"It's the busiest I have ever seen it:" Boonville's main street jam-packed with ghosts, goblins and monsters in debut Trunk or Treat Halloween bash

BOONVILLE- It was only expected to draw maybe a few hundred people, mainly from the village, town and some neighboring towns.

Well, that idea went straight out the window by early afternoon Saturday, as several hundreds of people, including families, ghosts, goblins and monsters invaded downtown for what turned out to be a smashing success for Boonville's debut Main Street Trunk or Treat.

"We've seen faces here that we have never seen before," said Denise Haskins, who was one of the many who were in attendance for this first annual celebration. There were nearly 50 different community businesses and organizations who were both creative and spooky with decorating their trunks. 

"We actually have already started collaborating with a couple of people for next-year," said Lisa Stanford, who is a committee member for the team who helped organize this event.  

"We're planning to block-off Main Street further down. We're talking about building haunted houses. It's going to be huge!"

We heard from numerous people that they were running out of candy at their trunks. 

Be sure to listen to our on-air report from the event here:

Images by Brian Trainor.