The road to and through the Tayman property has never been good.  Some thought the family liked it this way because it kept out unwanted visitors; others thought it was because it's cursed...a road to and through a dark hellish land. Danger lurks when night falls on the woods...wicked things rise and look for victims to prey upon.

Some who live in the area travel the road only during day, leaving these woods to the spirits that lurk in every shadow when darkness falls.  There have been many stories of those traveling through at night only turning up missing.  From time to time a fresh mound of earth shows up in these woods, or a coyote brings out a bone that appears to be human. Sometimes, when the wind is blowing, the people in their homes swear they hear screams of terror in the night.

Stories abound of strange people walking through these woods, looking off in the distance, never at anyone, and never responding to the call of a passerby.  It has been suggested that there are zombies that live here...waiting for their next victims...waiting to add to their own underworld legion of terror.

The Tayman Family history suggests that zombies can be very violent when their area is entered at night, and they have attacked the hayride on more than one occasion.  That is why the hayride has a protective cage...to keep the zombies on the outside in case they attack, and to keep the good folks safe on the hayride. The zombies can smell evil, and spot those whose heart is not pure.  These are the ones they want to feed on, for their flesh will not burn their mouths.