Asked to provide a teaser on some of the spookiness to come, Ware and her team promise a Barbie-themed display that could very well be \u2018Kenough\u2019 to get the blood pumping, the traditional ghosts and goblins, and, if you venture down the \u201cscary\u201d trail, appearances by film-villains Michael Meyers, Freddy Kruger, Jason and, new this year, bloodcurdling salutes to Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s classic film, Psycho. Maybe it\u2019s best to shower ahead of time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur ghosts and goblins have been resting and vacationing over the last year and are ready to get up to their usual shenanigans as they join us on this adventure,\u201d says Ware on the family-friendly version of the two trails. \u201cWe will have friendly witches, not-so-friendly witches, not-so-friendly lemonade stands, I Scream for Ice Cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThen we have our scary trail and it wouldn\u2019t be scary if we didn\u2019t have Michael Meyers, Freddy and Jason back. The Knuth family, which takes over the big scary cabin, have done an outstanding job. They worked all Thanksgiving weekend on it and will still be working the next two weeks on it, and that is certainly going to be an experience for those brave enough to trek out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While the Haunted Forest has been a favourite community event for more than a decade, this is just the second year back in the forest since the global pandemic forced a pivot towards Aurora\u2019s Haunted Greenhouses, which transformed the conservatories at the Joint Operations Centre on Industrial Parkway North into a walk-through haunted house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While patrons enjoyed the experience, they were thrilled to get back to the Bush last year and Ware and her team are keen to keep that momentum going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOnce again, we will have a combined family trail which will then split off to two trails \u2013 one for those not of the faint of heart, and the other continuing on with the family-rated displays,\u201d says Ware. \u201cWe really want to encourage people to enjoy the activities at the AFLC and then hop on one of three shuttlebuses going back and forth between the Complex and the Bush where, once again, we will have bonfires, photo-ops, and we\u2019re very fortunate to have the Optimist Club of Aurora doing their charity barbecue and Caterina\u2019s Kitchen on hand with some bites and nibbles for people who have done their trail experience \u2013 unless they want to partake before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is for the community, created by the community and enjoyed by both the producers and the receivers of it,\u201d she says. \u201cWe have so much fun working with the groups. We also have some dedicated Royal Bank employees from some of the area branches which are actually dedicating a night to make some packing tape sculptures which, in the past, have been so, so well-received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re very thankful for the volunteers who have stepped forward. We\u2019re excited to be able to get acquainted with the ghosts and goblins of Shepard\u2019s Bush, and we\u2019re so excited to bring the community back to one of the most anticipated events of the year. Even if the weather seems a little bit unfavourable, that is perfect because inclement weather adds to the excitement of the event. It makes it harder on us and the volunteers, but it does add to the experience of the patrons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aurora\u2019s Haunted Forest is admission-by-wristband only and these can be purchased for $5 per person (ages 2 and up) from the AFLC (135 Industrial Parkway North), Town Hall, and the Stronach Aurora Recreation Complex (1400 Wellington Street East). For more information, visit aurora.ca\/hauntedforest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By Brock Weir Thrills and chills \u2013 and a potential visit from Norman Bates \u2013 will take over Sheppard\u2019s Bush next Saturday, October 28, as the Town of Aurora\u2019s Haunted Forest returns for Halloween Fun. Taking place from 6 \u2013 9 p.m. at both Sheppard\u2019s Bush and the Aurora Family Leisure Complex, where seasonal activities will be found […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-8M5","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 17:51:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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