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Texas man Christophe Waggoner hosts an annual Halloween costume giveaway he calls October's Child

He shops at thrift stores throughout the year to secure costumes and accessories for children, adults and even pets

This year's event at the end of September attracted 800 to 900 people over eight hours who combed through 2,157 costumes

For as long as he can remember, Christophe Waggoner has loved Halloween — but because he lived in apartments most of his adult life, not that many trick-or-treaters stopped by.

That changed in 2016, when he moved into a house in Austin. That year, scores of revelers pulled sweets from the candy-filled stomach of a mannequin — with a missing arm and leg — that he'd purchased at a Goodwill outlet in Central Texas and dressed in a wedding gown.

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