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An Ohio man faces assault and firearms charges after allegedly activating a stun gun during a Salem street preaching dispute, amid complaints about aggressive proselytizing near the city’s Bewitched statue. He has pleaded not guilty.
In this edition of *What the Hounds?*, a Salem museum sparks outrage, Etsy Witches tackle weddings and job hunts, and a Christian author sees demons everywhere. [Yah, we know. No news there, but this one’s good.] The Hounds have questions. Lots of questions.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: the Salem community seeks hate crime charges after a confrontation at the Psychic Fair, an Atlanta parent accuses a school of forcing her daughter to join Halloween activities, Star shares the Tarot of the Week, and (who knew?) some bats actually glow.
A Christian ministry disrupted Salem’s Psychic Fair and Witches’ Market, harassing vendors, anointing booths, and desecrating an Ancestor altar amid a surge of anti-Halloween activism portraying Halloween and Samhain as “demonic” and urging believers to “oppose darkness.
