WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. – It’s starting to feel a little more like trick than treat in Whitehall Township.

“I was shocked,” Marie Shahan, from Egypt, said. “I was very shocked.”

Just last week, the popular “Haunted Parkway” was sold out.

“That parking lot is full,” Shahan said. “I mean, there’s people standing out there all hours.”

“My son is special needs,” Jayne Bartlett, from Allentown, said. “It’s his favorite thing every year.”

Now, those hayride wheels have halted to a stop.

“We were sitting at dinner, and he brought his phone up, and he went, ‘ Oh, my gosh,” Bartlett said. “He was totally disappointed. Very disappointed.”

Whitehall Township Fire Chief Mark Bilder announced the event’s abrupt closure on Thursday, only citing “unforeseen circumstances.”

Several social media posts, each with many comments, are asking the same questions as the locals 69 News spoke with on Friday.

“Why did they just cancel it?” Monica Barlow, from Northampton County, said.

“We didn’t know what happened,” Bartlett said. “We’re disappointed for the Whitehall Fire Company; that’s their big fundraiser of the year.”

“It’s a huge event for the community,” Shahan said. “And for it to be canceled with no notification other than, hey, it’s just canceled. We’re not discussing what happened. It’s kind of sad.”

The only ghosting is coming from officials.

“I tried looking up everything I could,” Shahan said, “but there’s nothing.”

The fire chief confirms he’s the one who shut down the event, but the fire department, police, mayor, and District Attorney all say they aren’t commenting at this time.

“I think that was the most surprising part,” Bartlett said. “So I thought something really serious must have happened.”

“Nobody said anything,” Barlow said. “My concern was, like, did something actually happen? Did somebody get hurt?”

While the silence can seem scary, local hayriders can only hope the attraction will be brought back next spooky season.

“I do think it’s strange,” Shahan said. “I thought that, you know, maybe Whitehall would just give us a little bit of an idea of what’s going on, but nothing.”