31 Days of Halloween: October 3
Good morning, ghosts and gremlins,
With the approach of October comes “Code Orange”, the social media term for the appearance of Halloween decorations in stores. One thing that always makes me laugh about decor these days is the variety of bizarre and improbable animal “skeletons”.
Mostly these skeletons are “normal”—in that they’re just meant to be skeleton versions of regular animals, like cats, dogs, cows, pigs, snakes, reptiles, and fish.
But if you dig into them (heh heh 🦴), things start to get a little…interpretive.
I understand why some of these skeletons have non-anatomical additions, of course — a cat skeleton wouldn’t “read” as a cat without the little pointy ears, so that’s fair enough.
But pretty quickly, you start to get into some very strange stuff. This cricket, which is meant as a terrarium decoration, should actually be an exoskeleton (and also not be 9” long).
It may go against nature, but it does succeed in being creepy!
But how do you explain something like this?
Or…this?
My favorite by far, though, is this one:
10/10, perfect, no notes.
🎃
These people took an outdated cabin in California and turned it into a cute yet horror-themed Airbnb.
I think they did an amazing job — it seems like somewhere you might actually want to stay, and they’ve also avoided making it feel like the inside of a Spirit Halloween. Click through and check out the bathroom for a very fun detail. (Thank you Michael!)
Off to the pumpkin patch,
Laura
Laura E. Hall