Haunted Palouse sets records

“You can’t touch the zombies but we can touch each other.”

“Was that truck real?”

“Choose wisely.”

“I’m not good at choices.”

The things overheard at the 2013 Haunted Palouse came from a record-breaking four-night event, Oct. 18-19 and Oct. 25-26.

On the second Saturday, attendance reached 1,688, the biggest-ever in the town fundraiser’s 12-year history. The total attendance for the four nights also set a record at 4,321, beating out the 4,251 in 2011.

“We’re very happy,” said longtime volunteer Janet Barstow. “We’re pretty proud and we’re really tired.”

Overall, the guests going through the t...