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Above watch: The Village of Stirling has issued a stop order to the popular Stirling Haunted Mansion earlier this year, and owners are saying enough is enough and moving out, Quinn Campbell reports.

STIRLING- The Stirling Haunted Mansion is no more.

“We are closed. We are shut down,” said owner Richard Reimer.

Earlier this year, the mansion was issued a Stop Order from the Village of Stirling. It stated that Richard and Glory Reimer were conducting business on residential property not approved by its bylaws.

“The only thing we could do was our mini-railway. We could do nothing with the haunted mansion, we couldn’t do Christmas, we couldn’t do Easter, birthdays or anything. There was almost nothing that we could do,” added Richard.

The couple gathered over 2,000 signatures on a petition to protest the Stop Order, but they say it was ignored.

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Global News reached out to The Village of Stirling, but it refused to comment.

The Reimers say they’ve had it with the uncertainty and are picking up and moving their business.

“Enough is enough. I’m happy to support some other community, I can support another community just as easy as promoting Stirling, and another community is happy to have us,” said Glory Reimer.

The couple has purchased 20 acres of land in the County of Warner and are eager to get things rolling in time for their spookiest season at the new property called “Creepy Hollow.”

“It’s an abandoned homestead, pretty much. Nobody has lived there in years, the house was moved out and all the buildings that are there are kind of dilapidated and it needs some work, but we do have some plans,” said Glory.

As for the Stop Order from the Village, Glory says they plan to fight it and stand up for what they feel is right.

“Totally bullied and pushed right out of town, for what.”

Richard says the new location will still be full of fright, and live up to its name.

“It’s creepy. Owls and everything.”