To the average person. This may look and sound like *** normal forest. But if you ask Lynn Ballard, it was *** wonderful time for our family. This forest is so much more and you don't have to look far to get *** glimpse of the memories made here. These are the kind of things that are continually along the path to make it more of an experience for them. The Ames Haunted Forest has been open for 25 years since 1999 people have wandered through these trees in search of *** scare. Yeah, Ballard and his brother have decided their time of terror is over. The haunted Forest is closed for good. It's so labor intensive, so labor intensive for us. I'm 72. My brother's getting up there. The decision comes just one month before it was to open for the 26th year students at Iowa State say they're sad to see the attraction go and I'll probably be pretty disappointed because it's just one more haunted attraction we can't go to, I'm really upset about it. I really liked it there. I would go there with my family and my friends. It would usually take around 30 minutes to walk through the haunted forest and there would be live actors scattered throughout, ready to jump out and scare visitors. The message would be *** great thank you for the actors that made *** commitment to work with us. Ballard says the majority of those actors were college students. He says all of the support they received kept them going. What we tore down in *** few days is 25 years of memories. And building Ballard says the plan is to use the space to expand the parking lot. They already own near Jack Trice Stadium. It probably would give us the opportunity for another three or 400 cars to park. He says he's thankful he and his brother got to continue their dad's legacy. If he's looking down, I think he'd be very proud of us.