Vanessa Suk, 8, dressed as Albert Einstein, waits for the Monster Dash children’s race, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at Manito Park. The girls says she wants to be a marine biologist one day. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Carol Roscoe and Janice Wilson, dressed as T. rex dinosaurs, draw a crowd before the start of the Monster Dash, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at Manito Park. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Leanne Wakefield and Jonathan Patterson come dressed as burglars to the Monster Dash, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at Manito Park. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Michael Genova, dressed as Max from the children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are,” makes final adjustments to the costume of Grace Christensen, dressed as a “Wild Thing” before the start of the Monster Dash, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at Manito Park. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Competive and costumed runners toe the start line for the Monster Dash, Monster Dash, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at Manito Park. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
A cowboy-chic zombie runner makes his way along the course during the Monster Dash, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at Manito Park. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Kim Dempsey, Angie Castillo and Lea Sandberg, appear as The Three Musketeers for the Monster Dash, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at Manito Park. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Andy Lefriec has a commanding lead halfway through the Monster Dash, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at Manito Park. Lefriec say his costume is made from things he found in the closet. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Super heroes and rodeo clowns, including from left, Lindsey Hammond, Joe Chiemente, Marah Kjeldgaard, Melissa Riehle and Wes Riehle, run north on Manito Boulevard to the finish line during the Monster Dash, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at Manito Park. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Lance Ruppert painted on a pumpkin face for the Monster Dash, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at Manito Park. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Christopher Gould, 4, and his dog, Tootsie, 8, dressed like twin Tootsie Rolls for the Monster Dash, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at Manito Park. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Kim Dempsey gives a high-five to a little dragon on Manito Boulevard during the Monster Dash, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at Manito Park. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Kristy Furley gives her son, Arthur, 3, a close-up view of the T. rex costumes worn by Carol Roscoe, left, and Janice Wilson before the Monster Dash, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at Manito Park. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Jonathan Horsley carries his daughter, Hannah, to to finish line of the Monster Dash, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at Manito Park. Hannah is dressed as a harlequin and her father as Captain America. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Dana Hilpert runs like a rock star along Manito Boulevard during the Monster Dash, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at Manito Park. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Chris Weichman, dressed as the character “Gru” from the Minions movies, encourages running participating in the Monster Dash, Monster Dash, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at Manito Park. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Kevin Lovoi, dressed as Superman, pushes his children, Micah, 5, and Malachi, 18 months, along Manito Place during the Monster Dash, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at Manito Park. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Children racers line up in costume for the quarter-mile kids race at the Monster Dash, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at Manito Park. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Youngsters blaze through the fallen leaves during the quarter-mile kids race at the Monster Dash, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at Manito Park. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Janice Wilson, Dale Abendroth-Lenski and Carol Roscoe, in their T. rex costumes, pull up the rear as they waddle along behind racers participating in the Monster Dash, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at Manito Park. D (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Over 500 people gathered, some in costumes, to participate in the Monster Dash 5K adult race and kids races, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017 in Manito Park. The event has goal of $7.000 dollars to benefit the Acitve4Youth- whose mission is to combat childhood obesity & juvenile delinquency through after-school sports programs.