Field of Screams

Saturday night after dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings, Aaron and I ventured out to a field of screaming people, chain saw noises and gun fire. And yes, we paid to be there! We went to be scared in the Field of Screams in Brandenburg.

To be honest I didn't know if the corn field would be a maze or just a path to follow. Well, it was a maze with a lot of circles and dead ends. You go in a few minutes after the people ahead of you to help space you out. While waiting we were told the rules: Don't touch the characters, no light of any kind, and don't throw corn because they will arrest you. Really? For throwing corn? How about if a character gets punched because they scare us? Weird.

Once in the maze, you end up meeting other people because everyone in the maze is lost. Everywhere you look there is only corn and darkness. And most of you know how I feel about the dark! Not to mention the characters waiting in there for you and the people chasing you with a chainsaw.

After about 30 - 45 mins Aaron got us through but on the way we were adopted by two teen girls and their mom. Once through the maze we came upon another line. We had no idea that the maze included a haunted barn. And let me tell you it was scarier than the maze!

The theme was an old, deserted insane asylum. I think if I had been one of the workers that place would have given me nightmares for sure. I am glad I only had to go through once! There were a ton of twist and turns, walls that felt like they were closing in, slimy walls, people screaming, crazy patients trying to get out of their rooms to you, strobe lights, high pitched noises, tunnels you had to crawl through, and rooms filled with inflatable plastic that you had to push your way through. Oh, and did I mention it was pitch black everywhere you tried to look?

Remember the teen girls I mentioned? Well, one ended up crying and her mom took her out. So I ended up holding the hand of the other 15 year old and helping her get through the haunted barn. I give her credit because I wouldn't have wanted to be in there without someone I knew. But we made sure she made it out alive.

The haunted barn took about another 30 mins. And it was all three stories of the barn. Aaron and I are not into spirits, ghosts and goblins but it was a lot of fun. I just had to keep telling myself they weren't real. And it helped that the characters were not allowed to touch you. That REALLY would have creeped us out.

We had a really fun time but wouldn't go back again. I don't think my heart could take it. But Aaron is trying to convince all the guys at work to go. I would bet money that if they go they would be scared but they wouldn't admit it.

Click here to see what the maze would have looked like form a helicopter.

Click here to see the maze from 2006. A cool tribute! I like the tank.