Would you say I look open and friendly? Tonight all that is going to change. Starting tonight and running every weekend through October I am working at Maris Farms Haunted Woods. http://www.marisfarmshauntedwoods.com/Here's the thing: I love to hide and then jump out and scare people. My friends and family were getting a little jumpy and paranoid whenever I was around, so I promised to stop. I've been on hiatus for years now, and the urge is still there.
Imagine my delight when I came across a job listing for being an actor at the Haunted Woods. Though I'm not a huge fan of Halloween I absolutely cannot pass up the chance to scare people who WANT me to jump out and startle them. PLUS I get paid to do it. Score!
Maris Farms Haunted Woods has been operating for 11 years and they continue to be innovators of chills and thrills in the pacific northwest area.
Maris Farms is an amazingly well-run family farm in Buckley, WA. They have events all year 'round. During the day it is a place of interactive fun: pumpkin patch, petting zoo, corn maze, interactive goats and more. It's a family-friendly place with loads to do with the younger kiddos.
The Haunted Woods is geared for kids twelve and up and it is an intense thrill experience from beginning to end. If you like your adrenaline to run and your heart to beat fast, you'll love this scary experience. It takes 45 minutes to reach the end from the time you enter the experience. 45 minutes of heart pounding sights, sounds and thrills.
To say something about the popularity and remarkable reputation of Maris Farms: On the busiest night of the 2010 season, Maris farms had 3300 people visit the Haunted Woods. Security guards are posted throughout the tour - to protect the actors from overly-reactive customers.
Tonight is dress rehearsal. I'll get my makeup on for the first time and see what my costume will be. Family & friends will be sent through the haunted woods as practice victims, er, customers.
It is my intention to tell the stories of my experience for your amusement & entertainment. I'm sure I'll have stories to tell.
I suspect that reality will be quite different from my imagination - it often is. Six hours of boo-time will be intense. From what I'm told by return actors, the clown music may make me a little crazy...that's okay...crazed is what I'm going for.
Until next post...be afraid, be very afraid. Bwa-ha-ha-haaaa!
