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The Haunted Woods of Oldbridge

Address:

75 Springhill Road
Oldbridge, NJ
07747
United States

Tickets:

Free !!!! Please bring a food donation for the Oldbridge Food Bank. There will be refreshments and snacks available for purchase.

Contact Email:

Website:

http://haunted-woods.com

About:

A haunted walk through the woods with displays and live actors. Admission is free but we ask that you bring a non-perishable food item for the Oldbridge food bank. There are also baked goods for sale that benefit our local Girl Scout troop that helps to run and "haunt" the woods with us. Please bring a non perishable food item for the Oldbridge food bank (please check expiration dates). We will also be happy to accept donations to the Oldbridge animal shelter.

History:

2001: We hosted our first Halloween party for the girls of Girl Scout troop 1293 here in Oldbridge. The girls wanted to go for a ride in our wagon, pulled by our lawn tractor. Our oldest son and his friend next door hid behind trees and jumped out to scare them. The girls had a great time and started talking about how much fun it was. The idea was planted... 2002: We raked a short path through the woods and strung up some orange lights. We hung a few decorations and a couple of the girls hid in the woods dressed up to scare the others. It was a hit with the girls and their parents. 2003: The path got longer this year... Added more displays and decorations. It took a couple of weekends to set up with the help of our local Boy Scout Troop 67 and our ever faithful, hard working girls. We decided to collect donations for the Oldbridge food bank as an admission fee. We ran the woods for 2 nights. The girls also had their first bake sale this year. People driving by stopped and went on the walk. 2004: The local farm that had been hosting "scarecrow building" for the Girl Scouts of Delaware Raritan decided to no longer host the event. The girls all looked forward to this event so we decided to host it in our yard. We built the frames for the scarecrows, got the straw for stuffing and bought a couple of hundred pumpkins for the girls. We had about 15 troops come to the house to build scarecrows. We decided that the scarecrows would be a wonderful addition to the walk so we bought lights for them all, ran a gazillion extension cords, and plugged them in! It was great that everyone got to see the creative work the girls put into the scarecrows. Of course we added more displays to the woods. Because the woods we getting more popular and by request of many, we ran the woods for 3 nights. After the haunted woods event was over we thought it would be neat to put some of the scarecrows on a truck and take them in the Tom's River annual Halloween parade. I work for a transporter that generously donated the use of flatbed tow truck, so we loaded up. We had a great time in the parade. We didn't even know that the floats were judged so you can imagine our surprise when we were awarded 1st place in our division!