Sandusky is already known for its Halloween spirit, and an annual event just made it official.

At the 14 th Sandusky Witches Walk, a gathering of mostly women who don their pointy hats and walk the streets as crones, hags and other iterations of broom-riders, Guinness World Records certified two new records set by the group.

Sandusky Witches Walk sees hundreds of enthusiasts from Ohio ( including the Crooked River Crones, profiled for Today from the Ohio Newsroom ) and all over the world, gathering on the shores of Lake Erie for a parade and a massive line dance. They boogie to the witch dance anthem, “Schüttel deinen Speck,” which is German for “shake your bacon.”

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A Guinness adjudicator from New York came earlier this month to oversee h

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