Halloween Decorations.Photo:Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty
Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty
When the spirit ofHalloweentakes over, sometimes you can’t help but go above and beyond in the decorating department.Such is the case for these Halloween lovers, whose ornamentations prompted intervention from the authorities. While each case was different, one thing remains true: spooky season is never without drama!Check out these five recent instances in which Halloween decorations went too far.
When the spirit ofHalloweentakes over, sometimes you can’t help but go above and beyond in the decorating department.
Such is the case for these Halloween lovers, whose ornamentations prompted intervention from the authorities. While each case was different, one thing remains true: spooky season is never without drama!
Check out these five recent instances in which Halloween decorations went too far.
01of 05A ‘House on Fire’ in New YorkThe Glens Falls Fire Department in New York was put on high alert on Sept. 30, when a call came in, reporting that a house in their district was seemingly on fire. It turned out though, thatthe home in questionhad simply been decked out in hyper-realistic Halloween decorations.Ina video posted to Facebook, you can see itseemsthe residence is engulfed in orange flames blazing in every window of the house, with a smoke-like haze seemingly clinging to the outside.Luckily, the fire department figured out what was what.“Tonight crews were dispatched to the area of Sanford St. for a report of a confirmed structure fire,” the caption of the video read. “To our surprise, this was an amazing Halloween decoration, This display will be up Friday and Saturday nights for the public’s entertainment until the end of the month.”
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A ‘House on Fire’ in New York
The Glens Falls Fire Department in New York was put on high alert on Sept. 30, when a call came in, reporting that a house in their district was seemingly on fire. It turned out though, thatthe home in questionhad simply been decked out in hyper-realistic Halloween decorations.
Ina video posted to Facebook, you can see itseemsthe residence is engulfed in orange flames blazing in every window of the house, with a smoke-like haze seemingly clinging to the outside.
Luckily, the fire department figured out what was what.
“Tonight crews were dispatched to the area of Sanford St. for a report of a confirmed structure fire,” the caption of the video read. “To our surprise, this was an amazing Halloween decoration, This display will be up Friday and Saturday nights for the public’s entertainment until the end of the month.”
02of 05Dead Body Appears on the Side of the Street in IowaOver in Iowa, an officer of the Grundy Center Police Department got the scare of her life the morning of Oct. 27, when she discovered what appeared to be a dead body on the side of the road as she was on patrol.Thankfully, it was just a prop.“Halloween is an…interesting time of year on patrol. The storm that just passed through moved someone’s decoration. If you saw me slam on the brakes this morning - this is why,” the department’s chief Alissa Twyford wrote on theirofficial Facebook account.
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Dead Body Appears on the Side of the Street in Iowa
Over in Iowa, an officer of the Grundy Center Police Department got the scare of her life the morning of Oct. 27, when she discovered what appeared to be a dead body on the side of the road as she was on patrol.
Thankfully, it was just a prop.
“Halloween is an…interesting time of year on patrol. The storm that just passed through moved someone’s decoration. If you saw me slam on the brakes this morning - this is why,” the department’s chief Alissa Twyford wrote on theirofficial Facebook account.
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Pole Dancing Skeleton Causes a Frenzy in Utah
A pole dancing skeleton had residents of Grantsville, Utah, buzzing.
In an interview withFox 13 News Utah, the owner of the home admitted that his Halloween setup may be a little “risqué” for some people, but it was “all in the name of fun.”
A clip of a neighbor trying to cut down the skeleton multiple times was also shown.
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When Things Got Too Bloody in Dallas
Back in 2020, Steven Novak, a Dallas resident, became the talk of the town after the homeownercreated a bloody massacre displayon his front lawn ahead of Halloween.
The frightening scene, which prompted neighbors to call the Dallas Police Department, included dummies lying on the ground in pools of fake blood, a number of props — a safe, a knife, fake limbs, a wheelbarrow and a chainsaw — and fake bodies wrapped in garbage bags.
“I’m an artist and make stuff outside all the time,” he explains. “My neighbors told me I should do something for Halloween.”
The fare only inspired Novak to double down. The artist was back at it in 2021, when he put up an even grislier scene on his front yard.
“All the cops that came out last year were an absolute gas,” he told theDallas Observerat the time.“I welcome them to come out and take more selfies.”
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The Guillotine Babies in Utah
Halloween pic.Getty
Much to their neighbors' horror, one Utah family decorated their yard with a display of … dead babies.
“It’s fun, we can kind of be creative with our ideas,” she said. “We come up with new ideas every year, we get to buy all the fun stuff.”
Bawden said several people complained to the city council about the decorations, and that she received not one, but two visits from city council members checking in, though she adds that they “thought it was all fun.”
source: people.com
