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9. Where are the music and sound effects coming from? |
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| The sound effects and music heard throughout the graveyard is coming from a | |||||
| speaker box hidden in the display. A stereo receiver and tape player | |||||
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10. How did you get that zombie on your roof? |
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| The roof zombie is mounted on a folding bracket that fits over the peak of the roof. | |||||
| We secured him down with cement blocks and rope because of the | |||||
| horrible winds the zombie must battle during Halloween season. | |||||
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11. How is the zombie's head moving back & forth on the front porch? |
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| Charlie, the zombie on the front porch, has an oscillating fan inside his mask. | |||||
| His head sometimes goes back and forth and he watches over the graveyard | |||||
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| An oscillating fan was modified by taking off the cage and fan blades. | |||||
| A mask was put over the fan motor. | |||||
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12. How is the Browns zombie's head spinning around and around? |
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| The zombie with the Cleveland Browns sweatshirt has a broken neck. | |||||
| His head seems to spin 360 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise. | |||||
| There is an electric rotisserie motor behind him attached to a | |||||
| styrofoam head with a mask . | |||||
| His head slowly spins around and around. | |||||
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13. How is there fog or steam in the graveyard sometimes? |
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| Sometimes fog will come out of Cemetery Stew. Cemetery Stew contains a | |||||
| fog machine that uses a heating tube to turn fluid known as fog fluid into | |||||
| a safe, non-toxic steam-like substance that floats in the air. | |||||
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14. Do you decorate for Christmas, too? |
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| No. We do not decorate for Christmas. The zombies seek warmth inside our | |||||
| home for the winter and Santa visits us just as he visits your home | |||||
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15. How did you make Ida Needa Hand's arms move? |
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| Ida Needa Hand is powered by an old Ford Tempo 12-volt windshield wiper motor. | |||||
| We added cranks and linkage to the motor shaft to pull and push the wooden | |||||
| arms and hands. It's a delicate system and often breaks down so | |||||
| Ida Needa Hand almost always is under repair and really does "need a hand". | |||||
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16. How do you illuminate and power your display at night? |
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| Most of our lighting consists of outdoor spotlight yard stakes with | |||||
| 100-watt Par 38 colored floodlights covered by wooden boxes for protection. | |||||
| We have all our display lighting and animation on dedicated electrical | |||||
| timer circuits so our normal home lighting is not interrupted. | |||||
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