Busch Gardens Guests Find Severed Head Halloween Displays A Little Too Timely

The terrorist group ISIS (or ISIL) is in the headlines on a daily basis, and the group uses films and displays of their captives’ and opponents’ heads and bodies as a potent weapon. How potent? Complaints from guests led the theme park Busch Gardens to change a Halloween display that features (fake, rubber) severed heads.

When TV station WAVY interviewed theme park guests, their opinion was mixed on whether the heads were all a bunch of harmless Halloween fun, or too close to what’s currently in the headlines.

Here’s the full statement from Busch Gardens:

Many of the scenes depicted at Busch Gardens’ Howl-O-Scream are graphic in nature, but they are fictional and are not intended to provide commentary on current world events. The props in this year’s event were designed and purchased several months ago. In light of recent events, some of these props have the unintended consequence of appearing insensitive and are being removed. Busch Gardens apologizes for any offense they may have caused.

Busch Gardens pulls gory display amid complaints [WAVY]

by Laura Northrup via Consumerist