Haunted woods, cornfield only for the most ‘daring’

Published:  Friday, October 23, 2009 (3 months, 2 weeks ago)
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Kernel Coopers Corn Maze features Abraham Lincoln. Celebrating his 200th birthday, more than 4.8 miles of trail have been laid.BY MIKE FORD
The Delphos Herald
mford@delphosherald.com

VAN WERT — ’Tis the season for vampires to lurk while witches take flight on brooms and little goblins seek treats in the night.
Those who look forward to annual haunts will have the usual attractions to patronize this year, including a D.A.R.E. program fundraiser.
Along with the Van Wert Jaycees, the sheriff’s office will once again turn the woods near Van Wert County Hospital into a place of terror. This year’s event threatens to be even more dreadful than in the past.
“We try to do a really good job scaring people, so it’s not meant for really little kids. We have a cemetery and other surprises in the woods and we have all kinds of different rooms. We have a claustrophobic room that closes in on you as you go through it; we have a room with fog and strobe lights and another room that spins. We also have a maze in the shelter house — we boarded up the windows and set up walls,” said Chief Deputy Keith Allen.
Most of the proceeds from each year go into the following year’s events but some is used to fund D.A.R.E. and the Jaycees. Admission is $7 and the woods is open from 8 p.m. until midnight every Friday and Saturday in October, weather permitting.
For information and a $1 off admission coupon, visit hiestandhauntedwoods.com.
One of West Central Ohio’s most widely-known haunted attractions is Harold’s Haunted Cornfield, featuring The Gauntlet and Toxic Trauma. Located between the middle of somewhere and the valley of the shadow of death, standing corn drips red with blood.
The Gauntlet is a 4,800 -square-foot haunted house of gothic architecture and pure evil.
Toxic Trauma simulates what could happen if deadly pathogens were to be unleashed upon the public. With an abundance of fog and extreme strobe lighting, this warehouse from hell is not for everyone.
Harold’s Haunted Cornfield promises to be an in-your-face, wet-your-pants, neurological onslaught that will keep survivors up all night. For information, visit scarefair.entertainerohio.com.
For the faint-of-heart, there are less-frightening crop mazes in Van Wert and Whitehouse.
This year’s featured maze at Kernel Cooper’s east of Van Wert celebrates the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln. With  4.8  miles  of  trail  to wind through, make sure to arrive  early.  The  maze is open 7 p.m. to midnight Friday, noon to midnight on Saturday and 1-9 p.m. Sunday through Oct. 31. For more information, visit kernelcoopers.com.
This year’s featured maze at Whitehouse is of a hockey theme celebrating the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL, formerly known as the East Coast Hockey League.
For information, visit whitehousecornmaze.com.

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