If I Was On Pit Watch, I'd Make A Game Of It
I would never put anyone in a pit in my sub basement like on Silence of the Lambs, but if I did, and I didn't like the person I think it would be fun to mess with them.
After they were finished applying their daily lotion and were really tired from a a long day, I would lower a whole fryer chicken into the pit. The great thing is, the chicken would be on fishing wire so it would look like it was actually flying. Could you imagine someone jumping to get a chicken and then the chicken "flies" out of their reach just at the last second? Kind of like when you pretend to pick up a hitchhiker then you pull ahead just as they're about to grab the door handle and then you say, "I'm just kidding, come get in." - then you do it again and again.
And what if you put a Mr Microphone IN the fryer? I would probably talk like a parrot and say things like, "Better luck next time. Better luck next time."
I'm just laughing thinking about it.

