On Halloween weekend a group of students and community volunteers put together a haunted museum to provide a warm place for Halloween fun should the weather have not cooperated. This was the third year for this event in Forestburg. ECA Review/Submitted.
Submitted by Carter Cannady
On Halloween weekend a group of students and community volunteers put together another unforgettable experience for the third year in a row.
Children, teens and adults were all invited to attend the event which consisted of a maze, games and a button vote. The maze was comprised of mannequins, a walkthrough wardrobe, a dead end, a locked door and other creepy museum style features.
The individuals who played the upstairs games or escaped the maze received their choice of a Halloween treat.
The event has now been running for three years and approximately 200 visitors came to the Haunted Museum this year.
The purpose of the Haunted House is to provide a warm place to go and have fun if the weather is bad on Halloween.
It is run for a second night for the adults and people from out of town who can’t make it on Halloween. Each year is different ranging from wonderland, to a mansion, to a haunted museum; with upstairs containing games and activities, including a button vote for the favourite decorated museum case!
All of those involved would like to express their gratitude and thanks towards the Forestburg Historical Society for allowing us to take over their museum for a month, and for our volunteers who made this event possible.
Flagstaff County and the town of Forestburg provided a grant that funded this year’s event and many brought food bank donations as well as cash donations.
