Halloween is in a week, and decorations have gone up. This is a picture, or gif more accurately, I’ve created in words.
The first thing I notice is the silence. A house this decorative should have more people more people I thought aloud trying to diminish the eerie quiet. I shudder when I make eye contact with the life size dolls propped up against the house that look like they were a knife target. “Yasmine!” A distant call from my friend snaps my attention back to what I’m here for, the candy.
I spot a huge bowl with a skeleton perched on the edge and peek inside . Unlike all the other bowls left outside unattended the bowl was still filled with candy. Untouched by the kids who hastily pour all the contents into their bag.
Ready to go I reach my hand in and grab a handful of candy. Before I can get my hand out the eyes of the skeleton light up red and its bony fingers latch onto my hand. “AHHHHHHHHH!” I scream before I even process what’s going on. A few moments later the skeleton lets go, lowers its head, and its eyes empty. Although its all toys and decorations (I think)I turn on my heel and sprint away from the house I know I will NEVER come near again.