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I love a good corn maze, especially around the Halloween season — but as the corn maze creepypasta “Ears” reminds us, it’s usually a good idea to be a little… discerning about which labyrinths you choose to step into.
Written by Creepypasta Wikia user Mak Ralston and originally published in October of 2022, this eerie little tale tells us about what might happen to an abandoned corn maze left to its own devices — or, more accurately, what might happen to those who visit an abandoned corn maze left to its own devices. It may have been abandoned for a reason, you see. And although the story behind that reason may not be totally clear, the effects of the reason often are.
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I can only assume the title refers to ears of corn — but the corn isn’t the only danger here.
Beware the scarecrow, as well.
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There is an abandoned cornfield, located somewhere along U.S. Route 36 near Kensington, Kansas, that is allegedly haunted. The legend, spread mostly by the youth of Smith County, Kansas, goes as follows:
At the abandoned Friar Family Farm, somewhere out in the fields near the old water tower, there lies an overgrown corn maze, from way back when the farm used to do its annual fall festival throughout October. Whether started by the farm owners themselves or merely by the local town’s kids attempting to scare one another, a bet was challenged to those that dared to venture onto the property. The wager was simple: reach the end of the maze, find the scarecrow with the digital flash camera draped across its neck, snap a picture of yourself to prove your success, and you’ll be awarded one hundred dollars upon your return. The provider of the compensation of this amount was indeterminate. However, that detail appears irrelevant to the legend at large.
Of the nine images taken on the digital camera confiscated from the property, none of the identified missing people were ever found. Of those nine individuals, four were children; the five adults consisted of four men and one woman. Six of the missing individuals have since been declared dead by the state of Kansas, and the remaining three are still considered missing to this day.
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