The timing was perfect: A Pittsburgh bus falls into a sinkhole in totally dramatic fashion just days before tons of people in Western Pennsylvania need to come up with a cool costume for parties.

We knew what would happen next.

And it did.

If you went dressed as the Pittsburgh sinkhole bus this Halloween, you weren’t alone.

Some pulled it off spectacularly.

best costume in pittsburgh pic.twitter.com/8w0idpq7tc

— Penguins Jesus (@PenguinsJesus) November 1, 2019

The crew at Robert Morris University’s Financial Aid Office decided to make it a group effort.

Our crew here @RMUFinAid has a sinkhole problem! @WTAE Action News is live at the scene with witnesses! Police & construction crew just arrived! #HappyHalloween pic.twitter.com/wG0cgUcleA

— T (@taralumarie) October 31, 2019

Of course, even the Pittsburgh sinkhole bus isn’t immune to needing a “sexy” version.

?? happy halloween from yr local sexy #businasinkhole ?? ??️ #pittsburghsinkhole #pittsburghbus pic.twitter.com/5UpFUACnLJ

— sylvia (@artfartica) October 31, 2019

And it wasn’t just people that dressed up as the Pittsburgh sinkhole bus. Cupcakes did as well. (Courtesy of La Mangia in New Castle.)

Here's to #pittsburghbus cupcakes via #Lamangia. #transit #bus #HappyHalloween pic.twitter.com/rEiE2I5xtf

— Allissia ? (@TransitBusGal) October 31, 2019

And, hey, some folks just didn’t have a lot of time. But did that stop them from bus-ing it up? Nope.

To paraphrase Pittsburgh’s beloved Li-Young Lee:O, to take what we love inside,to carry within us a bus line, to eatnot only the bus but the asphalt.

Happy Halloween, y’all! pic.twitter.com/wCeYp2SSiw

— ? Rachel Spoop ? (@Rachpunzel) October 31, 2019

Okay guys I couldn’t resist. ? #pittsburghsinkhole #pittsburghbus #HappyHalloween pic.twitter.com/vyKYmUOane

— Pam D (@pdfob) October 31, 2019

However they did it, serious kudos to Western Pennsylvanian ingenuity.

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