Looking for Halloween fun? Try life on the farm
Published 3:47 pm Tuesday, November 3, 2009
I never really got into the scary part of Halloween. The worst fright I usually get Oct. 31 is looking into my bag of mini-Snickers bars and gasping: “I ate all that? Really?”
But that’s just me. Maybe you’re the type who likes jumping and screaming and letting your imagination run wild. And in that case, you should probably check out Stocker Farm’s Field of Screams, a haunted cornfield in Snohomish.
Cassie Townsend (right) and her fiance, Michael Robles, examine the progress of this year’s Field of Screams haunted cornfield at Stocker. (Mark Mulligan/The Herald)
I wrote about Field of Screams last month, when employees at Stocker Farms were still preparing the attraction. Here’s what I wrote at the time:
SNOHOMISH — In bright daylight, the cornfields at Stocker Farms aren’t scary. They’re green and peaceful — not even ropes of fake barbed wire spider-webbing across the sky can change that.
Fast-forward to nightfall. That’s when the field turns cold and misty, when the corn seems higher and painted faces lurk just out of sight.
That’s when visitors occasionally pee their pants.
That last sentence wasn’t hyperbole, by the way. Keith Stocker, owner of the century-old farm in the Snohomish valley, told me he’s heard guests exclaim about unfortunate — err — control issues after coming out of the field.
One month later, Field of Screams is in full swing. It’s not too late to go if you’re interested; the field is open through Saturday.
Stocker Farms has some promotional material on their site to help you get oriented with their “Carnival of Carnage” storyline this year. Here’s one video you might want to check out if you plan on going.
