No bones about it, Halloween is around the corner and one telltale sign can be found every year on the front lawn of a Trout Creek home in Summerland.
The Peskelly skeleton family is already back to their daily shenanigans, from becoming the neighbourhood watch, to hanging out of the windows to enjoying a sit down turkey dinner.
People from all around Summerland and Penticton look forward to seeing what the Peskelly skeletons are up to each day of October.
It鈥檚 the best time of the year if you ask the Queen of Halloween Heather Pescada who has been putting out the skeleton family display for over five years now.
鈥淚鈥檓 already getting tired and I have so many days to go,鈥� Pescada said with a laugh. 鈥淏ut seeing the happiness it brings everyone, it gives me energy to keep going.鈥�
Students from the nearby Trout Creek Elementary do regular walk-bys as do the preschool students at the school.
One parent who lives a distance away said her young son is crazy for the Peskelly skeletons and she has to drive almost daily to pay them a visit.
Two kids in Summerland ask to visit this skeleton family on Nixon Rd. in Trout Creek everyday leading up to Halloween. 馃拃馃巸鈽狅笍The house will also have a huge display on Halloween night. 馃崿馃懟馃暦馃暩More at kelownacapnews.com 鈽狅笍馃崄馃懟馃崅馃暦馃巸
The skeletons, who are married couple Slim and Bonita and their recent offspring, don鈥檛 just stay on her lawn, they get around town too. Most recently they went and got a massage at the Summerland Health and Wellness Centre where Slim enjoyed his skull massage so much, his eyes rolled back in his head, said Pescada.
Slim and Bonita Peskelly also went to their local Crick Coffee Shop at Summerland Heritage Cidery.
Not only are the Pescadas known for their skeletons, they are also known for having a huge display on Halloween night, Oct. 31.
This year鈥檚 theme is spiders, said Pescada. 鈥淎nyone that has arachnophobia beware,鈥� she added.
Trout Creek is the hot spot for trick or treaters.
Last Halloween, Pascada had more than 700 trick or treaters to her door. That鈥檚 a lot of candy but don鈥檛 worry Pescada says she is prepared.
Last year, Pescada brought all her spooky Halloween magic onto the Summerland KVR steam train turning it into the Harry Potter themed Sorcery Express. But Pescada didn鈥檛 stop there for the Summerland Secondary dry grad fundraiser. She turned the train station into Alchemist Alley, the Wicked Woods and the Putrid Pumpkin Patch akin to something out of Disneyland.
To check out the daily antics of the Peskelly drive by the home on Nixon Street in Trout Creek or check to the .
