It’s been a lifelong dream to work alongside the undead monsters who roam the streets of Calico Ghost Town during Knott’s Scary Farm with a shared single-minded mission: Scare the living daylights out of anyone who dares wander into the fog.
I’m finally going to get my chance to suit up with the Ghost Town monsters this Halloween — but first I had to make it through Scare School at the Buena Park theme park.
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The Ghost Town Streets scare zone is the premier playground of Knott’s Scary Farm monsters and the birthplace of the annual Halloween event that celebrates its 50th anniversary this Halloween season.
If you can make it in Ghost Town, you’ve reached the pinnacle of Scary Farm monsterdom.
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The best of the best Ghost Town monsters are part of the Slider Crew who glide across the pavement on their hands and knees like demonic hockey pucks across an ice rink.
If you’ve been to Scary Farm, then a slider monster needs no explanation. The image is etched in your memory like fingernails across a chalkboard.
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For the uninitiated, sliders are the most terrifying part of Knott’s Scary Farm. A monster runs at full speed, leaps in the air, lands on all fours and slides toward you. Sparks arc from their hands and toes in the darkness. And then they stop on a dime a few feet in front of you.
There’s really no need for them to scare you after that. You’ve already jumped out of your skin leaving your skeleton shivering in fear.
Watching slider certification in front of the Bird Cage Theater during Scare School was a jaw-dropping memory I will never forget.
Warm-ups started with 50 monsters sliding every which way across the plaza in front of the theater…
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