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Here are some of CBC readers' best skeleton pictures this Halloween

You've probably done a double take walking by some of your neighbours' yards this Halloween season, as sets of spooky skeletal eyes stare back at you.

Both giant and regular-sized skeletons have become a popular Halloween ornament in recent years

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Two skeletons sit on a bench, one of which is wearing a pirate's outfit and the other coloured fluorescent green.
Halloween skeleton ornaments are pictured in Vancouver's Douglas Park neighbourhood on Oct. 30. The skeletons have become popular in recent years. (Lisa Christiansen/CBC)

You've probably done a double take walking by some of your neighbours' yards this Halloween season, as sets of spooky skeletal eyes stare back at you.

Both the creepy, giant skeletons and the regular human-sized variants have become popular Halloween ornaments in recent years.

It's all part of an increasing trend of people investing in more and more elaborate displays.

Here are some of the best pictures taken by CBC readers of Halloween skeletons this year.

Have a Halloween photo you'd like to share? Send it to us at bcphotos@cbc.ca.

Model skeletons who are posed to have their hands reach through a wooden fence.
Mary Mitchell took this picture of a number of skeletons looking to grab unsuspecting passersby. (Submitted by Mary Mitchell)
A number of fake skeleton dogs are posed around a human skeleton which climbs over a fence.
Jatinder Sidhu got this picture of a number of skeleton dogs posed to chase away a human skeleton. (Submitted by Jatinder Sidhu)
A model skeleton stares up half-buried from the ground, surrounded by yellow leaves.
In this picture taken by Louisa Farrell, a fake skeleton appears to be rising from a ground — surrounded by the fallen autumn leaves. (Submitted by Louisa Farrell)
A fake skeleton, which has hair, hangs from a house.
Marian Botsford Fraser captured this particularly gruesome skeleton, with the decoration covered in some rotting skin and hair. (Submitted by Marian Botsford Fraser)
A fake skeleton against the bed of a pickup truck, as a skeletal dog and another skeleton in the driver's seat look at him.
This skeleton display, captured by Carol Zupan, shows what appears to be a weary skeleton laying back as his dog and friend look on. (Submitted by Carol Zupan)
A paper skeleton impaled through the head hangs from a tree.
While most Halloween skeletons are made of plaster or plastic, Rick Kyle captured this one made mostly out of paper. (Submitted by Rick Kyle)
An apartment building whose fire escape features a series of dangling skeletons.
Halloween skeletons aren't just confined to people's yards. Here, Shifra Wanden captured an entire apartment building getting in on the skeletal action. (Submitted by Shifra Wanden)
Two skeletons dressed in overalls and jeans play the fiddle.
This photo by Susan Ibbott shows a pair of musically-inclined skeletons sitting jauntily on a garden wall. (Submitted by Susan Ibbott)
A Halloween display with a pumpkin, ghosts and a skeleton posed on a toilet.
David Hunter's photograph shows a skeleton deep in thought while sitting on a toilet. (Submitted by David Hunter)
Three fake skeletons wearing wedding outfits, including a priest with a pope hat, a bridge and a groom.
Susan Shyluk captured a particularly heartwarming moment involving these two skeletons, who seem to be joined by a skeletal priest in marriage. (Submitted by Susan Shyluk)
A series of fake skeletons, including dogs, who look like they are at a picnic.
Even though it's fall, these skeletons — captured by Susan Shyluk — are having a barbecue. (Submitted by Susan Shyluk)
Fake skeletons are pictured appearing to climb a tree.
Stefan Tjarks got this photograph of skeletons climbing into a small tree outside a house. (Submitted by Stefan Tjarks)
A fake skeleton is atop a giant pumpkin carriage, pulled by a three-headed dog.
Janette Tilley got this picture of Steve Reid's Halloween display — a skeleton perched on a giant pumpkin carriage, pulled by a three-headed dog. (Submitted by Janette Tilley)

With files from The Early Edition

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