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On Halloween, eliciting a good ol' fashioned scare is frequently part of the evening's fun.
And if you're looking for ideas, the PrankvsPrank folks have themselves a good one.
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They had a woman dress up as the notorious dead girl from the horror flick "The Ring" — complete with long black hair covering her face, lacy white nightgown and goulish makeup.
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Her task? Simply jump out and growl at unsuspecting pedestrians.
As you can see from most of the reactions in the video, such a scenario makes it pretty easy to get a scare, even on well-traveled, brightly lit city streets:
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She almost found herself in a scrum with one perturbed woman before her less-frightened male companion smoothed things out:
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It's amazing how long it takes people to figure out it's a joke:
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She even managed to scare a black cat (who got the dead girl a bit freaked out, too):
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The best scare? When she greeted a group looking quite coffeehouse chic; two of the guys easily won the award for best coming-unglued-moment of the clip:
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Is there anything more satisfying than watching hipster fellas getting their scarves and caps all in a bunch?
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Here's the clip (content warning — as you might expect, some of the frightened reactions include swearing):