Meet the man who turned his Kennewick front yard into a Halloween fright zone

Michael Osborn was “all in” when his new neighbors in the Pheasant Run area in Kennewick told him about the neighborhood’s reputation for celebrating Halloween in a big way.

“They say it’s so crazy you can’t even get out of your own driveway,” Osborn told the Herald.

While he and his wife, Katie, are the rookies on the block, they are not new to the holiday decorating game.

When they moved in last January, they brought with them a decade’s accumulation of haunting decor from their former Hansen Park home.

More than 50 decorations, including over 200 lights and several animatronic skeletons and creatures, now engulf their front yard and driveway.

The enthusiasm and motivation behind the spooky display “is all me, she’s more into Christmas,” Osborn, who is a postal worker, confessed.

He estimates the entire display is worth $7,000 to $9,000.

It gets bigger each year because he buys many of the decorations at heavily discounted prices during clearance sales following the annual fall celebration.

“I’ve been told to expect between 1,000-1,500 trick or treaters on Halloween night. I’d like to see 2,000,” he said.

The house on the corner of West 28th Avenue and South Rainier Place and surrounding neighbors are ready for the annual tradition of ghosts, goblins and witches coming to the door for sweets.

When the spooky night is over he’ll pack up the ghoulish decorations and store them in his two rental storage units and garage.

Then work begins on their next outdoor display for his wife’s favorite holiday.

“I love decorating for everyone,” said Osborn.