City firefighters Lt. Don Crawford, front, and Capt. Tom Fair hand out candy from a Butler City Fire Department truck at Wednesday's trick-or-treat activity on East Pearl Street.

Butler's streets filled with kids on a dark and wet Wednesday night.

Curt Nyeman of Grant Street made last-minute fixes to his graveyard that was watched over by three child-sized inflatable dragons.

“My wife picked (the dragons) out. She thought they were cool and my son always loved dragons,” Nyeman said.

Nyeman's graveyard, which he said he's been doing for many Halloweens, didn't see much attention in the early part of trick-or-treating.

Nyeman said the rain could be a factor, but most likely the usual children hadn't made their way to his family's house yet.

“There's a lot of people out here with babies, this could be a deterrent for them,” he said. “The older kids, 12 and 13, they'd come out, even if it's snowing.”

Demon hunter Gillian Jastrab, 10, of Butler stopped by a house on Mercer Street. She said she liked demon hunters because they are strong and adventurous.

“I think it's cool that they go on adventures and find things they've never seen before,” she said.

Gillian, whose favorite candy is a Twix bar, got a lot of candy. She held up her bag as proof.“It's heavy,” she said.East Pearl Street was active too, even getting a visit from a fire truck, though the uniforms the Butler City firefighters wore to hand out candy stood out as authentic in a crowd of costumed characters.Anthony Trombatt, 11, of Butler, a.k.a. Jason the hockey mask villain, stopped at a house on East Pearl Street.Anthony said his costume sort of fell into place by mistake. He said he was planning to go as a hockey player first.“(But,) we found the mask first,” Anthony said.Anthony, whose favorite candy is a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, said he had stopped at 10 houses by the midway point of the trick-or-treating hour, but he had some work ahead. He said he had bigger goals.“Probably about 25 (houses),” Anthony said.

Dressed as Master Chief, a character from the Halo video game series, Logan Xavier Snyder, 6, of Butler had a pumpkin full of candy by the time he stopped at the home of his grandfather, Thomas Snyder.His uncle, Dylan Snyder, handed him one last piece of candy for his pile.His family asked how full his bucket was.“This full,” Logan said, raising the pumpkin with a smile. “I can barely hold any more candy.”Logan said his favorite candy wasn't actually candy at all. His favorite treat he received was actually potato chips. He said his favorite costume that he saw was someone dressed like Chase, a character from the TV show “Paw Patrol.”Thomas Snyder said he is already looking forward to next year, like he does every year, toward trick-or-treating. He said the holiday is interesting for his whole family as they fill his yard with ghouls, ghosts and skeletons.“We do this every year,” he said.Snyder said he hopes he has inspired the younger generation of Snyders in a way that they will continue to boast a large Halloween spirit in the future.“I hope they'll take it over some day,” he said.

Halloween in Butler included a visit from Jason, the famous cinema villain, who really is Anthony Trombatt, 11, rear, of Butler, on East Pearl Street.

Curt Nyeman does some last-minute touch up to his graveyard Wednesday on Grant Street, just before trick-or-treaters made their rounds in Butler.