Haunted Trail
Every Saturday in October
Scare you again in 2024!
Proudly providing funding for the Agassiz Environmental Learning Center
Every Saturday in October from Dusk until Midnight at Agassiz Environmental Learning Center in Fertile, MN. For just $10 per person, you can wander the half mile long trail full of my twisted friends. Who wants to come out and play?
We are a 100% non-profit organization. Every penny goes to the Learning Center to help teach the young and old alike about nature.
Fun Facts:
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Orange and black are Halloween colors because orange is associated with the Fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death.
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Jack o’ Lanterns originated in Ireland where people placed candles in hollowed-out turnips to keep away spirits and ghosts on the Samhain holiday.
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Pumpkins also come in white, blue and green. Great for unique monster carvings!
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Halloween was brought to North America by immigrants from Europe who would celebrate the harvest around a bonfire, share ghost stories, sing, dance and tell fortunes.
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Tootsie Rolls were the first wrapped penny candy in America.
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The ancient Celts thought that spirits and ghosts roamed the countryside on Halloween night. They began wearing masks and costumes to avoid being recognized as human.
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Halloween candy sales average about 2 billion dollars annually in the United States.
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Chocolate candy bars top the list as the most popular candy for trick-or-treaters with Snickers #1.
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Halloween is the 2nd most commercially successful holiday, with Christmas being the first.
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Bobbing for apples is thought to have originated from the roman harvest festival that honors Pamona, the goddess of fruit trees.
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Black cats were once believed to be witch's familiars who protected their powers.
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The fear of Halloween is known as Samhainopobia.