A HALLOWEEN display outside a house was so spooky that police were called in to tell the homeowner to "tone it down".
The colourful decorations in Rothley, Leicestershire, include headless mannequins, ghosts and vampires.
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Police were called and told the homeowners to tone the Halloween decorations down Credit: Jo Flower/NottinghamshireLive/BPM
Jo Flower and her husband Rob said they always decorate their house to mark festivities including Halloween, Christmas and Easter - but this is the first time they have received a complaint.
The display lights up at night and the couple's home seems the entrance of a haunted house for the spooky season.
Jo, 37, and Rob, 48, said they received amazing feedback this year, with kids visiting them to get sweets and nurseries going over to take pictures.
However, they added police officers received an anonymous report and visited the property asking them to make the Halloween display less intense.
Jo told Leicestershire Live: "Officers said they were given an anonymous tip-off and asked us to take it down, but it's in our own front garden."
"I don't know why it would be a problem but police did say that one of the headless mannequins could cause offence."
Jo and Rob also decided to raise money for Cancer Research alongside their Halloween display.
Earlier this year, the mum-of-two was told doctors found precancerous cells in her uterus, so she underwent a hysterectomy - a surgical procedure to remove the womb.
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The surgery went well and yesterday she was given the "all clear", Jo said.
The woman added her mum sadly passed away after being diagnosed with cancer in 2018.
Last week, customers mocked McDonalds' seasonal display by suggesting it looks like a "giant sperm".
The Harry Potter style Nimbus 2000 broomstick stickers were meant to rouse feelings of witches, wizards and a magical world - but provoked a slightly different reaction.
One customer said: "It's not just me, a lot of people have said the same, it looks like a sperm."
They added: "I get that your trying to make it look halloweeny for the kids but what's meant to look like a broomstick doesn't look like one at all."
The "X-rated" stickers have shot up in several branches of the fast-food chain.
McDonald's in Elliott's Field retail park, Leicester and McDonald's Redditch, Oakenshaw, have been called out on social media.
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The colourful decorations in Rothley, Leicestershire, include headless mannequins, ghosts and vampires Credit: Jo Flower/NottinghamshireLive/BPM 3
Jo Flower and her husband Rob said they always decorate their house to mark festivities including Halloween Credit: Jo Flower/NottinghamshireLive/BPM
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