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YOUR PICTURES: the best spooky houses in the north-east this Halloween

Readers have sent in photographs of their efforts ahead of guising tonight.

Halloween decorations.
It's ghosts galore for Halloween across the north and north-east. Image: Jennifer Heddle.

Residents across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire have been getting into the spirit of Halloween by spooktacularly decorating their houses.

Countless children across the north and north-east will be dressing up and guising for treats tonight – and plenty of effort has been made to make the experience as memorable as possible.

A huge thank you to all our readers who have sent across photos today, including Phionna McInnes who is certainly seeing the funny side of Halloween.

A sign urging people to “don’t drink and fly” was put up on a tree.

Sign that says "don't drink and fly" pinned to tree by Phionna McInnes for Halloween.
Phionna McInnes is getting into the funny side of Halloween. Image: Phionna McInnes.

St Fergus couple Valleri and Craig Carle have transformed their garden, with witches and ghosts galore.

Located on the main road through the Buchan village, Mrs Carle told the P&J that the decorations will stay up until tomorrow and and urged people to come and have a look.

Exterior of Valleri and Craig Carle house in St Fergus, Aberdeenshire, decorated with green LED lights and spooky figures for Halloween.
Valleri and Craig Carle have decorated their St Fergus home for Halloween. Image: Valleri Carle.
White car covered in red painted handprints.
This car look likes it is straight out of a horror movie. Image: Valleri Carle.
Witches in the garden as part of the Carles' October 31st decor.
Witches are part of the Carle’s Halloween decorations. Image: Valleri Carle.
A ghost, pumpkins and graves in the Aberdeenshire garden.
The St Fergus house really is a spooktacular sight. Image: Valleri Carle.

Elsewhere in Buchan, Jennifer Heddle has painstakingly decorated her home at Claymore Crescent with pumpkins, ghosts and other scary creatures galore.

Exterior of Jennifer Heddle's house in Boddam, Aberdeenshire, decorated for Halloween.
Ghosts outside Jennifer Heddle’s home in Boddam. Image: Jennifer Heddle.
Skulls, pumpkins and spooky barrels outside the Boddam house.
It is not the entrance to a theme park, but the entrance to a home in Boddam. Image: Jennifer Heddle.
Close up of scary figures outside the Aberdeenshire home for October 31.
It is a scary sight outside the house. Image: Jennifer Heddle.
More frightening figures outside Jennifer Heddle's home, including large hanging spiders and ghosts.
It’s a scary sight outside the Halloween decorated house in Aberdeenshire. Image: Jennifer Heddle.
Garden decorated for October 31st with haunting figures and a sign that reads: "RIP".
People are greeted with haunting figures, including a sign saying “RIP”. Image: Jennifer Heddle.

Nicola Freeland’s home is also a scary sight, with a massive spider lurking in its web.

Skulls lay in the garden, as bones peek through the grass.

Spider and web Halloween decoration outside Nicola Freeland's house.
A scary spider lurks outside Nicola Freeland’s home. Image: Nicola Freeland.
Halloween decorations outside house.
Nobody would want to get tangled in this web. Image: Nicola Freeland.

Katie Byles’ house sounds and looks like one to be avoided (or more likely visited) on this October 31 night.

Garden decorated for Halloween.
A scary sight awaits for visitors to this garden. Image: Katie Byles.

Kelly Marr, who lives in Newburgh, has also gone all out.

Exterior of Kelly Marr's Aberdeenshire house decorated for Halloween.
Kelly Marr has went to a lot of effort this year. Image: Kelly Marr.

Another contender for best decorated house is Jamie Thain’s, with graves and ghosts aplenty.

Ghosts and a cross in Jamie Thain's garden.
It looks more like a graveyard in Jamie Thain’s garden. Image: Jamie Thain.
Scary figures and boarded up windows as part of Jamie Thain's Halloween decor.
It is akin to a Halloween shop at Jamie Thain’s home. Image: Jamie Thain.
Halloween ghosts, including one in a grave, outside Aberdeenshire home.
It is a spooky place at this home. Image: Jamie Thain.
Jamie Thain standing outside his decorated house for Halloween.
Jamie Thain proudly shows off his Halloween decorated home. Image: Jamie Thain.

Cove resident Anita Stringman is also in the spirit this year and confesses to the P&J that she “absolutely loves” Halloween.

She adds: “I can’t wait to get the display bigger and better each year.”

House decorated for Halloween in Aberdeen, featuring projected ghosts and jack-o-lanterns.
This house in Cove is very spooky this Halloween. Image: Anita Stringman.
Ghost graves as part of Anita Stringman October 31st decor.
It looks like the scene from a graveyard at this spooky Cove home. Image: Anita Stringman.

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