My Neighbors Threw Their Rotten Halloween Decorations in My Yard So I Would Take Them Away – But I Taught Them a Lesson
I’m the Halloween Queen of the block—cobwebs, glowing witch, haunted maze. Kids love it; neighbors Gary and Brenda? Not so much. They’ve griped for years: Christmas lights too bright, garden blocking their view, dog too barky.
This year, work delayed takedown. One morning, I opened the door to a rotting nightmare on my lawn: smashed pumpkins, dead cornstalks, broken skeletons. A note: “Since you love decorating, clean ours too!” Brenda’s handwriting.
Furious, I confronted Gary. Smirking: “Community service, Halloween Queen.”
That night, I wheelbarrowed their filth back—artfully arranged across their lawn: moldy pumpkins lining the path, skeletons “guarding” the mailbox, cornstalk swamp at the steps. Left a note: “Happy community service!”
Three days later, Brenda screamed on the phone: “We’re losing our house because of you!” Rats from the mess chewed wiring; HOA fined thousands for neglect, pests, violations—final straw after months of ignored warnings.
My security cam proved they dumped first. HOA cleared me, crushed them. They sold, moved out in a beat-up U-Haul, defeated.
Petty? Sure. But after years of their entitlement, payback tasted sweet. Next Halloween, I’m going bigger.
