By Gabrielle Terrett

The Vicksburg Post

Known for having the most ghouls and ghosts in town, the McRaven House is now adding pumpkin prancing to the list.

The McRaven House will be hosting a Prancing in the Pumpkin Patch event that will allow people to have fun in the pumpkin patch on the grounds of the historic house.

The event will be held Oct. 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the house, 1445 Harrison St. as an attempt to bring more Vicksburg residents out.

“We decided to do something different this year to get the locals out,” said Jai Dobson, general manager of the McRaven House. “Prancing in the Pumpkin Patch is a way to bring people out to the tourist side of town because we don’t get as many locals anymore as we do tourists out to the grounds.”

The free event is open to all ages and will consist of face painting and spooky Halloween games. The house will also be selling pumpkins all month. “Right now we have about 120 pumpkins left and we are selling them all month for $5,” said Dobson.

Along with the activities on the house grounds, there will be haunting events happening inside of the house as well.

“We will have our haunted tours starting at 8:30 that night,” said Dobson. “Each guest will receive an electric candle and will be assigned a costumed tourist guide. We will also be hosting a ghost hunt Oct. 21.”

Dobson says she hopes the events will bring more locals out to the haunted grounds and show Vicksburg is full of tourism potential for both long time residents and tourists.

“I just hope that this event will show people how much there is to do here,” said Dobson. “I want it to bring more people out, especially the locals.”