Creeping through Gladstone

Homeowners get creative with poseable skeletons — here, one prepares to dig a hole. A grave, perhaps. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)

An inflatable figure appears to be creeping along a residential roof. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)

A tiny humanoid skeleton rides a plastic orange flamingo. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)

This charming ghost sparkles on a front porch. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)

A skeletal horse rears up with its headless rider. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)

Stuffed bags provide Halloween decorations while serving to tidy up leaf litter. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)

Plastic skeletons seem to peer over at a fallen fellow behind crime scene tape. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)

Dead. Like, literally. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)

Neighboring houses on the north side of Wisconsin Avenue in Gladstone are both highly decorated for Halloween. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)