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- Drive through a Mile of Terror at Rio Rancho Events Center, formerly known as Santa Ana Star Center, in New Mexico’s first drive-thru haunted house, which opened Friday. With a pandemic preventing Dragon’s House of Horror from building a traditional haunted house, the company found a new way to make people scream. For $40 a vehicle, Bo Bo the Butcher Clown can creep close to cars and say hi. Bo Bo is a character played by Harold Gideon for the past 17 years. Photo Amy Byres/ Observer
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- A haunted skull island is a destination through the Mile of Terror at Rio Rancho Events Center, formerly known as Santa Ana Star Center. Photo Amy Byres / Observer
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- The Mile of Terror is broken into different sections like Clown Town, where Bo Bo lives, and Granny’s House. Granny is also known as Sandra Abeyta. This is her fourth year watching over the grave of her dead grandchildren, Granny said. Photo Amy Byres/ Observer
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- Bo Bo the Butcher Clownis a character played by Harold Gideon for the past 17 years. He will play Bo Bo in the Mile of Terror at Rio Rancho Events Center, formerly known as Santa Ana Star Center, in New Mexico till Oct. 31. Photo Amy Byres / Observer
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- Granny, or Sandra Abeyta, reaches through a crib, over parts of her dead grandchildren. Photo Amy Byres / Observer
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- Ghosts hang in the Mile of Terror at Rio Rancho Events Center, formerly known as Santa Ana Star Center. Photo Amy Byres / Observer
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- The Mile of Terror is broken into sections like Clown Town, where this clown is. Photo Amy Byres / Observer
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- Every Friday and Saturday from 7 p.m. to midnight till Oct. 31, people can visit the Mile of Terror at Rio Rancho Events Center, formerly known as Santa Ana Star Center. Tickets are available at bit.ly/MileofTerror. Photo Amy Byres / Observer
RIO RANCHO — Drive through a Mile of Terror at Rio Rancho Events Center, formerly known as Santa Ana Star Center, in New Mexico’s first drive-thru haunted house, which opened Friday.
With a pandemic preventing Dragon’s House of Horror from building a traditional haunted house, the company found a new way to make people scream. For $40 a vehicle, Bo Bo the Butcher Clown can creep close to cars and say hi. The Mile of Terror is broken into sections like Clown Town, where Bo Bo lives, and Granny’s House.
House of Horror spokeswoman Nichole Harwood said every precaution is being taken for health and safety, including spacing vehicle far enough apart to prevent rear-end crashes. Characters are not allowed to touch vehicles, and cars will follow a lit pathway through the Mile of Terror, she said.
Every Friday and Saturday from 7 p.m. to midnight till Oct. 31, people can visit Bo Bo and Granny. Tickets are available at bit.ly/MileofTerror.
