Imagine this as your defense again home invasion. Dozens of mannequins inside and outside your house wearing random garb . You hear them coming up your gravel drive and you arm yourself and stand in a corner hat pulled low. Three men file into your house guns drawn greeted by dozens of mannequins. At first they freak out a shot fired… just a mannequin. So many they start to ignore them they head upstairs one checks the kitchen. His death is silent like your plastic brothers. The two upstairs hear a sound and come back down their friend is standing there at the doorway to the kitchen. One touches his shoulder and his body swings forward the thin wire he hangs from now visible. They start to panic did that mannequin move? More shots wasted. One goes to load a new clip the mannequin in front of him drives a Bowie knife through his eye. His partner, last man standing, yells out in surprise and lifts his weapon to fire but you are already gone. He’s blindly firing at every mannequin in the house making his way to the front door. Just as he makes it the credenza opens and pulls him in. A gurgle is the last noise he ever makes. The next day three more mannequin join the troop.
I used to take a trail to an old house deep in the woods behind mine. It was mostly abandoned but someone still came by every few weeks to check on it and move the mannequins/redress them in different windows.
I bet you could even put one on a record player and tie strings to the arms to make it look like they are moving around. That would keep the burglars out for sure!
At least South Bend changes because of Notre Dame. Mishawaka is exactly the same as it always has been. Bonus though when you eat out it costs the same as it did in 1998. The cost of living is insanely cheap.
We got in these god awful giant lawn flamingos at work this week - only $35 each! They are about 4 feet high. I was thinking who TF would want these? But someone will.
Yeah, I don't get it either. My aunt does something similar (though with fewer mannequins) and nobody makes a big deal about it. Most people in the village enjoy her dressing up the mannequins in different clothes, especially when it's holiday times.
I've driven past this before and it scared the shit out of me before I realized they weren't real. And then even more so when I looked closer and saw they're like giant stuffed people. Not even hard mannequins you'd see at a store. They looked sort of like they could be made of nylons and stuffed with something. Creepy!!! I'd love to know the backstory. I've been wanting to cruise past for another look and to take a picture but haven't been out that way since. I gotta know what the deal is!
They’re homemade, the people living there are probably in their 70s or older and it’s supposed to be a scene from A Christmas Carol. Creepy and a strange hobby, nonetheless.
There is a guy in North Brunswick NJ that has been doing this for years so that people would slow down coming off the highway. He has maybe 50 or so scattered all over his front lawn.
Must be an Indiana thing. When I was a kid if you drove down this old dirt road in the middle of a bunch of corn fields and an old, overgrown woods, if you looked closely in the woods you would see the remnants of an old log cabin. Someone had created a Wizard of Oz scene out of old scrap metal and junk. In the woods. In the middle of nowhere.
Decently dressed , well behaved and quiet. No food and drink expenses. They don't ask for money or run up your bills. No holiday drama. The perfect family!
That's creepy but growing up in Astoria, NY there was a house in the neighborhood that put this place to shame. I wish I had pictures of it because it was bizarre beyond belief. Christmas lights, paper lantern analogs, and other assortments of wires and ropes were strung up from the house to the trees, to the fence, to poles staked in the ground. There were creepy carved statues, stuffed animals, large dolls, plastic Christmas decorations, and other items arranged around the front yard. The trees and the front of the house were all covered in mirrors. Some were whole, some were just broken shards. The creepiest thing though was that some of the dolls were suspended from the trees, the balcony awning, and the various ropes and wires. Not hung as if they were executed but strung up, from around the waist or under the armpits. There were also some doll heads here and there but I'm pretty sure those were just broken dolls that were never cleaned up.
Do people still get tv on those big ass satellites? I remember we'd have to change galaxys for specific channels and have to wait for the dish to turn before it's tune in.
Man, this turned out better than I initially thought. The way the 3 grouped by the window were setting, I thought the WTF was gonna be something fucked up in the tree. I’m always happy for good, clean, regular weird…
Imagine this as your defense again home invasion. Dozens of mannequins inside and outside your house wearing random garb . You hear them coming up your gravel drive and you arm yourself and stand in a corner hat pulled low. Three men file into your house guns drawn greeted by dozens of mannequins. At first they freak out a shot fired… just a mannequin. So many they start to ignore them they head upstairs one checks the kitchen. His death is silent like your plastic brothers. The two upstairs hear a sound and come back down their friend is standing there at the doorway to the kitchen. One touches his shoulder and his body swings forward the thin wire he hangs from now visible. They start to panic did that mannequin move? More shots wasted. One goes to load a new clip the mannequin in front of him drives a Bowie knife through his eye. His partner, last man standing, yells out in surprise and lifts his weapon to fire but you are already gone. He’s blindly firing at every mannequin in the house making his way to the front door. Just as he makes it the credenza opens and pulls him in. A gurgle is the last noise he ever makes. The next day three more mannequin join the troop.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Wax_(2005_film)
https://youtu.be/La6T8Bq6CsU
Wtf this was a good read.
Found the owner.
Genius. Best home security system ever.
I think you are onto something here. Way cheaper than ADT..
I used to take a trail to an old house deep in the woods behind mine. It was mostly abandoned but someone still came by every few weeks to check on it and move the mannequins/redress them in different windows.
yeah... even the owner is affraid to spend time there
Man, if I lived alone in South Bend Indiana in a big lonely house and had access to mannequins ...
I bet you could even put one on a record player and tie strings to the arms to make it look like they are moving around. That would keep the burglars out for sure!
That was my first response haha if you can show you’re capable of anything, no one will fuck with you
If you turn your back on them they get close.
Don't blink
If you go inside,
Reminds me of
My home state once again representing itself with refined dignity.
I grew up just outside South Bend. I once heard Indiana described as "The Middle Finger of the South" and I've been referring to it as such since.
I was born there but moved to another state when I was about 2. Haven’t been back since. What’d I miss?
Wow... South Bend making the front page... this is unexpected.
Don't forget Elkhart.
Just chilling over here in Goshen
Hi from Niles.
I’m from Bremen. Does that do it for ya?
I live in Mishawaka by the 331/20 bypass
Mishawakian here!
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The princess city baby
Wasn’t south Ben all over the news during the election
... Wakarusa
See you on Grape Rd
I work in Granger at Heritage Square but I live in St. Joe County.
No love for my home town of LA Porte? That's okay. I didn't love it either.
Can confirm I'm in Niles. I'm surprised South Bend made front page too.
My bf loved in Goshen and the southbend. 20 was the loudest highway I've ever been on
This house is actually on Crystal Springs St in Dowagiac. Very close to Niles.
At least South Bend changes because of Notre Dame. Mishawaka is exactly the same as it always has been. Bonus though when you eat out it costs the same as it did in 1998. The cost of living is insanely cheap.
plot twist, only some are mannequins
Double plot twist, they were all once human.
Nuketown 2022
Don't shoot their heads off!
This is actually closer to Dowagiac, MI. Not sure why op said South Bend.
Yep. I am shocked I had to scroll down that far to find a comment.
Yeah, we drive by it every year on the way to the powwow.
Close enough. SB should be happy to get mentioned
What a great theft deterrent. If they have that crazy shit on the outside, I have no desire to look inside.
What, you don't wanna see 13 cats?
Looks like a Dr. Who episode. Hint: the mannequins move.
As someone who has lived in Indiana for a good majority of my live, this is normal for Indiana
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And the childrennequins too
How dare you assume my nequins gender you bigot.
Themannequins
Well at least that isn't weird.
Is it like when you put duck decoys out but not for ducks….
These mannequins aren't just going to cover themselves in skin by themselves people!
We got in these god awful giant lawn flamingos at work this week - only $35 each! They are about 4 feet high. I was thinking who TF would want these? But someone will.
"Yards Before Internet" art installment
OMG…did anyone else notice that the heads are on backwards (compared to the hands)?
I feeeeeel fantasticcccc
M O O N! That spells mannequin! Laws, yes!
M-O-O-N that spells Indiana!
Reenactment without the acting
The 80s satellite dish only increases the creepiness factor at Creepy Manor.
Lived near South Bend for years. I know moving away was a good call but damn this 100% confirms it lol
what's the problem?
Yeah, I don't get it either. My aunt does something similar (though with fewer mannequins) and nobody makes a big deal about it. Most people in the village enjoy her dressing up the mannequins in different clothes, especially when it's holiday times.
God damnit Indiana
Indiana wants me
When you run out of closet space just buy mannequins and expand to the yard.
What are they looking at?
That’s not creepy at all ... for Indiana.
I've driven past this before and it scared the shit out of me before I realized they weren't real. And then even more so when I looked closer and saw they're like giant stuffed people. Not even hard mannequins you'd see at a store. They looked sort of like they could be made of nylons and stuffed with something. Creepy!!! I'd love to know the backstory. I've been wanting to cruise past for another look and to take a picture but haven't been out that way since. I gotta know what the deal is!
They’re homemade, the people living there are probably in their 70s or older and it’s supposed to be a scene from A Christmas Carol. Creepy and a strange hobby, nonetheless.
She didn't have nipples. And brother, she didn't need 'em.
There is a guy in North Brunswick NJ that has been doing this for years so that people would slow down coming off the highway. He has maybe 50 or so scattered all over his front lawn.
Okay but tbh, I’m just glad my home state made the front page without mentioning Pence or anti-CRT legislation.
Where are the shovel slayer comments?
Must be an Indiana thing. When I was a kid if you drove down this old dirt road in the middle of a bunch of corn fields and an old, overgrown woods, if you looked closely in the woods you would see the remnants of an old log cabin. Someone had created a Wizard of Oz scene out of old scrap metal and junk. In the woods. In the middle of nowhere.
Decently dressed , well behaved and quiet. No food and drink expenses. They don't ask for money or run up your bills. No holiday drama. The perfect family!
"It's never just a mannequin."
Completely overdressed for the weather.
Sneak over at night regularly and re-arrange them.
Nuketown IRL
That's creepy but growing up in Astoria, NY there was a house in the neighborhood that put this place to shame. I wish I had pictures of it because it was bizarre beyond belief. Christmas lights, paper lantern analogs, and other assortments of wires and ropes were strung up from the house to the trees, to the fence, to poles staked in the ground. There were creepy carved statues, stuffed animals, large dolls, plastic Christmas decorations, and other items arranged around the front yard. The trees and the front of the house were all covered in mirrors. Some were whole, some were just broken shards. The creepiest thing though was that some of the dolls were suspended from the trees, the balcony awning, and the various ropes and wires. Not hung as if they were executed but strung up, from around the waist or under the armpits. There were also some doll heads here and there but I'm pretty sure those were just broken dolls that were never cleaned up.
Do people still get tv on those big ass satellites? I remember we'd have to change galaxys for specific channels and have to wait for the dish to turn before it's tune in.
Well I only live about 40 mins from South Bend. Sounds like time for a road trip and sight seeing.
I feel fantastic….
I feel fantastic. Hey hey hey.
Mooon, that spells mannequins.
FRED? HOW DID YOU GET OUT HERE FRED?
M…O…O…N That Spells Moon!
When you blink they move closer…
At least they’re dressed for the weather!
I live in the area and honestly this doesn’t surprise me
Reminds me of that episode of Wandavision I
Is it weird that the flashing and shingle coming lose from the vent bothers me the most about this?
That’s one hell of a security system, ain’t nobody fn with them crazy folks!
That is weird - how do you get to the front door without walking across the lawn?
Wonder how far away i live from this (south bend is my hometown) will update with photo there tomorrow if its a reasonable commute
I lived in NW Indiana long enough this didn't seem that weird. Which feels like a cry for help in and of itself...
When you want to lead a polygamous cult but nobody likes you.
I’ve had the displeasure of being there. Crazy industrial city.
I grew up less than 10 miles from there. Methamphetamines and jesus are what fuel people around there. I considered the area the "Armpit of America"
They're drizzled in cum
from outside or inside?
1 1/2 hour from my hometown Peru
Ha, was just in Peru today fishing the Ole Missy. Wayne St & 124 area a mess with that bridge construction.
Hell, I live in MIshawaka and work in South Bend almost every day.
I'm more shocked that people still have those giant satellite dishes
Notre Damn football team recruits. Joke. Love the place. The down arrow is the one pointing at me.
Looks like the house in that one Halloween episode of Bob’s Burgers with the burning mannequins
Is this Pete Buttigieg's house?
South Bend is a little different. They did give us Pete Bootyjudge.
Pete Butigig makes a lot more sense now
So this is the kinda place that elects Pete Buttigieg huh
Lots of Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg fans in this thread apparently.
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Are you a mannequin too?
Nuketown
Those are the all the people who ever tried to break in
this is like in the movie the lonely guy where charles grodin buys the cutout people.
This is Todd Padre's surprise party
Couldn't afford a security system, but the Sears in town just went out of business...
Walking Dead much?
This is may be why Indiana claims to be the crossroads of America. Don’t stop, just pass through :P
Live in IN currently can confirm, it's a shit show!
COD black ops 2
Although... I sure as hell would not try to rob them if I were a criminal.
Reminds me of the house in the conjuring omg
Man, this turned out better than I initially thought. The way the 3 grouped by the window were setting, I thought the WTF was gonna be something fucked up in the tree. I’m always happy for good, clean, regular weird…
Did anybody else hear Max Richter strings?
I don't know what this is, but I'm into it.
They're coming to get you Barbara
Home, like Noplace is There
At least one of them has its head on backwards based on the position of the hand.
This reminds me of the house that set up all the zombies attacking around Halloween.
there is a small town in Nebraska that has cut-outs of old timey people all over. its creepy
Reminds me of The Village
I can't even imagine the kinds of stories the kids in that neighborhood have come up with for this house.
They seem to be dressed warmly.
Isn't this house in a horror movie? I could have sworn I've seen this in a horror film before.
Lawn trolling.
That 90's satellite tv dish brings back memories of rugrats and catdog.
I wouldnt break into that place. Looks like they have a Kevin McCallister security system
Is this an Indiana thing? Because I've seen other people with them aswell in the same area
What, no little kid mannequin in the window?
Reminds of the house in The Conjuring.
Mental illness takes on strange forms.
Mayor Pete's house is not what I expected.
Are you sure you haven't wandered into a nuclear bomb testing area?
This is how to tell the HOA to eat shit
Even the tree looks like a dodgy cunt.
Indiana is a nightmare. It’s boring and scary. I, unfortunately, am a Hoosier.
They didn't used to be mannequins. (Witchcraft!)
The famous notre Dames?
someone in that house is having a laugh
Somebody has to go there and rearrange them weekly.
I can not express enough how much I love these creepy little dudes.
another nuke town?
Reminds me of why I hated living in Indiana. They're on a whole different level of crazy.
7 of the 8 are
Any idea why?
Maybe you're the mannequin, did you think about that?
Getting a serious STAND vibe. M-o-o-n, that spells mannequin.
As someone who lives in a neighboring state, rural Indiana is fucked. I always hate driving through there.
Honestly this is the kind of weird I aspire to be if I found out I had asshole neighbors.
I went poop at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart! In the nun’s offices in the basement. I had to go real bad.
There's a house in my city with manekins on their yard. I discovered it when i was tripping af and walking by. It wasn't pleasant lol
Who else zoomed in on the windows expecting a creepy mannequin face.
Did their JCPenney’s go out of business?
Just moved to Indiana this past November, seems about right
I would make the mannequins look up in the sky to make people look for whatever the mannequins are staring at.
NOPE
looks like the house from forest gump
Some odd ducks in Indiana.
Where is Christopher Eccleston when you need him
i mean, i keep anime figures on my shelf.
I didn’t see anyone give an explanation for this yet, so here goes.
Stepford Wives...
Here is an article on this:
Go have a tea party with the manekins and see what the owner says.
When you’re not content with, just the voices in your head.
I'm getting real Tourist Trap vibes.
I haven't seen that kind of satellite dish since the 80s.