Petty Revenge on Entitled Neighbors: How One Woman’s Halloween Payback Exposed a Lot More

Every Halloween, I go all out with spooky decorations—cobwebs, ghosts, big plastic spiders. This year, I even set up a haunted maze and a giant glowing witch that wowed the neighborhood. But my neighbors, Gary and Brenda, weren’t fans. They’ve never liked anything I do, and their sense of entitlement is legendary.

When Halloween was over, work got busy, and my decorations stayed up a bit longer than usual. Then one morning, I found a smelly pile of rotting pumpkins, dead cornstalks, and broken skeletons dumped on my lawn. A note scrawled in familiar handwriting read, “Figured you’d want the rest of the neighborhood’s decorations too. Enjoy cleaning it up!”

I’d had enough. That night, I gathered the rancid mess and redecorated Gary and Brenda’s lawn. I left a note: “Thought I’d help with your cleanup. Happy belated Halloween!”

Days later, Brenda called, panicked. Rats had invaded, destroying wiring and racking up fines from the HOA for health violations and property neglect. They begged me to talk to the HOA, but I refused. With fines they couldn’t pay, they were forced to sell their home.

In the end, Gary and Brenda’s antics finally caught up with them. And next Halloween? I think I’ll go even bigger.