Dawson County resort trying to cancel Halloween ‘Rave’ party

Property manager Edwin Alexander has his own version of a Halloween fright night.

It’s 2,000 revelers descending on the bucolic, 45-acre vacation rental resort he manages in Dawson County for what’s being billed as “the biggest Rave/house party of the year.”

Alexander wants to get the word out that the party won’t be happening at the Jackson Lake House Estate, which event organizers have dubbed the “Camp Crystal Lake Mansion,” straight out of the Friday the 13th horror movie franchise.

“People might show up, but the gate will be closed when they get here,” Alexander said. More than 2,800 people have said on a Facebook page that they plan to attend the event, which is set from 7 p.m. on Oct. 30 until 7 a.m. Oct. 31. Tickets were selling for $10 to $140. Organizers assured interested revelers that there would be shuttles around metro Atlanta to get them to the party.

Alexander said event organizer Luke Blavesciunas misrepresented himself and his plans when he signed a contract to lease the resort, located about an hour from Atlanta.

In early July, Alexander said he got a call from Blavesciunas, who said he wanted to lease the resort for a gathering of a few Army buddies and their girlfriends.

“He said there’d be no more than 12 people,” said Alexander, who typically rents out the 8,500-square-foot home, which is on a lake and is ringed by the north Georgia mountains, for family reunions, weddings and church events.

Alexander said Blavesciunas signed a contract to lease the vacation house for $1,600 for three nights, from Oct. 29-31.

Alexander said he later discovered the Facebook page advertising the gathering as “RAVE at Camp Crystal Lake Mansion.”

"This is the one party this year you DON'T want to miss!" according to a listing on the eventbrite website. It boasts the party will include DJs in three separate areas, a laser light show, wet T-Shirt, beer pong and sexiest costume contests, a hot tub, and "strategically placed" kegs, among other things.

Blavesciunas and other organizers have not returned calls, emails or Facebook messages seeking comment on the party. They are billing the event on Facebook as a fundraiser for the Wounded Warrior project that helps disabled military servicemen and women.

“I feel for the people who have already bought tickets because it’s not going to happen,” Alexander said. He said he will be turning people away with help from the Dawson County sheriff’s department. Sheriff’s spokesman Tony Wooten said his office is monitoring the situation and will step in if people show up who aren’t supposed to be on the property.