An undercover Raiders legend did a great job scaring Canberrans at the Waves Phillip Halloween carwash over the weekend.
And no one had a clue who he was under his spooky mask.
Clowns, zombies, horror film characters and other degenerates made the Halloween carwash on Friday and Saturday nights a true scarefest.
They banged on cars, tried to open the doors and windows and shone flashlights into the darkened cars, terrifying the occupants. Some even got into cars.
Inside the carwash, the lights were turned down and glowed blood red and there were fire dancers on the exit.
One of the scariest characters was someone dressed as Jigsaw from the 2017 horror film of the same name. He would walk up slowly to cars and shine a flashlight into the vehicle, appearing out of nowhere to scare the living daylights out of everyone.
The person behind the Jigsaw mask was none other than mild-mannered retired Raiders captain Jarrod Croker.
He and wife Brittney are Waves Carwash ambassadors.
Both were there on the Friday night, Brittney dressed as a zombie nurse.
Brittney said they had "so much fun".
"Jarrod got right into character," she said, with a laugh.
"He loved it."
The couple were there on Friday night for the earlier children-friendly session when Croker kept his mask off.
Then it was time to scare the adults and older children.
"I felt a little bit out of my skin because my face was still showing," Brittney said.
"I wish I had a big monster costume on. I was more of a welcoming zombie.
"But it was such a great night. A really good event for the community."
Jarrod said he would take his mask off if kids were frightened but in the end left it on, as punters were there to be frightened.
"By the end of the night I was like, 'Stuff it, I'm going to scare them'," he said.
Jarrod said he loved being a character and scaring people.
"I think it brought out my inner child," he said, with a laugh.
Goulburn-born Jarrod said when he was a teenager, he and some mates would wear a Scream mask and go around to friends' houses to scare them.
Even as a young Raiders player boarding in Tuggeranong, he'd do the same to scare other players.
He was made, then, for the scarefest at Waves - and plenty of people wanted a part of it.
"As soon as it got dark, there were cars lined out past the servo," Jarrod said.
And the reason he was walking so slowly? He couldn't see out of the mask and could barely breath in it.
"I couldn't see my feet so if I was walking really slowly. If I tripped over, that would have been pretty embarrassing," he said.
Waves Carwash marketing manager Maleeha Chowhan said the event was held over the Friday and Saturday nights.
The Halloween carwash is usually held every two years but it was so popular there were talks about it returning for Halloween next year.
"We had a great turn out, after Friday it seems the word got out and Saturday had a bit of a line up but of course customers did not mind as they were super excited for what lay ahead," Maleeha said.
"We had the potential to do more cars and because of the overwhelming positive feedback from customers, we are now considering doing Halloween next year over two weekends."
Even Waves owner Rob Sacco got in on the act, dressing up for the night and giving customers at Phillip a scare.
Brittney said the family was getting into the spirit of Halloween at home as well.
Their older son Rory was now four and had gone off to daycare on Tuesday dressed as a ghost.
He would be putting on the Dracula costume for Halloween on Thursday, like every kid more excited about the lollies than anything else.
