Though the Naval Base on Goat Island is made up for the show, there was an incident known as Flight 19 in which 5 US Navy Avenger Torpedo-Bombers lost communication and later disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle. This occurred on Dec 05, 1945 and resulted in the disappearance and subsequent declaration of death of 14 Naval pilots. When the US Navy sent out a seaplane to search for the missing squadron, the 13 members of the search crew also went missing and were never found.
In this episode, they mention George Takei. George Takei was also a guest star in the episode 'The Wish Child' of the original MacGyver series.
When Bozer falls back after being scared by the mask, the Halloween spiders are behind him to his left. But in the very next shot, two of them are now to his right.