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Big Lagoon Halloween in Pensacola Returns to Life

Hurricanes along the Gulf Coast have wreaked devastation in many, many ways. Among the least important, perhaps, yet most intensely felt among certain quarters has been the loss of some of the area’s best Halloween haunted houses and events. Although Hurricane Ivan hit the Pensacola, Florida area way back in 2004—so long ago that President Bush’s approval ratings were actually higher than his IQ (ouch!)—Halloween 2007 will be the first year that the Friends of Big Lagoon will hold their much anticipated haunted happening since 2003. The guys at the Lagoon are back, me bucko, and this year’s theme is related to that which seems destined to dominate many a Halloween haunted happening in the wake of the success of the 22-hour long trilogy of Pirates of the Caribbean movie. (Okay, so they only seem to last that long.)

Friends of Big Lagoon in Pensacola put on three extraordinarily successful scarefests before Hurricane Ivan sucked the fun out of the area. The new millennium got off to a good start that promised to fill the void left by the lack of a viable Jaycees haunted house. Set in a beautiful park bordered by the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the Friends of Big Lagoon has in the past put on a rousing and at time very intensely frightening haunted houses. What makes the 2007 comeback at Big Lagoon so exciting is that it won’t just feature haunted pirates, but hidden pirate booty to be discovered. There’s only one problem.

The hidden treasure waiting to be discovered by visitors to this haunted Halloween freak show is lost in the nearby woods. Getting through the isn’t that big a deal—the hurricane took care of the gators—but lying in wait in those dark and scary woods at Big Lagoon, protecting the long-hidden pirate booty, are spirits and other denizens of the dark that don’t take kindly to having their spoils spoiled by humankind. In a way, the pirate themed Halloween haunted event at Big Lagoon in its 2007 comeback will depend in great part upon your greed. Just how much will you be willing to risk to get your hands on that lost treasure? Enough to beat back ghosts, goblins and the stinking skeletal remains of pirates who haven’t been alive since the last time America was ruled by a King named George.

Come aboard, ye scurvy landlubber, but only if ye dare!

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