A Fraserburgh family has launched a frightening fundraiser for a local school – by turning their home into a house of horrors.
Angela Keay says she and her husband Richard are “just like any other parents when it comes to Halloween” – despite their front garden on Mid Street being lined with all sorts of ghoulish decorations from Pennywise the murderous clown from It to masked fictional serial killer Michael Myers.
The display, which has received widespread interest from passers-by only started off as joke.
Mrs Keay said: “I was messing around with some of the kids after I found a Michael Myers mask. I’m not even sure where we got it from in the first place.
“We thought it would be funny to put the mask on one of the mannequins we have in the garage, which led us to dress it up with a boiler suit and a pair of my son’s boots.”
When the Michael Myers dummy was later moved to the front of the house, Mrs Keay noticed people would smile when they noticed it walking past.
She added: “It started off with the mask and it just escalated from there, I never anticipated it becoming what it is now.
“It’s the first time we have ever gone all out like this for Halloween. When my daughter was visiting she thought it was great, and gave me more decorations to put out.”
As interest in the scary spectacle increased, other residents began donating other items to add to it.
And when people started asking if the family were raising money for charity, Mr and Mrs Keay decided they’d collect “whatever they could” for Westfield School in Fraserburgh.
On Halloween, Mrs Keay’s grandchildren will help her contend with an expected large number of guisers.
She said: “My grandkids have loved helping me with this, we’ve been making cupcakes and sweetie cones. When people come to the door, two of my grandchildren will ask them if they’d like a cupcake or a sweetie.
“At first I didn’t really get the fascination with it all but I’m glad we did it now.
“All sorts of people from children to the elderly have a laugh when they walk past. If I can make one person a day smile, then it’s all been worth it for me.”
