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Hundreds of paddle-wielding witches ditched their broomsticks and stormed the sunny Willamette River on Saturday for the Third Annual Stand Up Paddleboard Witch Paddle. The coven started at Willamette Park and traveled south to Tom McCall Waterfront Park near the Hawthorne Bridge and back. The whole trip is about six miles.

Though mostly a witch-themed show, the event also included paddleboarding kids with horns, dogs tagging along on boards, warlocks, wizards and aqua-type creatures from the deep.

The witch paddle all started when event organizer Ginny Kauffman, of Portland, saw photos of a similar Halloween event in California three years ago. Since then, the paddle in Portland has grown from a few dozen participants to several hundred.

For the last two years, participants have donated new packaged underwear, shirts and socks to the nonprofit Our House of Portland, along with coats to Sunshine Division.

Mark Graves

mgraves@oregonian.com

503-860-3060

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Teresa Mahoney

Meet Ginny! Checkout both the drone and gopro footage

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