Spooky spectacles delight Halloween enthusiasts

Creepy monsters and lavish light shows are haunting the Butler area this October as locals dress up their properties in over-the-top Halloween displays to delight passersby.

The well-kept yellow brick home of Scott and Marcia Marshall, on the corner of Mercer and West Brady streets in Butler, has been transformed into a nightmarish landscape inhabited by dozens of ghoulish mannequins, animatronic monsters, animal and bird skeletons and other chilling creatures.

Marcia Marshall said the couple started decorating their small lawn and back deck for Halloween about 10 years ago by placing inflatable ghouls and figurines outside.

The Marshalls eliminated the inflatable characters and added new features every Halloween, but really bumped up the

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