Dummy hanging from a tree for Halloween disturbing neighbors
Dummy hanging from a tree for Halloween disturbing neighbors
WEBVTT BEN: ALL RIGHT, THE STORY HASOUR NEWSROOM TALKING.THIS HALLOWEEN DISPLAY OF ADUMMY HANGING FROM A TREE LOOKSALL TOO REAL FOR SOME PEOPLE.POLICE HAVE EVEN RECEIVED 911CALLS FROM CONCERNED RESIDENTS.NICHOLE: NEW ON 5, NEWSCENTER5'S TODD KAZAKIEWICH IS LIVE INSUDBURY WITH MORE INCLUDINGREACTION FROM THE MAN BEHIND THEMANNEQUIN. TODD: THE HOMEOWNER CALLS IT APIECE OF ART, BUT SOME NEIGHBORSCALL IT OBSCENE AND SAY ITSHOULD BE TAKEN DOWN.WE WANT TO WARN YOU, IT IS VERYREALISTIC AND MIGHT BE OFFENSIVETO SOME OF OUR VIEWERS>> I WAS LIKE, WHAT?THAT SO DISGUSTING.IT LOOKS SO REAL.THAT'S WHAT'S SO, YOU KNOW,WEIRD ABOUT IT.TODD EVEN WITH HALLOWEEN: APPROACHING, THIS REALISTICDISPLAY IS CATCHING MANY SUDBURYRESIDENTS OFF GUARD.SOME ARE CALLING 911 WHEN THEYGET TRICKED BY WHAT APPEARS TOBE A MAN HANGING FROM A NOOSEATTACHED TO A TREE.>> I DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL.I MEAN, I THINK HALLOWEEN ISSUPPOSED TO BE FUN.I DON'T LIKE THE REALLY SORT OFDARK SIDE OF HALLOWEEN.TODD IT'S ACTUALLY A MANNEQUIN: IN THE FRONT YARD OF A HOME ONHUDSON ROAD.THE HOMEOWNER DECLINED TO GOON CAMERA BUT WRITES, MY HANGMAN, WAS BUILT WITH MY CHILDREN TOBOTH HELP THEM GET OVER THEIROWN FEARS DURING THE HALLOWEENHOLIDAY AS WELL AS LEARN ABOUT, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEENCOMPUTERS, MOTORS AND GEARS.OUR CREATION IS A CONTEMPORARYSTATEMENT ON MAN'S STRUGGLESWITH TECHNOLOGY IN A MODERNSOCIETY.LIKE ALL ART, IT DOES CAUSE SOMECONTROVERSY AND IS ULTIMATELY UPTO EACH INDIVIDUAL TO INTERPRETAS THEY SEE FIT.A TOWN FACEBOOK PAGE IS FILLEDWITH COMMENTS ON THECONTROVERSY.ONE PERSON WRITES, WE JUST HADTHIS DEBATE AT OUR DINNER TABLELAST NIGHT.HALF MY FAMILY HAD NO PROBLEMWITH IT AND HALF DID.I DON'T CARE FOR IT BECAUSE IFEEL FOR ANYONE WHO HAS LOST ALOVED ONE TO SUICIDE AND I CAN'TIMAGINE HOW THIS WOULD MAKE THEMFEEL.>> I MEAN I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE.I KNOW THEY'RE, VERY NICEPEOPLE.I GUESS EVERYBODY HAS ADIFFERENT PERCEPTION ABOUT WHATHALLOWEEN IS.TODD SOME PARENTS OF SMALL: CHILDREN SAY THEY NOW AVOIDDRIVING BY THE HOUSE.THE HOMEOWNER SAYS THE HANGMANIS MORE REALISTIC THIS YEAR DUETO ACCUSATIONS OF RACIAL
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Dummy hanging from a tree for Halloween disturbing neighbors
The homeowner describes it as a piece of art, but some neighbors call it obscene and say it should be taken down.
SUDBURY, Mass. —
The homeowner describes it as a piece of art, but some neighbors call it obscene and say it should be taken down.
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