A photograph shows a holiday display depicting a homeowner trapped by a fallen ladder while installing Christmas decorations.
The photograph of a homeowner trapped by a fallen ladder while installing Christmas decorations has been circulated by viewers wondering whether it was a real picture of hapless decorator, and by others who believed it to be (as suggested by the accompanying example text) merely a picture of a humorous Christmas display: It is in fact the latter, a sardonic holiday display set up in 2009 by the residents of a home at the corner of State Line and West 61st Street in Kansas City. As one of those residents told us, he had to dismantle the display due to the problems it caused: Most of the 'victims' were driving down the road towards my house. The first thing they would notice is that the lights had apparently fallen down. As they got closer, they would do a double take when they noticed the guy hanging. I would hear screech after screech in front of my house from people slamming on the brakes or quickly turning into my driveway and, many times, into my yard. I really needed to take him down as I am sure there would have been wrecks out there. That was just one thing I did not think of. I even impressed myself with how real he looked. Not everyone thought it was so funny. When I wasn't home, some people would go yell at my neighbors. I guess they needed someone to yell at. Another guy smashed our pumpkins that we had up as decoration for Thanksgiving. Some people would write us nasty letters. But all and all, most people really liked it.
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