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In the Virginia countryside, there are plenty of farms that sell pumpkins and run haunted hayrides/walkthroughs and seriously rake it in during the late fall and Halloween season. (leaf pun not intended) They then use all their profits to continue farm operations the rest of the year. Do any farms near you do this?

The best known one in my area is Ashland Berry Farm. http://www.ashlandberryfarm.com/HauntedEvenings.html

we have one that does a ride through that takes donations to help with their animals and things. They have buffalo and camels and other non-traditional on-the-farm animals.

I haven't been though. They live across the street from an aunt I don't miss at all

www.pettitcreekfarms.com

Originally Posted by Si-cotik

They live across the street from an aunt I don't miss at all

www.pettitcreekfarms.com

HahahaHAhaHAha!! I have one of those.

There are a lot of them here, but the one from where I used to live is huge:
http://www.popes-farm.com/sites/popesfarm/index.html

http://www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/GAADpumpkins.php

I don't really have ANY farms by me. The nearest ones are more than an hour and half away (so much for "The Garden State") but actually I was talking to my cousin the other day and we were BSing about Halloween and he was telling me, which he has told me in the past, about a farm he used to work on when he went to school out in Nebraska.

I forgot what the name was, but their Hayride was on the Discovery and Travel channel as being one of the top ones in the country. They did this tour thing of the farm which was like half-truth and half-made up, a history of the farm peppered with spooky things for the season (curses, cults, creepy former owners-- all that kinda stuff.)

They would do the whole pumpkins, Apples, donuts, and cider thing, then then have this wicked hayride with dozens of actors.

He even remembered the script from reciting it to the patrons so many times (he drove one of the hayrides .. err .. rather pulled it with a fork truck) They'd say something that there was a bunch of crazy people running loose on the farm but the police (wink wink) assured the guests that the situation was taken care of and perfectly safe. Then they'd head out and he would speak to the people about the 'history' (again wink wink) of the farm. Then like they'd pass an empty police car (which was a real police car that the town would let the farm use) with its lights going and doors open. Then the Zombies would come.

About three quarters of the way through my cousin would be overtaken by the zombies and the people would have to walk the remainder of the trail encountering other monsters and zombies and the like.

The funny thing about it was that, beings we are both from jersey and have the accent, they wanted my cousin to lay the accent on a bit thicker cause it made him sound like he was up to no good. Sopranos was at the height of its popularity at the time so I guess that people in the mid-west made that connection.

Not sure if they still run it .. it got many many guests so I would assume it was still up and running. I'll have to check with him about the farms name.

Hey I applaud them for their Haunt/pumpkin crop support as well as them finding a great way to feed their families on top of providing a great Halloween community contribution! TWO thumbs up and my hats off to them!

Originally Posted by HDawesome

The funny thing about it was that, beings we are both from jersey and have the accent, they wanted my cousin to lay the accent on a bit thicker cause it made him sound like he was up to no good. Sopranos was at the height of its popularity at the time so I guess that people in the mid-west made that connection.

ha, I went on the big touristy ghost tour here in Richmond because I love local lore, and the tour guides were putting on big Southern accents. This is Virginia, a lot of people have the Southern accent, myself included, but their accents were definitely NOT Virginian. They sounded more like the deep South, Georgia etc. It just didnt even sound remotely like a Virginia accent. Apparently there are 21 dialects in the South, I read it in a book once

We have one on the outskirts of Omaha that is pretty big and tons of various things. I would love to own a place like this. They literally moved in a ton of old barns and converted them into Shops/entertainment areas. They have a story book dragon that eat pumpkins that is mechanical, HUGE pumpkin fields.... only thing it is lacking is a real haunt. They have a walk thru haunted house which is good for kids but I would love to do a haunt for them for adults! www.valaspumpkinpatch.com

There are a bunch in SE Michigan, too. Most are held in orchards, so during the day you can go pick your own apples & pumpkins and a petting zoo/farm and then there's haunted hayrides at night.