A jester from a Montreal troupe points at the camera during the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Gala Parade Saturday. The annual parade drew hundreds of spectators from around the region, as it does every year. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Brian “Smitty” Smith as Jimmy Buffett in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade Saturday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Joy Cranker of Saranac Lake walks in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

A woman on stilts spooks a group of children at the Winter Carnival Gala Parade on Saturday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

A group of jugglers perform in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade Saturday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

The Coakley's chariot in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade on Saturday was decked out in body parts and creepy ephemera. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Julie Keough and grandson Jacob Wright wave to the crowd as they ride in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade on Saturday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

The Vossler family poses for a photo while spectating the Winter Carnival Gala Parade. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Scott Patnode as the Joker wheels his tiny bike up the Broadway hill in the Gala Parade on Saturday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Members of the Winter Carnival court pose for a photo during the Gala Parade Saturday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Winter Carnival Court members Kaitlyn Yando, Ayla Small and Princess Abby Martelle wave to the crowd from their float in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade on Saturday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Rebecca Romeo throws an arm up in the air as the Lawn Chair Ladies dance to Taylor Swift in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade on Saturday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Winter Carnival King Ricky Sullivan and and Queen Liz Murray share a hug and a smile from their float in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade on Saturday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Susan Waters of the Canoodlers dances down Broadway in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade on Saturday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Members of the Saranac Lake school band perform in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade Saturday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Post-doctoral fellow Gaelle Guiewi carries a banner for Trudeau Institute in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Cody Berryman hangs off a Hyde Fuel truck in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Local stuntwoman and actress Leslie Hoffman reprised her role from "A Nightmare on Elm Street" for the Winter Carnival Gala Parade on Saturday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

A person marching with the Trudeau Institute dressed as a “plague doctor” points to the camera while marching in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

The Trudeau Institute float referenced fears that melting permafrost could be revealing reemerging and unknown ancient pathogens. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Elaine Dewar dances with the Canoodlers. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Brother Russ Defonce, official craftsman of the Brothers of the Bush, walks in the Gala Parade on Saturday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Julianna Jones dances with the Dance Sanctuary in the Gala Parade. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Enterprise columnist and brother Bob Seidenstein walks with the Brothers of the Bush in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Karley VanYserloo dances with the Dance Sanctuary in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade Saturday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Brother Bruce Young, official artist of the Brothers of the Bush, walks with the Brothers of the Bush in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Vanessa Pillen leads the Dance Sanctuary in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade Saturday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Lydia, David and Kelsey Francis ride in Historic Saranac Lake's float. Lydia is a big fan of creepy things. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

David Francis leans out of a window of Historic Saranac Lake’s float in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade on Saturday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Mabel Mathis, 2, enjoys the Winter Carnival Gala Parade on Saturday with her sister Georgia, 4. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Ella Bard leads a group of St. Bernard’s School “holy ghosts,” along with Pre-kindergarten teacher Alison Miller and fellow students Grace Fitzgerald, Evelyn Hayes and Autumn Fitzgerald. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Matt Morgan as Gomez and Winnie Pelletieri as Morticia dance down Broadwar with the rest of the Addams Family crew in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade on Saturday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Sammy Yelle dances in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Shane Pitter, Tyrese Thompson and Audra Segree of the Jamaican bobsled team marched in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Bloomingdale Elementary School students march in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade Saturday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Bagpipers in the Quigley Highlander's Pipes and Drums perform in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Johnna MacDougall of Soma Beats dances down Broadway in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade on Saturday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Members of the Adirondack Park Paranormal Society, dressed as the ghosts of people on the Titanic, walk down Broadway in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade on Saturday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Members of the Adirondack Park Paranormal Society, dressed as the ghosts of people on the Titanic, walk down Broadway in the Winter Carnival Gala Parade on Saturday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)