The pirate war scene set up outside of three homes on the north side of Colorado Springs is filled with cannons, battered ships, and, of course, treasure.
“We have shot cannons, and his ship is sinking, and they are firing back at us,” says Jennifer Tews as she describes the scene on the corner of Looking Glass and Black Elk Ways in the Bison Ridge neighborhood.
The storyline is the creative work of several neighbors who came together over the last year to bring some fun to their neighborhood streets on the spookiest night of the year.
Scott Rehorst: It’s been late nights, and weekends for the last probably four months.
Dianne Derby: Why do you do it?
Scott Rehorst: It’s fun. The kids love it. We get kids coming by here all summer long, waiting to ask what we’re doing. When’s it going to open.
Rehorst has been creating large Halloween displays both inside and outside his family’s home for the last 7 years. It all started with an idea from his son, Dillon, to create a scene with a jumping spider.