Monster Month officially gets under way in Elora

Wicked - Monster Month in Elora has officially begun with a special ceremony on Oct. 1. Here a brood of wicked witches takes over the Green Space in the village core. Photos by Bill Longshaw

A smash - Centre Wellington Mayor Shawn Watters used a sledgehammer to smash a pumpkin - part of the traditional opening ceremony for Monster Month.

Zombies - Zombies walked among the crowd that gathered on Oct. 1 to mark the beginning of Monster Month in Elora.

See witches, use caution - A witch tries to entice Alexander Edmonson into a cauldron but he’s not having any of that.

Beauty and the beast? - A woman in costume stands beside a Frankenstein monster at the opening of Monster Month in Elora, on Oct. 1

Under protest - A witch and a railroad conductor try to get George Breger, from Newmarket, into the cauldron.