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Reader-submitted photos of Halloween decorations

Thursday, Oct 24, 2024 8:57 PM MT

Updated Thursday, Oct 24, 2024 9:53 PM MT

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Last week, we asked readers to submit photos of their Halloween decorations or a neighbor’s decorations. We received dozens of photo submissions. We have selected some of the most spooky, elaborate and fun photos to share in this gallery. Enjoy!

Sam Pillus, 13, the son of Kara Hellige, takes Halloween to a whole new level. For the past four years he has constructed a haunted house for all the neighborhood children to enjoy. The Mountain Middle School student has been preparing this year's haunted house for an entire year, his mother said in an email to The Durango Herald. Instead of buying decorations, he builds them himself, including two moving animatronics. One of them is a skeleton in a coffin that leaps 8 feet into the air. He also constructed a scary clown. A haunted house will be set up in the front yard of the house on Halloween night at 17 Rio Vista Circle. (Courtesy of Kara Hellige)
Sam Pillus, 13, the son of Kara Hellige, takes Halloween to a whole new level. For the past four years he has constructed a haunted house for all the neighborhood children to enjoy. The Mountain Middle School student has been preparing this year's haunted house for an entire year, his mother said in an email to The Durango Herald. Instead of buying decorations, he builds them himself, including two moving animatronics. One of them is a skeleton in a coffin that leaps 8 feet into the air. He also constructed a scary clown. A haunted house will be set up in the front yard of the house on Halloween night at 17 Rio Vista Circle. (Courtesy of Kara Hellige)cca
Sam Pillus, 13, the son of Kara Hellige, takes Halloween to a whole new level. For the past four years he has constructed a haunted house for all the neighborhood children to enjoy. The Mountain Middle School student has been preparing this year's haunted house for an entire year, his mother said in an email to The Durango Herald. Instead of buying decorations, he builds them himself, including two moving animatronics. One of them is a skeleton in a coffin that leaps 8 feet into the air. He also constructed a scary clown. A haunted house will be set up in the front yard of the house on Halloween night at 17 Rio Vista Circle. (Courtesy of Kara Hellige)
Sam Pillus, 13, the son of Kara Hellige, takes Halloween to a whole new level. For the past four years he has constructed a haunted house for all the neighborhood children to enjoy. The Mountain Middle School student has been preparing this year's haunted house for an entire year, his mother said in an email to The Durango Herald. Instead of buying decorations, he builds them himself, including two moving animatronics. One of them is a skeleton in a coffin that leaps 8 feet into the air. He also constructed a scary clown. A haunted house will be set up in the front yard of the house on Halloween night at 17 Rio Vista Circle. (Courtesy of Kara Hellige)cca
Clear Creek Loop in Edgemont Highlands. (Courtesy of Charles Whyte)
Clear Creek Loop in Edgemont Highlands. (Courtesy of Charles Whyte)cca
Clear Creek Loop in Edgemont Highlands (Courtesy of Charles Whyte)
Clear Creek Loop in Edgemont Highlands (Courtesy of Charles Whyte)cca
Clear Creek Loop in Edgemont Highlands. (Courtesy of Charles Whyte)
Clear Creek Loop in Edgemont Highlands. (Courtesy of Charles Whyte)cca
Halloween decorations near Hermosa. (Courtesy of Stacy Palermo)
Halloween decorations near Hermosa. (Courtesy of Stacy Palermo)cca
Halloween decorations near Hermosa. (Courtesy of Stacy Palermo)
Halloween decorations near Hermosa. (Courtesy of Stacy Palermo)cca
Salt Brush Street in Three Springs subdivision. (Courtesy of Angela Minerich)
Salt Brush Street in Three Springs subdivision. (Courtesy of Angela Minerich)cca
Salt Brush Street in Three Springs subdivision. (Courtesy of Angela Minerich)
Salt Brush Street in Three Springs subdivision. (Courtesy of Angela Minerich)cca

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