Fright Town:
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Beneath the Veterans Memorial Coliseum
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$22 per ticket
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Open Oct. 22-26,29-31 and Nov. 1
Bella Organic Haunted Corn Maze:
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Sauvie Island
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$10 per pass
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Open now through Halloween
Photos by Andrew Koczian
t’s October once again! Time to carve pumpkins, eat too much candy arid
get the you-know-what scared out of you! If you’re looking for a Halloween
attraction that will have you sleeping with the lights on for a week, The Print
has you covered. Last week, I recruited some friends and we checked out two
different haunted attractions: Fright Town and Bella Organic corn maze.
breathe normally. Then I realized with dismay I still had The Cannery to get through.
My friends dragged me to the final house. When I walked in, a fish man started chasing
me into a room full of giant hanging tentacles. I pushed through just to be greeted by a
giant tentacle creature who chased me into a field of tentacles and hanging bodies. I had
| just about had enough when a giant octopus creature came screaming from the corner,
accompanied by a strobe light. I could hardly see as I went running toward the exit, with
| more fish people chasing me out. That was enough haunted house for one night.
Ori Friday, I made my way to Fright Town and it did not disappoint. Be
fore you even buy your $22 tickets - $17 after using the Fright Town coupon from the
Live 95.5 app - to get in, you have to watch your back They have zombies and clowns
stalking around, more than happy to sneak up on you in an attempt to make you pee
yourself.
1 On Saturday night I went to Bella Organic on Sauvie Island to check out the famous
I haunted corn maze. My friends and I bought our tickets and walked down a trail to
a tent where a creepy clown told us the rules of the maze. The horror began when we
1 walked through the maze opening and found ourselves facing bloody scarecrows and
I other ghouls hiding in the corn.. Running through corn with clowns, zombies and evil
scarecrows lurking around in the pitch black was a nightmare. We followed the path to
a dark house and walked inside, bumping into bodies hanging from the ceiling. A light
started flashing and a pig butchering a woman screamed frorii a corner. I went running
off into the dark maze.
After buying my ticket I descended the stairs and heard the screams coming from
the unfortunate souls below. Downstairs, three different haunted houses stood before
me: The Cannery, The Witch House and Baron Von Goolo’s Museum of Horrors. I
decided to check out Baron Von Goolo’s Museum of Horrors first. I walked through
& heavy curtain and was greeted by a pitch black hallway, where I ran straight into a
cead end. I backtracked and entered a room full of spooky things in display cases and
what I thought to be a mannequin. Spoiler alert: not a mannequin. I took off scream-
lag through another dark hallway until I found myself looking at a funhouse mirror, a
circus tent and a clown. I also saw an emergency e x it... and bailed out. There’s a line
between fun fear and real fear, and clowns cross that line for me.
After getting lost over and over again and bumping into all types of frightening figures,
we finally thought we were-headed toward the exit. Then I heard a sound and looked
behind me to find a guy revving up a chainsaw and coming right for me. All-bets were
off at this point and I ran for it. You know the girl in every horror movie who falls down
and meets her doom? I’m that girl. I tripped and face planted, trapped by a chainsaw in
my face. I curled up in the fetal position, waiting for my imminent death. I then heard
I one of my friends yelling, “Amber, come on, I got you!” and was yanked up. I took
off running again with chainsaw man still after me and turned a corner to the exit. I
screamed all the way out, wondering why I volunteered for this.
Next, I hesitantly made my way to The Witch House. This house has everything to do
•dth witches^ from cauldrons and warts to sacrifice and possession. Running from a
loody screaming witch, we found ourselves trapped in a corner with a menacing grim
¡ 'eaper. I pushed my friend ifi front of me and took off. When I saw the exit, it was like
f eeing a lighthouse in a storm. Before I made it there, a giant wolf head popped out,
snapping andLsnarling.
Finally freeing myself from The Witch House, I stood there panting until I could
A “zipper face” character at the Bella Organic corn maze scares people out o f their skin.
| Halloween is all about scaring and being scared. Fright Town and Bella Organic corn
maze are definitely going to meet your Halloween needs. Just be prepared for a jump
in your electricity bill because you will be sleeping with the lights on for a long time!
A clown character at the Bella Organic haunted corn maze awaits unsuspecting victims.