Hillcrest at Halloween

Hillcrest is a fairly well-known street by which we live.  I make my way down a portion of this street every day on my way to work, church, and class.  It's a pleasant street with some precious houses, lovely trees lining the sidewalk, and some cute little gardens.  There's even a Gator flag (yes, folks, it is good to be back in the land of the SEC) hanging off one of the porches.  It seems like a quiet and modest place to live...

Until the beginning of October.  Because these people go all out for Halloween.  I mean it- all out.  We heard about Hillcrest at Halloween from a friend who has lived in Louisville for the past few years.  Apparently, there is a marked increase in traffic accidents because so many of the drivers are 'rubbernecking' as they pass through the street.  I have witnessed this first-hand; just the other night on my way home, I was driving two miles an hour.  Two.  I wanted to get out of my car, walk up to the vehicle in front of me, and tell the person driving said vehicle, "If you would like to see the houses and the decorations, why don't you consider parking on the side street so I can get home before midnight?"  I didn't do that, but I wanted to rather badly...

At first, just a few houses had any decorations at all, but as the month went on, it became insane.  See evidence below (it is a long slideshow, but in my opinion, the best pictures are towards the end):