Four years ago, I began an adventure that would keep me underground for long extended periods of time. Yeah, it does sound kind of weird, but there is a lot to explain so hang on to your hats because the journey begins here.
I volunteer at one of Ohio's premier Haunts. What is a Haunt you ask? Well a Haunt is a place that people go to during the Halloween Season to have the yell scared out of them. Most Haunts are haunted houses, warehouses, etc. The Haunt that I spend time scaring up is the Lewisburg Haunted Cave, located in Lewisburg, Ohio.
The Lewisburg Haunted Cave has been in operation for about thirty years and is located in an abandoned limestone mine. Yes, an actual mine. Once you hit that gate, you are descending eighty feet or more underground. It is the only underground Haunted attraction in Ohio.
I am one of the characters deep down in the Cave. My characters name is Jebenezzer Law and he has a very interesting back story. Jebeneezer (JEB) Law: He ran the detention cells during the Coal Wars back in 1980 at the Lewisburg Mine. Slowly went crazy down in the mine after prolonged exposure to bat guano. He was found to have a hankering for inmate flesh. When his cannibalistic tastes were discovered, he took off and hid down in the 42 miles of tunnels down in the mine and later surfaced when the mine was converted to a Haunt. After years of just having bats to eat, old Jeboneezer has decided that he would like to see if customers are as tasty as the inmates used to be.
Well, for the next sixty-three days, me and the Cave crew will be working our collective tails off to get the Haunt ready for this season. This will be a daily journal of what we do and how we get ready for the Haunt Season.
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