Haunted House

Yesterday, Friday, I volunteered at a haunted house along with Sam, Emily, and Kellie.  I volunteered for about five hours.  The name of the house was called Panic Park.  The event was put on by the Black Hawk County Conservation Board.  All the proceeds went towards next years haunted house.  It was in the country outside of Cedar Falls, located in timber.  It consisted of a house and a maze.
I had never been to a haunted house before and I do not like them.  I do not know why I volunteered to be in a haunted house, but I thought it would be fun.  Walking up to the house was scary.  People were already dressed in their costumes and was walking around scaring the other volunteers.  This freaked me out.  I was hanging on to Sam's arm.  After a while, I got used to the costumes and just had to realize they were people and would not hurt me.  My first job was going to be working a slam door, which is just a wood window that drops and makes a really loud noise.  I would be wearing a mask because people could see me when the window was open.  I decided against that and picked an easier job.  My job for the night was working a pulley to release a corpse hanging from a tree.  I was located at the exit of the house and the entrance to the maze.   This was a really boring job.  All I had to do was watch for the people walk by as they exited the house and release the corpse.  I had to learn to time it just right to scare the people more.
There was two disadvantages to this job.  One, it was outside and it was cold that night.  I did not think that I would be working outside so I only wore a light jacket.  Luckily, another volunteer let me wear his coat.  And two, my hands hurt from pulling the corpse back up to reset it.  The rope was rough and scratched my hands.
All together, it was a good experience.  I was happy to help scare people and to help out a good cause.  After volunteering, we received a free meal and t-shirt.  The hot cocoa was delicious!