Giant skeletons found9/4/2023 In October of 2022, the skeletons remain sold out at Home Depot and getting one isn't easy. "His (the skeleton's) social media presence has taken him to a whole other level, he really has taken on a whole life of his own," Lance Allen, Home Depot's decorative holiday merchant, who is responsible for the skeleton, told Insider in 2021. ![]() It was just as much of a sensation the following year, once again selling out at many stores after viral videos on social media. The $300 skeletons sold out by the end of September, ahead of Halloween. Home Depot's skeletons have been popular since they first launched, leading to record Halloween sales for the home improvement chain in 2020. Home Depot declined to share specific sales figures, told Insider that "the gigantic décor item has sold out each year and has found a place in multiple advertisements for companies like Dunkin'." Similar thefts have been reported in Boston and Chico, Texas. The decoration has not been recovered, but the HOA is offering a $50 reward for its return. ![]() "But somebody invaded our space and they took property, and that's not okay with me," Grazia Ruskin, president of the neighborhood's homeowners association, told KXAN, noting that crime is unusual in the neighborhood. On October 15, a bolder thief grabbed another giant skeleton from a North Austin home around 5 pm, in broad daylight, KXAN first reported. Mount Ephraim police made an arrest in the case, and removed "parts" of the skeleton that were in the suspect's trunk, they said.Ī skeleton Halloween decoration was reported stolen from a Chicago front lawn on October 13, The Chicago Tribune reported, amounting to $600 in losses. Shannon McKibban, the skeleton's owner, told the station that she heard it being dragged down her street after thieves removed the cinder blocks used to keep it in place. ![]() In August, one of the skeletons was stolen from a New Jersey home in the middle of the night, Fox29 reported. Home Depot's famous 12-foot skeletons have been hot Halloween decor for several years now, and now they're the victims of thefts across the US.
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