When you think of Halloween decor, you may think of orange-colored lights, spooky yard inflatables or the classic jack-o’-lantern. However, 7425 Bocage Blvd. poses a different sort of decoration: a ‘graveyard’ filled with specially outfitted skeletons.
The display, set in the front yard of the house just off the sidewalk, contains dozens of plastic skeletons costumed to look like real people. Each bony figure is labeled with its own pun related to the person it is inspired by, whether it be an undead play on their name or a spectral joke about their life. Skeletons range from LSU Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal to Harry Potter flying on a broomstick in the treeline.
This skeletal spectacle belongs to none other than Rebecca Harrod, lovingly dubbed the “Mother of Skeletons.” Harrod described the graveyard as both over the top and very fun. She said she did it in a previous year on a much smaller scale, but decided to bring it back to entertain her children…