๐งโโ๏ธ๐น๐ป Coffin Creek haunt experience
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Boils and ghouls, let's continue the Inland Empire fun by wandering over to Coffin Creek (after Pumpkin Rock hike). This old school cult classic haunt is in its 16th year. Not as slick and fancy as the Universal Studios and Knottโs Scary Farms of the world, but it has heart and charm, effective frights, and provides excellent unique scare experiences.
Located out in the boonies of Corona, what better way to start spooky season than going to an actual middle-of-nowhere creepy location.
The actual history of the place:
The legend started in 1938 when Southern California had 14 days of rain causing sever flooding. Here is part of the article from the Santa Ana Register (now the OC Register):
As the flood waters subside from 2 week of flooding, 13 coffins were discovered in the wooded area next to River Rd and Archibald Ave in the city of Corona. "The coffins are believed to from the abandoned Guasti Cemetery in the city Ontario" said Officer Willmans. Officer Willmans went on to say "The coffins were found by some locals floating in a small creek that runs through the woods. The authority's and locals started referring to this area as Coffin Creek.
The authority's continue to search the woods for the remains of the 13 coffins. Only 2 coffins had the remains found nearby. The remains of 2 other empty coffins were found in the woods, some 30 yards to the west of what is now called Coffin Creek.
As the sun rose, Officer Willmans said " We had to stop searching last night, those woods got really creepy after dark. I called off the search when I started seeing and hearings things, strange things, like (continued on page 3 see Coffin Creek)
Get tickets online or at the box office:
https://www.coffincreek.com/tickets.html
Choose "One Day Unlimited All Attraction" option for $52.95
Parking: $5 cash at the gate
**This event is cross posted with Creatures of the Night, Metal/Horror/Drinks/and Stuff OC, The Vampire Social Club, Eclectic Introverts of OC meetup**
