NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Lie in a coffin, eat bugs, or be chased by a chainsaw-wielding psycho through a pine forest.
With up to three-quarters of Americans and people in other countries celebrating Halloween, there is a long list of events that may scare you out of your wits -- and empty your wallet.
Here is a list of 10 of the biggest, creepiest and more unusual events in the United States and Canada this Halloween:
1. Six Flags Parks in United States and Canada
As well as children's activities, this chain of amusement parks has lined up a list of adult Halloween tricks and treats, including the "Creepy Coffin of Fear." Lie in a coffin filled with meal worms -- and stay there at least one minute.
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http://www.sixflags.com)
2. Universal Studios, Hollywood, California
Three of the big screen's most infamous horror icons, Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger and Leatherface, from "Friday the 13th," "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," will each appear in his own labyrinth of carnage. In the new "House of Horrors" mazes, Universal's most notorious monsters will descend upon guests as they navigate vampire lairs, cannibal caves and psycho film slashers.
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http://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/)
3. The Haunted Adventure, Toronto, Canada
Take a walk in the Black Cavern through hallways narrower and darker than a barn with surprises to ensure you run out screaming. Visitors can also try the Howling Hayride, Murder Motel, the Haunted Barn with The Black Hole and the Terror Trail Trek. No one aged under 8 is admitted.
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http://www.hauntedadventure.ca/home.htm)
4. Street Parades in New York and Vancouver:
- Parade of Lost Souls - Vancouver, British Columbia
Dating back to 1985, this Vancouver parade held on October 27 this year is organized by the Public Dreams Society and tries to maintain a more traditional outlook on Halloween -- as the Day of the Dead and All Saints Day.
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http://publicdreams.org/parade.htm)
- New York's Halloween Parade, New York
New York's 34th annual Village Halloween Parade on Oct 31 at 7 pm is billed as the nation's largest public Halloween celebration, attended by more than 2 million people.
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http://www.halloween-nyc.com/index.php)
5. Great Halloween Grave Dig, Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania
Thought to be the world's only vampire hunt, this is a four-hour treasure hunt/car rally through the woods that eventually leads you to Gruesome Graveyard, the burial site of Count Miniescule. The Grave Digger's Ball tops off the night.
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http://www.gravedig.com/)
6. Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia
Terror Behind the Walls is set in a supposedly haunted site with props, high-tech lighting and custom-built electrical effects creating the illusion that walls of metal bars and cell doors are electrified in five separate haunted houses in the prison complex.
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http://www.easternstate.org/)
8. Festival of the Dead, Salem, Massachusetts
Organized on the site of the legendary 17th century witch hunts, the Festival of the Dead includes scouting a local graveyard for spirits with a team of ghost hunters and an "authentic seance."
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http://www.festivalofthedead.com/)
9. Camp Blood, Carrollton, Georgia
A walk through a pine forest will never be the same after a visit to Camp Blood where visitors will encounter those who live near the swamp as well as some chainsaw wielding psychos.
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http://www.campblood.com/index_opening.html)
10. Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, Virginia
The park has ramped up its Howl-O-Scream event with guests wanting more frightening events. "The Neverafter" is a village dedicated to the macabre where visitors are stalked through two haunted mazes -- Deadtime Stories and Tormented Tales.
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http://www.buschgardens.com/BGW/default.aspx)
source from http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSN1920386420071019?sp=true
