PM
Worked security at a book store tonight. Terri had an animal show there.
Ohhhh Myyy GOOOOOOD!!!!! It was a frik'n MAD HOUSE. We were in a small mall in Oak Park. They decked the block out like the Alley in the movie "Harry Potter". By 9:00 PM , it was so packed I though there was a risk of mass trampling. Tempers were flairing, Fights were breaking out because noone could move, Kid's were getting seperated form their parents, and the cops were threatening to close the whole affair. They actually turned away people for quite some time. I had my daughter with me, and I restricted her to the back of the book store I was working. Terri also got off the street for about an hour and only showed her animals inside.
I tell you guys, I have never seen a crowd THIS wild before. People were actually paniking to get out of the crowd for fear of being squished. I saw real fear on some faces.
I have to hand it to the Oak Park Police though, they had it thinned down to a crowded, but safe level in about an hour. There is no way they could have expected this kind of a turnout. It was enormous. They were totally un prepared for the mass of bodies that showed. To be honest, I though it weird Terri asked me to work security for her. She's never done that for a show before.
Seriously, what's with this Harry Potter movie anyway? Half the people there were dressed as charecters from the movie. The other half had Shirts with the Hogwarts acadamy on them. It was totally bizzar!! They even played a full sized game of Chess, with live people as the playing peices. They had a fullsized life size Chess board painted out in the street for this. Totally wacked.
Ohhhh Myyy GOOOOOOD!!!!! It was a frik'n MAD HOUSE. We were in a small mall in Oak Park. They decked the block out like the Alley in the movie "Harry Potter". By 9:00 PM , it was so packed I though there was a risk of mass trampling. Tempers were flairing, Fights were breaking out because noone could move, Kid's were getting seperated form their parents, and the cops were threatening to close the whole affair. They actually turned away people for quite some time. I had my daughter with me, and I restricted her to the back of the book store I was working. Terri also got off the street for about an hour and only showed her animals inside.
I tell you guys, I have never seen a crowd THIS wild before. People were actually paniking to get out of the crowd for fear of being squished. I saw real fear on some faces.
I have to hand it to the Oak Park Police though, they had it thinned down to a crowded, but safe level in about an hour. There is no way they could have expected this kind of a turnout. It was enormous. They were totally un prepared for the mass of bodies that showed. To be honest, I though it weird Terri asked me to work security for her. She's never done that for a show before.
Seriously, what's with this Harry Potter movie anyway? Half the people there were dressed as charecters from the movie. The other half had Shirts with the Hogwarts acadamy on them. It was totally bizzar!! They even played a full sized game of Chess, with live people as the playing peices. They had a fullsized life size Chess board painted out in the street for this. Totally wacked.