……………..I was listening to a local TV station, and one of the stories they were talking about was how thieves were going on peoples property at night and STEALING the GIANT SKELETONS, GHOSTS and WITCHES off from their front lawns! One of these thieves was caught on a house camera going on the lawn, taking down the huge skeleton and putting it in the back of his truck with half of the skeleton hanging out! After hearing this story I noticed after driving around the neighborhood that I only saw three of these huge creatures in front of peoples homes…..There used to be many!!….and they aren’t inexpensive!….It has become very common to hear stories about peoples packages being stolen from their front doors….but…..this is a NEW LOW!…..What is the matter with people thinking it’s OK to steal other peoples decorations!! I doubt that the police were able to get the trucks license plate number due to the skeleton hanging off the back!……I used to do a pretty elaborate display at my front door with two bales of hay, tall corn stalks on the poles and many pumpkins on the stairs and sitting of the hay bales….Instead of carving them I used to paint faces on them with black paint….However, before Halloween even arrived the squirrels ate right through the pumpkins and destroyed them leaving a mess….Forget about them making it for Thanksgiving……By then they were in the garbage…..I even tried spraying the pumpkins with acrylic lacquer, but that didn’t stop them…They ate right through it!….I decided since no one can see my house from the road, and the only people to see my decorations were the mailmen and delivery men…and me…and I was tired of the mess the squirrels left behind….I just wouldn’t do it anymore….Now, I just decorate the inside….which my guests appreciate!…..People are just getting worse and worse!….No self respect or dignity!!
