Halloween Displays Gone Weird

Rooftop Mannequins. Dead Man mistaken as Halloween dummy. Illegal Alien costume. For the past 2 weeks I've read a lot of weird things on display in Los Angeles so I'd thought I expose them in one post. With Halloween 1 week away, LA will get a lot weirder, so if you spot something, tweet me @weirdinla.

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Thanks to blogger Jason in Hollywood, I learned that a man in West Hollywood has decorated his rooftop with mannequins dressed as, well, best you see for yourself and form your own opinions.

The artist is ChadMichael Morrisette. He owns a design company SquareDesigns.

You can see this weird display on Fountain Avenue, just past North Fairfax. Best to go at night to see these rooftop mannequins lit up. I think this was the same house that stirred lots of controversy last year when it had an effigy of Sarah Palin hanging by a noose (also see picture above).


I guess you could say this next weird news story exemplifies what happens when your Neighborhood Watch Group goes deaf, blind and dumb.

About a week ago, a 75-year-old dead man sat decomposing on his Marina del Rey balcony for 4 days because his neighbors thought the body was a Halloween prop and didn’t bother calling the police! Neighbors noticed the body Monday but didn’t bother calling authorities until Thursday " because it looked like a Halloween dummy," reported the camerman that arrived on the scene, Austin Raishbrook who also owns RMG News.

"The body was in plain view of the entire apartment complex [and] they all didn’t do anything,” Raishbrook said. “It’s very strange. It did look unreal, to be honest.”


My last story tops my weird list. Imagine that just a few days you could purchase an "Illegal Alien" costume consisting of an orange prison-style jumpsuit with "Illegal Alien" printed on the front, an alien mask and a "green card."

A follower of my blog tipped me off by sending me to Target's website where it could be purchased for $39.99. Needless to say, Target and a number of other e-tailers including Amazon quickly pulled this costume after Hispanic activists in Los Angeles protested. Duh?

The costume description read: "He didn't just cross a border, he crossed a galaxy. He's got his green card, but it's from another planet!"

Try trick-or-treating with that costume in Los Angeles and see if somebody blows your alien ass back to another galaxy ...