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A demon appears in the
darkness at 88 Stetson Ave.
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skeleton sits above the portico,
looking down on potential visitors.
Roche explained that he expects
the number of visitors to be very
high on Oct. 31.
“If it’s a weekday, we probably
get 300 kids,” Roche explained.
“If it’s a weekend, we probably get
upwards of 500 kids. This is Grand
Central for Halloween.”
Nate and Tracy Novello followed
their next-door neighbors with
their creepy collection of creatures.
Their decor is highlighted by a
life-size animatronic bat creature
whose glowing red eyes peer into
trespassers.
“It’s not a competition. We just
all want to decorate and put up
lights,” Roche said. “We help each
other out too… It's a group effort,
and it’s really fun.”
The McCall family of 177
Stetson Ave. keeps the theme going
on the far end of the street. Jesse
McCall explained that he, his wife
Aileen, and their four-year-old
daughter Piper have been part
of “Halloweeny” neighborhoods
before in Somerville and
Watertown. He has grown to love
partaking in the festivities over the
years.
“It’s just really fun, people who
drive by slow down, and the car
windows roll down, and there are
kids in the backseat cheering you
on,” Jesse McCall said. “Everybody
loves it, and it’s fun to do too.”
The McCall’s spooky showcase
features homemade “ghosts.” They
are designed to look like two
ballroom-dancing couples in oldfashioned
clothing. They are made
fully out of chicken wire.
“You just kind of stitch it all
together and shape it,” Jesse
McCall said. “It took about an hour
for each person.”
Like most decorations, the
homemade ghosts are the most eyecatching
when they’re illuminated
at night. A giant skeleton is not
exclusive to the Roche household,
as Piper McCall has named her
twelve-foot friend “Sally.”
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