Weird Western Maryland

  For the same number of Halloweens as Dante had circles of Hell, Nina Fike has turned her front yard into the Frightmare on Finzel Road, and documented the annual adventure on a public Facebook page .   " I have a crazy imagination, and I'm a giant kid," Fike told WVNews. "I've always loved Halloween, but since I started decorating nine years ago, it has become an obsession." Mark it on your map for 2022: The Frightmare is at 1035 Finzel Road in eastern Garrett County, just north of old U.S. 40. Photos courtesy of Nina Fike.   Sources: "Aragog and ferryman." WVNews 27 Oct. 2021. https://www.wvnews.com/aragog-and-ferryman/image_2a019920-3741-11ec-9e4e-7f6ab38a654c.html . Accessed 10 Nov. 2021. Fike, Nina. Frightmare on Finzel Road. https://m.facebook.com/Frightmare-on-Finzel-Road-271423083358001/ . Accessed 10 Nov. 2021.

A roadside attraction that should be better known is the red-eyed Bigfoot statue in Ricky Linaburg’s front yard at 13139 Warrior Drive, a.k.a. Maryland Highway 636 in Cresaptown, between C&J Cycles and Three Guys Guns. Like most such Bigfoot statues, this one seems to be based on Frame 352 of the 1967 Patterson-Gimlin film. As the statue is on private property along a busy street, best to gawk at it from one of the nearby parking lots, without trespassing. Sources: “Patterson-Gimlin Film.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson-Gimlin_film . Accessed 14 Oct. 2021. “Real Property Data Search.” Maryland State Department of Assessments & Taxation search engine. https://sdat.dat.maryland.gov/RealProperty/Pages/default.aspx . Accessed 14 Oct. 2021.