Buccaneer, scallywag, or swashbuckler. all mean the same thing -- pirate. And that's the theme for Tybee Island this weekend and the Annual Pirate Festival.
"Arrrgghh!"
From replica ships to jolly rogers, the festival celebrates everything on the high seas, and folks weren't hesitant to get in the spirit.
"Any time there's a gathering of pirates, we get excited," said 'Cruel Cathy Blackheart.'
"It's great to become another person for a day and step out of your normal shoes and put on your boots and go play," said Lady Lindsay Lee.
"It's a carnival atmosphere. The whole town gets into it, the whole city gets into it, everybody's into the festival, downtown is into the festival, it's just a fantastic place to have a festival," said MC Pirate Joe.
Besides being a lot of fun, the festival is a big money-maker for vendors. And that's what keeps some vendors coming back year after year, trying to offer some treasure for the tourists.
"They're on vacation, they're having a good time, and of course they have to take things home, so they are looking for things that they can take home that are from this area so, you know, anything that's different," said vendor Susan Carter.
For other vendors, they needed to switch up what they're selling in order to cash in on all the booty being spent.
"I came last year and brought art, and art's a little challenging for this venue, so this year we brought our marona jewelry and our pirates mining company," said Fish Art owner Ralph Douglas Jones.
And he says the jewels may help him take home some gold this year.
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