Universal Studios may have dominated Orlando’s Halloween scene during the past three decades, but Central Florida has also been home to memorable independent year-round and seasonal haunts for nearly as long. From Terror on Church Street and Skull Kingdom to A Haunting in Old Town and A Petrified Forest, nearly every notable local haunt since the 1990s has had one thing in common: the contributions of Dan Carro, a freelance designer of haunted attractions around the globe who is currently Gatorland’s creative director. I recently caught up with Carro ahead of this weekend’s return of Gators, Ghosts, and Goblins, the family-friendly daytime event that’s included with regular Gatorland admission on Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 29, and learned how someone who dislikes gore and thrill rides ended up wrangling monsters inside a reptilian theme park.