By Patrick Burles - @PatrickBurles on Twitter

Creepy Hollow taking root in County of Warner

Oct 28, 2016 | 1:20 PM

WARNER – After a year and a half of hard work and rebranding, Creepy Hollow is alive and well on a rural property in the County of Warner.

Glory and Richard Reimer owned and operated the Stirling Haunted Mansion for 15-years, until the village forced them to shut down in early 2015.

The community issued a media release in February of 2015, saying the Village Development Authority had determined the operations of the mansion lands were outside the bounds of the residential land use bylaw and placed a Stop Order in effect.

The couple ultimately decided to start over and bought 20 acres of land near Warner, with Creepy Hollow opening just before the 2015 Halloween season.

“It just feels like one phenomenal thing after the next to get where we are in the last year and a half,” explained Glory Reimer. “I feel much more prepared this year, that’s for sure.

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“I would say this year we’re getting a few more [guests] over last year, but we’re still less than what we were doing in Stirling, which is to be expected. People still don’t know that there is one here and that it has been moved, and I hear people say all the time, ‘Well the mansion is closed, now what are we going to do?’ They don’t know, so we’re still getting the word out.”

When asked about some of the highlights at their new location, Glory had plenty to go over.

“Right off the bat, people notice the haunted house, Monster Hall and the little ghost town, and those are the things you’ve come to expect in Stirling even, but here with the new sign on the hill, there’s a 165 foot sign that goes down the side of the road, people are like, ‘Cool, we’re going to hike up there and check that out.’”

For those looking to bring children to Creepy Hollow – which is located just a few minutes north of Warner and about 35 minutes south of Lethbridge – Glory did an important piece of advice.

“It can be very scary, but if you want to bring your kids, bring them earlier in the day so we can make it friendly.”

Before wrapping up the interview, Glory noted that after all the challenges they experienced in Stirling, she had an important message for their new neighbours.

“I want to make sure that we mention Warner. They’ve been so overwhelmingly helpful and positive, it’s incredible, I just want to make sure they know that. We have met many people from Warner now, got to know quite a few and some of them we’ve really come to admire and respect for how much they’ve really helped us gain traction to where we are today, so a huge shout-out to the people of Warner.”