CLINTON — For the ninth year, children and adults from all over Kennebec and Somerset counties have again lined up to have the wits scared out of them.

The 15-minute haunted Halloween trail at Tammie and Larry Bailey’s home takes the unsuspecting past ghoulish horrors that leap out of the dark or crawl on the floor.

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PRISONER: Prisoner Joanna Fraser chats with Frank Holt inside a cell at the haunted trail at the Larry and Tammie Bailey residence on Canaan Road in Clinton on Saturday. Holt said this is the fourth year he has walked the popular Halloween trail and added," It gets better every year. Staff photo by David Leaming

NOT FUNNY: Kids scream in fear as David Cannon jumps toward them in a demented clown outfit as up to 500 people walked the haunted trail at the Larry and Tammie Bailey home on the Canaan Road in Clinton last weekend. Staff photo by David Leaming

I'LL HAVE A LEG: Dressed up as a chainsaw- wielding zombie, Larry Bailey jumps out from the dark at people who dared walk through a haunted trail at his home at 449 Canaan Road in Clinton. The popular Halloween attraction will be open this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Staff photo by David Leaming

Tammie Bailey said that 500 visitors came to the trail last weekend and many more are expected this Saturday, the last day the trail is open this year.

“We do it for the fun and it has just kept growing,” she said.

This year a half dozen people helped create the trail and two dozen either dressed up in costumes or worked as trail guides.

The haunted trail at 449 Canaan Road, Clinton, will be open 7:30-10:30 p.m. Saturday and is free.