This Halloween, Get Creeped Out While You Clean Your Car in Hewitt!

Haunted carwashes are a thing. Who knew?     

Hewitt Haunted Carwash 

Here is a chance to clean your car and experience a haunted house at the same time! It appears Texans love to be scared at the carwash, with haunted carwash experiences located throughout the state of Texas. We are lucky because we have a haunted carwash in nearby Hewitt! 

Hewitt’s Halloween Haunted Tunnel 

Today’s Car Wash in Hewitt says today is the final day to experience its ‘Halloween Haunted Tunnel.’ You may ask yourself” what does a haunted carwash entail?” The answer is all things spooky! A drive through the car wash comes with spooky sound effects, eerie lighting and scary characters. 

Get Creeped Out for a Good Cause! 

According to KWTX, a portion of the cost to drive through the creepy carwash will go to Castleman Hill Elementary School. 10% of all funds raised will go towards the school that is just around the corner from the carwash. The haunted carwash costs 29 bucks for nonmembers. Members will be scared for free. Check it out between 6p and 9p this evening. 

 Halloween  History is Rooted in Ireland and Scotland 

When it comes to Halloween in the United States, pumpkins rule the roost. Nothing says it is time for trick or treating like a carved pumpkin, and we have our Scots Irish ancestors to thank! Folks in Ireland and Scotland were the first to carve faces into large turnips to ward off evil spirits as winter approached. 

 Stingy Jack Crossed the Atlantic and Made Pumpkins a Halloween Staple 

One particular Irish Halloween legend made its way into print in the 19th century. According to History.com, Stingy Jack invited the Devil to have a drink with him, but being stingy, did not want to pay. The legend says Stingy Jack persuaded the devil to change himself into a coin to buy the drinks, and when he did, Jack put the coin into his pocket next to a silver cross. According to legend, the cross prevents the Devil from returning to his original form.