The Griffon News

The sounds that can heard with an approach of the back parking lot of Krug Park are screams of terror mingled with children’s shrieks of glee. Passing through the illuminated gates of  Kreepy Krug reveals the source of all the cacophony. People having wholesome Halloween fun fill the park with motion and energy.  Kreepy Krug is a Halloween Park with games for kids of all ages, great snacks and concessions and a haunted forest.

Angel Benner, membership chairman of the North End Community Association, sits close to the front gate and greets people as they arrive.

“This is our fourth year for Kreepy Krug,” Benner said. “The northend businesses and people from the northend get together to raise money for the north end schools. It gets bigger and better every year. We have fun for all ages from four-year-olds playing games to adults walking through the forest.”

The fun includes a moon bounce filled with tykes trampolining, an inflatable slide that kids can launch themselves into the air from, a car that you can smash with a sledge hammer, games like plinko and a bean bag toss, and darts to be hurled at balloons and a face painting booth. There is a fire pit where you can get your weenie or marshmallow roasted on an open flame or the concession stand offers nachos and candy apples with hot chocolate and cider.

Kreepy Krug is open again on Oct. 26 through the 28 from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. and the Haunted forest is open from 7:00 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. The price of admission to the haunted forest is eight dollars, and if a student ID is shown then a dollar is knocked off that price.

The Haunted Forest itself is filled with ghosts and goblins and other fiendish monsters frolicking about to give one the scare of a lifetime while walking through the dark and winding paths desperately seeking a way out of the horror filled woods. Zombies and vampires pace at the sides of the trail and strobe lights flicker and flash creating a sense of disorientation that is unsettling in the natural setting of trees and shrubs.

Rhys Donan, eight year old at Parkway school, felt the forest should be renamed.

“I don’t think they should have named it the Haunted Forest.” Donan said “It would have been more appropriate if they called it “A Night of Sheer Terror.”

So if you are looking for some more Halloween fun and you have a few hours to kill, then head to Krug Park for Kreepy Krug, whether you are three or 30, you might be surprised to find something to scare you or amuse you, you might win some prizes, or you might enjoy a snack, but you will certainly find fun at Kreepy Krug.