Photos: Tricks before treats

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Halloween visitors must get through this maze of scary figures on Badger Lane in Lake Geneva. Terry Mayer photo

Pumpkin-heads enjoy lounging on a bench in this Elkhorn yard. Terry Mayer photo

Ask for Halloween treats at this house on South Franklin Street in Elkhorn at your own risk. Terry Mayer photo

These ghostly creatures greet passers-by on Maxwell Street in Lake Geneva. Terry Mayer photo

This ghoulish pirate gentleman greets trick or treaters from his home on Smythe Drive in Williams Bay.

Reader Brian Gustafson, a truck driver whose hometown is Lake Geneva, although he now lives in Gays Mills, shared this photo. On his Facebook post, he said, "I thought I saw some (Halloween decorations), but they went by pretty quick!" Brian Gustafson photo

The business of trick or treat is big. According to the National Retail Federation, last year Americans spent some $7.4 billion on Halloween. The fastest-growing category of Halloween spending among consumers is decorations; about 50 percent of consumers decorate their own homes and yards.

Ghosts, skeletons, zombies and more abound in yards around Walworth County this month. Check out some of them here.

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