Cheyenne Ryder of Wiscasset came to the Wiscasset Community Center with a devil-horned, Red Riding Hood costume and hope on Oct. 24. Her mother Janelle Haskell went online to get the 6-year-old the costume.

As for the hope, that centered on Ryder’s goal to find one of eight special eggs in a soggy field of thousands of eggs Friday night.

The black and orange eggs held goodies, but the eight “golden eggs,” as Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Department employees and volunteers called the yellow plastic ones, came with a note to hand in and receive an entire bag of goodies, staff member Bonnie Blagdon said.

Ryder didn’t find one of the special eggs among the ones she collected at the event’s premier in 2013. Trying to find one this year was what Ryder was most looking forward to that night, she and her mother said at a “Conjuring Carroll” magic show in the gym, ahead of the outdoor hunt.

About 250 people, including the children, parents and grandparents, turned out for the department’s second annual Halloween Raven Egg Hunt and Magic Show.

Event volunteers including Judy Flanagan, in witch costume and rubber boots, led participants to the leaf-covered field behind the center. Families used their flashlights, glow sticks the department provided, and calls of warning about upcoming puddles to help find their way. Then they lined up for instructions and the dropping of the yellow tape to start the hunt.

Ryder kept her focus on her goal during the hunt but located none of the golden eggs. It was time to head back, she told her mother.

One remaining one continued to be announced because it had not been turned in. A family returned with it after the hunt, when it was spotted among the eggs family members had gathered, Blagdon said.

Wiscasset’s Halloween fun concludes with a pair of events on Friday, Oct. 31. Lineup for the Halloween Ghosts and Goblins Parade is at 4 p.m. at Wiscasset Middle School. The first 200 children to arrive are slated to get trick-or-treat bags with glow sticks and goodies. The parade down Federal Street starts at 4:30 p.m.

Then from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the community center, a family Halloween dance will feature a costume contest and a refreshments table. Admission is $5 per person or $15 per family, Blagdon said. Plans call for prizes in the costume categories of cutest, scariest, best homemade costume and the best-costumed family. Pizza and hot dogs will be for sale.