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GoPro lets you relive the magic of accidentally scaring children to tears

The magic of the holidays!

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GoPro cameras have allowed viewers to vicariously live through shark encounters, eagle flights, and emergency kitten rescues. But Halloween may have unveiled its purest calling: accidentally scaring children to tears.

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YouTuber Ken Spooner filmed himself doing the oldest Halloween trick in the book: putting on a scary mask, pretending to be a decoration, and jumping out to scare trick-or-treaters when they come near.

But he overestimated the mental toughness of the two baby princesses who came to his door, causing one to collapse in a mess of fright and tears.

“He’s joking! You know how, like, Uncle Keith jokes around?” the girl’s apparent mom says to her inconsolable child.

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To their credit, the girls know that a stranger who frantically tries to stop their crying by shoving candy and chips in their faces is every bit as scary as some skeleton monster.

H/T Reddit. Screengrab via Ken Spooner/YouTube

 
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