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Almost finished my burning corpse need to add an eye and some burnt hair. My idea is to put him on a cross and stack rocks and burnt wood around the bottom with a fog machine on the inside of the pile of rocks and wood and some orange rope lights to make it kinds look like charcol Amherst was wondering what you all thought or some helpful input. Thanks and happy haunting.

Here's the corpse thanks for any help

My advice... Never hang any corpse or skeleton from a cross.
You'll soon discover which neighbors are very religious and very easy to offend.
It seems that some folks are just looking to be offended, and seeing anything remotely like a Crucifixion will certainly throw them into a hissy fit of righteousness.

Now I'd think that tying it to just a big ol' stake wouldn't be a problem.

def. gotta agree with avoiding the cross... I'd do a big burning pole and if his arms are manuverable I'd chain them to the top with a big iron spike... like ... pull the arms up and have them wrapped with a chain that is then spiked on the top of the pole... so that the chain and the skeleton kinda hang forward over the proposed coal bed. See what I'm saying?? (while typing this I paued many times to act this position out with my hands... )

I was thinking of the typical hands behind the back pose, but I like the hanging from a chain idea!

I know it is probably the correct thing to not hang it from a cross. But.......it is halloween, and....screw the neighboers. If they don't like it, tough crap!!!!!!This is our holiday. We are about creeping and shocking everyone. If they don't like it...tough noogies!!! I'm not telling you what to do, but, if it were me I would pose him any way I thought appropriate for my haunt. I have a neighbor that is very religious and she puts stuff in my mailbox to try to derail me from putting up my decorations. I could care less if I offend her!! I don't complain about her baby Jesus statue on her lawn (which is there all year). So do what you want. Who cares what the neighbors think. (Most of my neighbors look forward to my twisted haunt). I get more compliments than complaints.

What about burned at the stake (like a witch) or tied to a giant cross. Not the cross we see in churches, but an X. If I'm not mistaken it would be a more accurate crucifiction. I'm not religious. But a burnt cross on your lawn might offend a lot more than just the religous nut at the end of the street.
Add a dark skinned skeleton, and you might just be playing with fire.

being from the south...here in Virginia, I would either use the X or use a T. A cross is out of the question here. Not that I worry wha my neighbors think, but more the legal ramifications of simulating a burning cross on your front lawn. It can be a sticky situation and it is best to just avoid it all together and use a simple post for the witch burning.

You know here in Virginia Beach, we have Wicthduck road and In the 1700s, Virginia Beach area farmers found themselves in the midst of various unfortunate events. The cotton fields were wastelands and the cows had dried up. Not to mention the fact that an excessive amount of men were being unfaithful.

There didn’t appear to be any sort of rhyme or reason to these ill-fated incidents. So, the blame was placed on the shoulders of Grace Sherwood. According to the local women, Mrs. Sherwood’s familiarity with herbs and her pretty looks were a bad combination, and they deduced that she must be a “witch.” To that end, Sherwood was sentenced to be tried as a witch by “ducking.” This event is responsible for the name of Witchduck Road to this day, as it led to the area where Sherwood’s thumbs were tied to her big toes and she was ducked into the Lynnhaven River on July 10, 1706. Sherwood was the first person to be tried as a witch via ducking in the state of Virginia.

Grace Sherwood freed herself from her ties and swam to shore in an effort to save her life. The town concluded that an innocent person would have simply sunk and would not have been able to escape. She was confirmed as a witch and was sent to jail for several years. When she was released, she lived out her days with her three sons on her Pungo farm. She died at the age of 80 in 1740.

In 2006, Grace Sherwood was exonerated of her crimes by Governor Timothy Kaine. A bronze statue was erected in her honor at the Sentara Bayside Hospital. Additional tributes to Mrs. Sherwood include Witch Duck Bay, Witch Duck Point, Sherwood Lane and Witchpoint Trail.

So I am going to tie one of my corpes' fingers to her toes and see if anyone gets it.
Dave S
Norfolk, VA

Thanks for the replies. What do you guys think or the corpse should I add anymore detail to it was kind of thinking dry brush it with a little bit of yellow for a little effect. thanks again

I really like the idea of the single vertical post, with the shackles above holding the hanging corpse. That has a more medieval, pagan witchburning style to it, and the chains would look cool as well.

Blacken up the post about half way up. Could probably use foam board to make scorched logs.