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See the Creepy Traditions That Created Halloween_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 21, 2019 3:48 PM UTC See the Creepy Traditions That Created Halloween  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 21, 2019 3:48 PM UTC When it comes to [Halloween](https://time.com/5687146/best-halloween-tv-episodes/), each year there are new people who find a way to go above and beyond [celebrating spooky season](https://time.com/5434659/halloween-pagan-origins-in-samhain/). From [scarily accurate costumes](https://time.com/5414128/best-celebrity-halloween-costumes-2018/) to [over-the-top decoration displays](https://time.com/5694195/halloween-decorations-angelos/), Halloween enthusiasts are continually taking things to the next level. And with Halloween 2019 only a little over a week away, this year’s October efforts are swiftly ramping up. After Facebook user RJ Preston shared a [video](https://www.facebook.com/rj.preston.10/videos/10218107693397471/) on Sunday of a pumpkin he decorated to look like popular Pokémon Gastly, the post quickly began making the online rounds. As is true of the dual-type ghost and poison Pokemon in the franchise, the jack-o’-lantern is painted to look like a black ball of gas with glowing eyes and a toothy grin. The pumpkin is even spewing purple smoke to create Gastly’s signature surrounding purple haze. “A wild Gastly appeared,” Preston captioned the now-viral post, which has been shared over 40,000 times and liked nearly 7,000. See the full Pokemon pumpkin video below. ## Transcript [00:00] All Hallow's Eve, the holy evening. All Saint's [00:04] Eve. No matter what you call it, one thing is certain. The [00:09] true origin of Halloween is still shrouded in mystery. But [00:12] here's what we do know. Halloween is linked to an [00:15] [ MUSIC ] old Celtic festival called [ UNKNOWN ]. [00:17] [ MUSIC ] It marked the end of the harvest season and the [00:21] beginning of Winter, the darker half of the year. [ MUSIC ] [00:24] That's when the souls of the dead were set to come back to [00:27] life to wreak havoc on crops, unless of course they were [00:31] appeased through offerings and rituals. During the festival [00:35] people dressed in costume to imitate the dead spirit. And [00:38] went door to door reciting verses in exchange for food [00:42] offerings. When Christian Missionaries came to change [00:46] Keltic religious practices in the 13th century AD, those [00:50] rituals evolved. [ INAUDIBLE ] became a day to pray for the [00:53] death. So spirits stuck in purgatory could find their way into [00:57] heaven. People went door to door singing. Offering Bible [01:00] verses and collecting what's called soul cakes. People [01:04] still donned costumes but this time it was to disguise them [01:08] from dead spirits searching for vengeance against their [01:11] human enemies. For further protection observers filled [01:15] hollowed out turnips with candles to ward off evil spirits. But [01:18] once the holiday reached North America, turnips were [01:22] traded for pumpkins, which were easier to carve and native [01:25] to the continent. Historians have suggested this is the [01:29] origin for modern- day Halloween and trick- or- treating. 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