Much to the delight of the internet, hundreds of people dressed as witches to attend a Halloween-themed paddleboarding event in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday. Bewitching photos and footage from the event went viral across social media.
Witches. Lots o' witches. Paddling witches. #KeepPortlandWeird pic.twitter.com/GUqd9lmUHe
— Betty Staniak (@bettywriter) October 27, 2018
According to the Oregonian, the second annual Stand-up Paddleboard Witch Paddle event invited people to dress up as a witch (or warlock) to participate in the fun. The paddlers traveled for six miles over the course of three hours in Portland’s Willamette Park.
The event was created by Ginny Kauffman after she was inspired by a similar event California, the Oregonian reports.
Reddit user lulplumman posted a photo of the witch paddleboarding event, racking up more than 89,000 upvotes by the time of writing. People responded to the post with some hilarious comments.
People on Twitter also loved the photo.
There are witches paddleboarding in Portland, Oregon. 🧙🏻♀️#KeepPortlandWeird pic.twitter.com/HBHYm7UpSi
— Scott Kinmartin (@ScottKinmartin) October 29, 2018
horror movie male supporting character: DONT WORRY witches cant fly across bodies of water, it’s like how demons cant cross salt circles or vampires needing to be invited in
— WITCHY MITTENS ☆みっつ☆ (@TTRlovesMittens) October 29, 2018
*witches begin paddleboarding*
supporting character: ooooOOHHH SHIIIIIIIIITTTT
*bone crunching noises* pic.twitter.com/j1UmgIC69F
https://twitter.com/_hsoe/status/1056995978144894976
https://twitter.com/joelErrr/status/1057012976962691072
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H/T the Oregonian