
Haunted Trail
Every Saturday in October-
Scare you soon!!!
Proudly providing funding for the Agassiz Environmental Learning Center
Every Saturday in October from Dusk (usually about 7:30pm or a bit later) 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.