Thanks Bend for a Truly Nightmare Inducing X-MAS Parade

It was the nightmare after the Bend Christmas Parade. Truly. I wonder how many parents woke up last night to screaming children after having terrifying dreams after yesterday's parade. What you ask? Let me demonstrate my case.

After getting my way and having our pre-parade breakfast at Jakes Diner, we headed downtown to get a good spot. It was a cold day, so we all bundled up, and waited for the Jingle Bell Run to start before the actual parade.

Unfortunately, we were not seated by the pre-parade flash-mob dance party. Bummer, but we were positioned in a decent spot to see the terrifying weirdness, and it didn't take long for it to happen.

Let it begin...

Huh? What in the world is this? At least we were close to the 95.1 FM interviewer, so maybe he got to the bottom of it...

Of course, that job was terrifying as well...

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

Nothing too scary about News Channel 21's Bob Shaw, until you looked below his waist.

And where was the actual news reporters to report on this weirdness?

Yeah, thanks Makayla, Nina and Adam. At least back in day, Christian Boris would throw caramel apples to onlookers to distract them from the weirdness.

At times it even felt like a death march, with the entranced musicians playing away, unaware of the oddness around them.

Yeah, that's not terrifying, but it gets better.

But if you even thought of speaking out, the roller derby girls were there to keep you in line.

I wonder if next year this float would be banned due to the new cell phone law coming in January?

Yep, green frogs, bears, cell phones...ho ho ho.

Santa was a little terrifying as well.

And the grand finale...

Yeah, wonder why I woke up sweating in fear. Thanks City of Bend for a truly nightmare inducing Christmas Parade.