By KATHY COPELAND / Community Columnist

The fascination with scary things and spooky experiences has been around for a long time, and some people will pay money for the opportunity to participate in something that inspires a good screech.

If you are one of those people, Vincent has something to offer.

Hellbilly Hollow is in its sixth season of spookiness. You can ride on a tractor-pulled trailer through a haunted swamp forest, get dropped off to find your way through a cornfield maze and end up with a walk through a haunted house.

Having grown up with a brother who liked to put a stocking over his head and hide in the clothes closet of the bedroom I shared with my sister, I am personally not a big fan of voluntarily allowing people to jump out of nowhere with a chain saw or have masked monsters sneak up from behind and growl in my ear. However, my sister was visiting, and we are in the month of Halloween, right?

Admittedly, despite the accolades that we heard in the parking lot as people were making their way back to their cars, and the music and lights and the obvious good time everyone was having, I chose to observe from a distance. Ha! Or so I thought.

Innocently thinking that we were just going to take a little ride around and observe the outskirts of the operation, I hopped on the tractor trailer. The energy was high among patrons who accompanied us. Then it was clear: We were entering an enchanted forest.

To say it was loud would be an understatement. The sound of chainsaws and clanking metal echoed as the tractor made its way around a swamp that hosted a crashed school bus.  Fire shot out of the water as we made our way around the water body and zombie type creatures were jumping onto the trailer to startle the already spooked occupants.

Not at all remorseful that I was getting by with experiencing just the tractor ride, I looked over and my sister was beaming with delight over the cool experience this turned out to be, exclaiming that her boys would have loved it.

Afterward, talking with David Miller, whose property holds Hellbilly Hollow, it was clear the event is a lot of work, involving family and friends to pull it off.

“I am exhausted, but it is worth it,” said Miller.

As we talked, his wife Susan was counting folks in line for the next ride. “This really is a family operation,” I said. He responded, “Oh yes, and my brother Tim is dressed up as Beatle Juice.”

While we did not experience the cornfield or the haunted house, we were fortunate to get a behind the scenes view of the make-up and costume room.

If you like this kind of entertainment there is still time. Warning: The lines can be long, but people-watching is fun, and there is plenty of opportunity for that. Are you in for a scare?