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16 Times People Overdid Halloween Decorations And Got The Cops Called On Them
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The Halloween tradition originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people used to light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. So I guess nothing says 'Happy Halloween!' like something that scares you to death and makes you forget the world is celebrating in the first place.
Bored Panda decided to pay tribute to those who go above and beyond to create the right atmosphere for this spooky occasion. Whether it's an extremely gory massacre scene or a subtle, half-buried body bag, these Halloween displays were so next-level, some people thought there actually was something wrong and called the police to investigate. Continue scrolling and enjoy!
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When You Go "Too Far" With The Halloween Decorations
Texas resident Steven Novak is one of the people who went all out for Halloween this year. In his yard, one dummy lies with his head pulverized, one lies with a scale where his or her head used to be, and a few more lie in bloodied trash bags fallen off a wheelbarrow. All the while, in the window of the house, a zombie horde attempts to break out.
"I'm most proud of the wheelbarrow tipped over by the street full of Hefty bags, looking like a failed attempt to dispose of the dismembered bodies in the middle of the night," Novak told Dallas Observer. "A kid walked by and asked me what happened to them; I said they ate too many Skittles."
Novak's decorations have brought the police to his house multiple times. "Neighbors told me cop cars were in front of my house a lot during the day," he explained. "I was only home twice to receive them. They told met hey thought it was cool and that they were only there because they were required to reply to complaints from the sergeant."
"They were in formation at the door and when I opened it they asked me if it was all mine. I asked, 'You mean the blood and the bodies? Yeah, that’s me.'"
"Honestly, though, I think I could’ve used more. [My plans] were way worse on paper. Next year though!"
Now That Is How You Do Halloween Right. This Guy Got The Cops Called On Him Several Times In Dallas
Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago, mostly in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France. They celebrated their new year on November 1.
This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead got blurred.
In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Celtic priests to predict the future. Considering the Celts were entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies must've been really comforting in the face of a long, dark winter.
Woke Up This Morning To 6 Cops, A Fire Truck, And An Ambulance At My Door Because A Passing Car Was Concerned About The One Halloween Decoration I Neglected To Take Down
To commemorate the event, the priests built huge sacred bonfires, where everyone would gather to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the deities. During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically made of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other's fortunes.
Who knows, Maybe Novak has some Celtic blood? Either way, his display sure looks like a modern version of the old celebration.
Deadly Halloween Tableau Too Realistic For Some. Neighbours Called 911
Halloween Decor Gore
Suspended Dead Man
Creepy Clown Hanging The Whole Family
There is a difference between spooky and a horror scene. Little kids also see these things, so I would not make it too scary.
@kubu: I am a US citizen, and I full on agree. sorry about all the downvotes, bud (also don't come after me please)
@Kubu, with the current situation, we have no sense of humor left over here in the US.
True. I wonder if these are all legal and if the cops can force them to take them down. Some are way too much. Imagine if the neighbors had small kids and they had to see those.
Let me imagine being a neighbor with small children... "Mommy what is that???" "It's Halloween decorations." "Oh ok." And scene.
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I think they're really cool! And they're just fake decorations; they might spook people the first time but it's honestly good for little kids to learn not to be scared.
Exactly
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Ha, 5 year old me found decapitated heads "cool looking". These weren't too bad. I got mental help btw
I still think decapitated heads are awesome--
Yes and no, why are we not having conversations with our children? Explaining that some things are fake. And if they're too young to understand that conversation, walk the other way and don't take them by the house. It's pretty simple actually. I had a neighbor that would go all out to include taking a chain off a chainsaw and chasing the older kids, I didn't take my kids to that house until I knew they were ready. And if the off chance one of these houses are your next door neighbor, maybe a conversation with them as well? It's not that hard.
ya duh
It's horrendous that a child might have to see this because of dumb morons who put this crap up.
Yeah
I said "yeah" once and it put it on all the comments
Even worse, a loved friend with a murdered family member shouldnt have to be shielded when they come to my neighborhood because of crass triggers
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That's my issue though. If I celebrated Halloween, wouldn't it be my right to decorate my own home however I want? It's not my fault that other people have kids, so I shouldn't have to consider those kids when making my own plans for my own property.
Is it ok over there to have sex in front of your house?
To be honest. Most of these made me sick and were not made with good taste.
Same here.
TBH, I can agree with this on some level. I was relieved when the bodies hanging at first were upside down, but the last few were hung by the neck and that just triggers me. As someone who's little sister hung themselves at 21, it makes me sick how often I see people being hanged in movies and just everyday content... It is not okay.
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if you’re not into this kind of stuff then why click on it? you made the choice to see this and it’s kind of concerning that you scrolled through the whole thing if they make you “sick”
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WildBerry: Almost no one who uses the term "Karen" knows one bit about any indigenous people of Southeast Asia. The term is very racist against Caucasians, however.
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Lynching after lynching. What's up with that? And people still using the term 'Karen" being racist because they don't know what a Karen is. Karen [kəˈren] NOUN 1.a member of an indigenous people of eastern Burma (Myanmar) and western Thailand. 2.the language of the Karen, probably Sino-Tibetan. ADJECTIVE 1.relating to the Karen or their language.
So let's just forget about the kids going trick or treating and launch straight into horror? What happened to the fun ghosties and goblins and things like that?
The entire concept of America s "version" of Halloween is freaky af. For 364 days of the year you tell your kids NOT to accept candy from strangers, especially those in masks! Same as Christmas... Don't talk to strangers! But sit on this perverts knee while we take a photo. Yeah I see why these guy's go over the top on horror, because that's what Halloween is.
Several over the top folks do not define America's version of Halloween. Blanket statements are not attractive or accurate.
Mari Bryant Good response!
It used to be that the people who handed out candy on Halloween weren't strangers; they were your neighbors. Of course those were the days when everyone knew their neighbors. The tradition has held on, even though the culture has changed.
Your kids are not other peoples problems. F
Do you know what a goblin is?
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Thank heavens I don't live in US, because I find children dressed as pagan characters, disturbing, forcing neighbors to give sweets, threatening to damage their houses, very annoying.
Pagan characters? What pagan characters? Do you consider Harry Potter or Cinderella "pagan characters"? The children are usually accompanied by their parents, since they're walking around outside after dark, and the parents don't allow them to damage the neighbors' houses. The "trick" part of "trick or treat" was brought over from England with the settlers. And back in the day, grown-ups went out and tipped over people's outhouses for the "trick."
it's literally a pagan holiday
Most Halloween costumes aren't pagan characters, man.
My kids dressed up as a lady bug and a ballerina... And no one threatens people's houses. Where did you hear that crap?
Kids in my neighborhood throw eggs at houses (I hate it) tho they are the ones that are always in trouble at school
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Why do we have to care about the kids going trick or treating? Why do I have to change my plans for my own house just because someone else has kids? Halloween doesn't belong to children exclusively.
For the same reason you can't urinate in the street, or walk around the neighbourhood naked. Because you live in a community and members of a community have a responsibility to uphold community values and not outrage public decency. What you do inside your own house is up to you but when it's visible to others it's a public display as it affects other people. I don't know about the US but there are public decency laws in the UK and I'm fairly certain most of these displays would be considered illegal.
Nicola Cross haha
One day a year? ONE DAY FOR CHILDREN TO HAVE FUN? Grown ups can go out every day or night so come on give the kids ONE day!
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Yeah, THOSE dead people are okay, but these dead people are bad. Did I get that right?
Yeah, genius, there’s a difference between a little kid wearing a sheet to be a ghost and someone constructing a realistic murder scene with multiple corpses or hanging three people who appear to be black.
no
There is a difference between spooky and a horror scene. Little kids also see these things, so I would not make it too scary.
@kubu: I am a US citizen, and I full on agree. sorry about all the downvotes, bud (also don't come after me please)
@Kubu, with the current situation, we have no sense of humor left over here in the US.
True. I wonder if these are all legal and if the cops can force them to take them down. Some are way too much. Imagine if the neighbors had small kids and they had to see those.
Let me imagine being a neighbor with small children... "Mommy what is that???" "It's Halloween decorations." "Oh ok." And scene.
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I think they're really cool! And they're just fake decorations; they might spook people the first time but it's honestly good for little kids to learn not to be scared.
Exactly
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abdwap -
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Ha, 5 year old me found decapitated heads "cool looking". These weren't too bad. I got mental help btw
I still think decapitated heads are awesome--
Yes and no, why are we not having conversations with our children? Explaining that some things are fake. And if they're too young to understand that conversation, walk the other way and don't take them by the house. It's pretty simple actually. I had a neighbor that would go all out to include taking a chain off a chainsaw and chasing the older kids, I didn't take my kids to that house until I knew they were ready. And if the off chance one of these houses are your next door neighbor, maybe a conversation with them as well? It's not that hard.
ya duh
It's horrendous that a child might have to see this because of dumb morons who put this crap up.
Yeah
I said "yeah" once and it put it on all the comments
Even worse, a loved friend with a murdered family member shouldnt have to be shielded when they come to my neighborhood because of crass triggers
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That's my issue though. If I celebrated Halloween, wouldn't it be my right to decorate my own home however I want? It's not my fault that other people have kids, so I shouldn't have to consider those kids when making my own plans for my own property.
Is it ok over there to have sex in front of your house?
To be honest. Most of these made me sick and were not made with good taste.
Same here.
TBH, I can agree with this on some level. I was relieved when the bodies hanging at first were upside down, but the last few were hung by the neck and that just triggers me. As someone who's little sister hung themselves at 21, it makes me sick how often I see people being hanged in movies and just everyday content... It is not okay.
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if you’re not into this kind of stuff then why click on it? you made the choice to see this and it’s kind of concerning that you scrolled through the whole thing if they make you “sick”
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WildBerry: Almost no one who uses the term "Karen" knows one bit about any indigenous people of Southeast Asia. The term is very racist against Caucasians, however.
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Lynching after lynching. What's up with that? And people still using the term 'Karen" being racist because they don't know what a Karen is. Karen [kəˈren] NOUN 1.a member of an indigenous people of eastern Burma (Myanmar) and western Thailand. 2.the language of the Karen, probably Sino-Tibetan. ADJECTIVE 1.relating to the Karen or their language.
So let's just forget about the kids going trick or treating and launch straight into horror? What happened to the fun ghosties and goblins and things like that?
The entire concept of America s "version" of Halloween is freaky af. For 364 days of the year you tell your kids NOT to accept candy from strangers, especially those in masks! Same as Christmas... Don't talk to strangers! But sit on this perverts knee while we take a photo. Yeah I see why these guy's go over the top on horror, because that's what Halloween is.
Several over the top folks do not define America's version of Halloween. Blanket statements are not attractive or accurate.
Mari Bryant Good response!
It used to be that the people who handed out candy on Halloween weren't strangers; they were your neighbors. Of course those were the days when everyone knew their neighbors. The tradition has held on, even though the culture has changed.
Your kids are not other peoples problems. F
Do you know what a goblin is?
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Thank heavens I don't live in US, because I find children dressed as pagan characters, disturbing, forcing neighbors to give sweets, threatening to damage their houses, very annoying.
Pagan characters? What pagan characters? Do you consider Harry Potter or Cinderella "pagan characters"? The children are usually accompanied by their parents, since they're walking around outside after dark, and the parents don't allow them to damage the neighbors' houses. The "trick" part of "trick or treat" was brought over from England with the settlers. And back in the day, grown-ups went out and tipped over people's outhouses for the "trick."
it's literally a pagan holiday
Most Halloween costumes aren't pagan characters, man.
My kids dressed up as a lady bug and a ballerina... And no one threatens people's houses. Where did you hear that crap?
Kids in my neighborhood throw eggs at houses (I hate it) tho they are the ones that are always in trouble at school
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Why do we have to care about the kids going trick or treating? Why do I have to change my plans for my own house just because someone else has kids? Halloween doesn't belong to children exclusively.
For the same reason you can't urinate in the street, or walk around the neighbourhood naked. Because you live in a community and members of a community have a responsibility to uphold community values and not outrage public decency. What you do inside your own house is up to you but when it's visible to others it's a public display as it affects other people. I don't know about the US but there are public decency laws in the UK and I'm fairly certain most of these displays would be considered illegal.
Nicola Cross haha
One day a year? ONE DAY FOR CHILDREN TO HAVE FUN? Grown ups can go out every day or night so come on give the kids ONE day!
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Yeah, THOSE dead people are okay, but these dead people are bad. Did I get that right?
Yeah, genius, there’s a difference between a little kid wearing a sheet to be a ghost and someone constructing a realistic murder scene with multiple corpses or hanging three people who appear to be black.
no