Four Frightening Halloween Drives in Colorado
Pine needles may not turn red, yellow and brown, but that never stopped coloradans from getting their spook on. As home to The Stanley Hotel, haunted gold mines, a possibly evil airport and many other famous and frightening tales, Colorado has always been a destination for paranormal enthusiasts. With four weekend nights left before Halloween, you can traverse the Centennial State’s scariest roads and towns, all from safety and style of your Mercedes-Benz. Don’t think you’ll have time to hit a Halloween drive before the month is up? If The Shining teaches us anything, it’s this: in Colorado, things only get scarier as the weather gets colder.
Colorado’s most haunted Halloween drive: Riverdale Road
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North of Denver, in Thorton, you can take a Halloween drive along an 11-mile road considered to be among the most haunted in the country. Pit stops along the route include the “Gates of Hell,” a rusty iron gate; legend has it that the man who built it went insane and killed his family upon its completion. There’s also Jogger’s Hill. As you pass over the rolling landscape, watch out for the hill’s eponymous ghoul, who locals say follows cars and tap on their doors and windows. Other good reasons to stay inside your Mercedes-Benz? According to locals, a phantom Camaro is also haunts the drive.
Southwestern scares in the San Luis Valley
You thought you could escape the southwestern menace that is La Llorona in Colorado’s high-altitude environment? Think again. Near the headwaters of the Rio Grande in the San Luis Valley, people say the wailing woman lingers along highways searching for the children she killed. As you pass through the valley in your Benz, watch out for the drenched woman in white, who asks travelers for rides on occasion. Worried about ghosts hitching a ride? Your Mercedes-Benz has you covered with Auto Lock, which locks car doors while the vehicle is in motion on its Halloween drive.
Ghost hunt along Aurora’s spooky Third Bridge
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Your Mercedes-Benz’s Night View Assist Plus technology protects you from things hidden by the shadows of night. Nevertheless, take care when driving over Third Bridge in Aurora — dangerous roads aren’t the only thing to watch out for. The bridge, 14 miles east of Aurora on County Line Road and near Kiowa creek, is said to be haunted by the ghosts of slaughtered Native Americans. People have reported hearing the steady war drums beating from beneath the area’s gnarled trees. What’s more? In search of ghostly adventures, five teenagers were involved in a wreck near the bridge in 2016. All in the car died, and that wasn’t the only fatal crash in the bridge’s history. Since the wrecks, people have reported screams and seeing vehicles driving on the road suddenly disappear.
Take a wicked weekend trip to haunted St. Elmo Ghost Town
Colorado is rich in its history of gold-mining, and is also rich in ghost stories, myths and legends. The two worlds collide in the story of St. Elmo, a well-preserved ghost town in the Collegiate Peaks. Founded in 1880, the flourishing mining town attracted many people, including the Stark family. The family founded the Home Comfort Hotel and several other area businesses in the 1880s. One Stark family member, Annabelle, grew up in the hotel. Although several of the Starks’ buildings burned in a 2002 fire, Annabelle is still said to haunt many of the properties once owned by her family. Shortly after her death in 1960, children playing in a hotel room reported temperature drops and slamming doors. To this day, people report seeing a ghostly woman roaming the streets.
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