One of the weirder little mysteries from this year’s Hulaween: a VIP staffer says a bright mandala tapestry that was being used as camp decor vanished sometime during the weekend.
The cloth is a bold red-and-orange sunburst/mandala (lots of concentric petals and spirals, with a yellow center) — the kind of tapestry you’d hang across a tent entrance. The staffer says they definitely had it when they unpacked and it was gone when they packed up; they also mentioned they’d offered the tapestries to a few coworkers before the show, so there’s a chance it moved around the crew during the week.
Replies on the thread flagged a darker reality: several festival-goers reported theft and “ground score” issues this year, from small accessories to tech. A few people who’d worked or volunteered with festival cleanup groups said they often find left-behind or pilfered items, and others shared stories of missing pashminas, GoPros and the like.
If you’re trying to track this one down, treat it like any lost-festival item: report it to Hulaween/Suwannee lost & found, check with the VIP or volunteer hub, and ask your campmates and coworkers if someone grabbed it as decor. Give a clear description when you file a report — red background, orange and yellow mandala/sunburst pattern, roughly blanket-sized and used hanging across a tent entrance. Also scan festival community channels (official lost & found, volunteer groups, and subreddits) where people often post recovered gear.
Here’s hoping it’s a simple case of misplacement and makes its way back — tapestries like that are easy to recognize and even easier to reclaim when someone spots them. Extra Chill will keep an eye on the thread and roundup any updates we see from the grounds.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/hulaween/comments/1p8cegx/has_anyone_seen_these_tapestries/