People have 'nightmares for months' after spotting terrifying Halloween decoration
A Halloween decoration has sparked a debate as people admit it would give them nightmares for months if they were to walk past it on October 31 - with many saying it is too scary to have outside your home
A Halloween decoration so terrifying it's giving adults nightmares has left residents too frightened to walk down the street. The gruesome display features an animatronic man hanging by his arms, his internal organs spilling out as he screams in agony.
The horrifying figure is strung up between two trees just yards from a pathway in a typically peaceful American neighborhood, sparking a heated debate on social media. One user exclaimed: "Scariest Halloween decoration I've seen on here."
Another chimed in with: "That would be a hell no for me if I walked past that as a child."
Adding to the chorus of disapproval, another user stated: "That's a hell no from me if I walked by that as a full grown adult".
Taking it a notch higher, another declared: "That would be a "hell no" for me if I was a neighbor. I'd be cutting that s*** down in the middle of the night."
Meanwhile, another user added: "I would cut it down in broad daylight, I ain't getting close to that thing in the dark.."
One more user said: "I can imagine young kids having nightmares for a long time after seeing this."
Another user, believing the homeowner had crossed a line with the decoration, complained: "Seriously. Basic Halloween decorations are often more than enough to scare little kids."
Warning: The post below includes a video of the decoration, which some viewers might find upsetting.
"When he was three or four, my son was traumatized for months by a house that had one of those decorations that was a skeleton that looked like a skeleton coming out of the ground. This was nowhere near as scary as what this person posted.
"A year later, he still remembered what house it was and didn't want to go there, even though the skeleton wasn't there.
"A bloody, cut in half, screaming, thrashing zombie is definitely not front yard appropriate. It's not just spooky, it's gory."
Echoing these sentiments, another user argued that Halloween should be a night of harmless fun, not a chance to frighten young kids.
They stated: "I don't care if you're an adult and you obviously don't give a s*** about it. That's not the point. S*** people do stuff like this.
"Save it for a haunted forest where everyone there has signed up for this so we can spare four-year-old Jimmy in his Thomas the Tank Engine outfit."
Sharing their personal experience, another user added: "Yeah same. I feel like it'd be better if people kept the gory mangled corpse Halloween décor indoors.
"Beyond all the little kids getting nightmares from this (and their tired parents who have to comfort them), there are people with PTSD who've seen some real shit and don't need to be constantly reminded of it for the entire month of October.
"After my father-in-law died a violent death, my husband had a really hard time seeing gory Halloween decorations."