Finding Frights in the Mountains

Halloween is less than a week away and I still have no idea what to wear.

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I love the fun of dressing up, the idea of getting scared, celebrating fall with corn mazes and hay rides and of course, rotting my teeth on lots of candy.

I have trouble getting scared at haunted houses these days, but I still love the idea of slinking through the dark, hands out in front of me, hoping some ghoul doesn’t jump out from the shadows and send my heart into my throat.

To that end, I’ve been digging around online to see if there are any good Halloween scares in our area.
Have you ever heard of the Doe Mountain Fireball? It’s in Mountain City and according to this list of haunted locations in Tennessee, it can roll across dry leaves and not start a fire.

Apparently, the Blue Ridge Parkway is also haunted. 

GoTriCities has a great comprehensive list of area activities.

I don’t know why it is I like to be scared, but a professor from East Tennessee State University weighs in on it in this article in the Johnson City Press. 

Happy Halloween!