Well if you guys would just get the right stand you wouldn't need it.
http://www.luksa.com/hiview.html
^Now that's a freakin' footprint! I can forsee someone getting mangled if they trip over one of those legs.
Geesh, that's nearly a head-konk hazzard, the legs come up to his shoulder height. Amazing.
It would be cool to run it at just 7'-8'.
[edit, I just attach an red LED light or two shining down, sometimes glowsticks, but those can be more like bait]