Where To See The Best Halloween Decorations In Batavia

BATAVIA, IL --- Spotlights cast an eerie glow on undead creatures as they shove their way out of the soil in front of the Powell family's home in Batavia, but that's not a cause for alarm. The family's elaborate Halloween display recently earned recognition as the winner of Batavia's first Halloween House Decoration Contest.

The contest, which is held by the Batavia Park District, had more than two dozen entries of homes that were adorned with creeping spider webs, shrieking ghosts, and flitting bats.

Winners were chosen based on the amount of "likes" the photos of their doom-filled displays received on Facebook. The Powell family house, which is in the 1100 block of Giese Road, had 661 likes when the contest wrapped up at noon on Tuesday.

Visit the Batavia Park District's Facebook page if you're brave enough to taking a drive to see each of the horrifyingly decorated homes that were part of the Halloween House Decoration contest.

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