More spooks are turning up in North Georgia this weekend, and there may be a few ghouls lurking along the banks of North Chickamauga Creek. Visit if you dare.
* Haunted Family Canoe Trip is 7-10 p.m. Saturday at Greenway Farm in Hixson. Outdoor Chattanooga will provide all the equipment for this spooky paddling trip on the quiet waters of North Chickamauga Creek, where ghosts and goblins haunt the creek banks. Cost is $8 per adult, $5 per child, and children must be big enough to fit into a child’s life jacket. Reservations are not necessary. For more information, e-mail tiffany@outdoorchattanooga.com or call 842-6629.
* LaFayette Elks Lodge 2018 will transform into a haunted house during Halloween week. Suitable for adults and children, the haunted house will be open 7-11 p.m. Sunday through Oct. 31, with a more kid-friendly version open Oct. 29 for younger children who prefer lighter scares. After visitors tour the house, they exit to a tractor-pulled hayride, where they’ll encounter a few more scares on the way back to the parking lot. The LaFayette Elks Lodge is at 3158 U.S. 27. Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for children 12 and younger. All proceeds will go to charity. Concessions will be available.
n Vampire’s Haunted House in downtown LaFayette has more than a dozen scary scenes that include such movie icons as Dr. Frankenstein’s monster and a character from “The Exorcist.” It will open at 6 p.m. Sunday, Monday and Oct. 30 and at 5 p.m. on Halloween. The scares are housed in the former Department of Family and Children’s Services building at the corner of Cherokee and Villanow streets.
* Haunted Village, 3424 Keith Road in Ringgold, is open every Friday and Saturday in October. Participants are guided through Carter’s Grove, an old village in the woods that includes such haunts as a doctor’s office, morgue, slaughterhouse, funeral home and mausoleum. Ticket sales begin at 7:30 each night. Admission is $13. Concessions are available. To reach the Haunted Village, take U.S. 41 to Catoosa Parkway/Georgia 2 and go 1.2 miles to Keith Road. Turn left and go 3.3 miles.