![]() ![]() In case you’re wondering, yes, it’s the same piece from Home Depot that went viral last year. ![]() Meanwhile, the other hand holds a 12-foot skeleton that Perkins borrowed from a neighbor. One hand grabs the house by the roof, as though it’s ready to turn the property upside down. Alan PerkinsĪ resident from Ohio has gone viral for building a giant skeleton that’s seemingly breaking out of his homeįor starters, it features two massive skeleton arms extending outwards, creating the illusion that they’ve broken away from the ground. At a glance, his house will surely remind you of the haunted houses that you only see in horror movies. According to his post, he decided to create his own massive skeleton since Home Depot had run out of stocks. Perkins took to the Facebook group Cleveland Haunt Club to share photos of his spooktacular creation. Indeed, Alan Perkins has raised the bar when it comes to DIY Halloween décor, as he built a giant skeleton that’s seemingly breaking out of his home. And if you’re the type who goes the extra mile to turn your home into a haunted house, then this Ohio resident will inspire you to up your decorating game even further. “I’m not sure what next year has in store, but I hope to get more use out of it.Decorating for Halloween is not just a fun activity but also an annual tradition for most families. “I'd rather not just have that once a year with Halloween.”Īnd after October 31? “I’ve told people I'd leave it out year-round, and put a Santa hat during Christmas, and Easter eggs for Easter,” Byrne says with a laugh, adding that he'll actually find room in the garage to store it away. “I'd love to channel this passion and get a gig or two, whether it be building props, costumes, or random projects,” Byrne says. People have even reached out to discuss potential projects after seeing the magnificent creation. “It's fun to see people stop and take pictures of it, and especially fun if they’re stopped at the traffic light that's a block away, look over to the left and realize there's a giant skeleton up there.”īyrne says he's even had some anxiety dreams about it-but not the nightmares you might expect: “I kept thinking I'll come out in the morning and it'll be crumpled mass on the ground, but it's holding up well.” “Seems like people are getting a kick out of it,” Byrne says. "Maneuvering the giant pieces of the skeleton was definitely a two-person job," Byrne says.Īfter working on it for five full weekends and some evenings after work, his monster is now on full display. “I knew what I needed to do visually, but struggled with how to build this so a wind doesn't knock it down."ĭop Troutman, Byrne's husband, provided feedback throughout the process, offered tips on how to paint the skull, and "was instrumental in helping with the installation." ![]() More difficult was the wooden frame holding the monster together. “I had never really thought about how many bones are actually in the hand,” Byrne says. He used rigid wall insulation foam to fashion a six-foot-three-inch skull, hands, and a wooden frame to hold the head and hands in place.Ĭrafting the two hands proved more labor-intensive than he imagined. To ensure the skeleton's proportionality, Byrne used his own body's dimensions and multiplied by seven-and-a-half-meaning the monster, if fully created, would stand 45 feet tall. After going back and forth about what type of monster he wanted to create, he finally settled on a robed skeleton. So this year, instead of costumes, he put his energy into Halloween decorations: He wanted to make use of his home’s relatively flat roof and parapet wall to stage a ghoulish creature. ![]() “I felt like I was setting the bar higher and higher and got nervous I was going to max out at some point." I dressed my husband up as a sandworm that stood 10 feet tall,” he says. “Last year, for example, we were characters from Beetlejuice. Each year for the past 20 years or so, he's created elaborate group costumes: characters from Spaceballs, Pee Wee's Playhouse, and a giant papier-mâché bobblehead of himself, for which he took top prize at his office costume contest. Lincoln Square, you're in for a scare-that is, if you happen to walk by Foster and Western and see the giant robed skeleton towering over Kevin Byrne and his husband's home.įor Byrne, a director of analytics at a media company, Halloween has always been a time to exercise his creative muscles. ![]()
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