PHOTOS: Halloween house on East California Street
CASEY KREIDER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 months, 3 weeks AGO
Trevor Caudill makes adjustments to a few of the Halloween decorations in his front-yard display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A motion-activated dummy hangs from a tree as part of Trevor Caudill's front yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A dummy lays on a makeshift operating table as part of Trevor Caudill's front yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A dummy lays on a Skeletal hounds and witches guard a coffin as part of Trevor Caudill's front yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A zombie digs out of a gravesite as part of Trevor Caudill's front yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Trevor Caudill's front-yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Trevor Caudill's front-yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Decorated mannequin heads on spikes as part of Trevor Caudill's front yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Trevor Caudill's front-yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Trevor Caudill's front-yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
Casey Kreider is a photographer for the Daily Inter Lake and was awarded the 2024 Mel Ruder Photograph of the Year from the Montana Newspaper Association. He is a graduate of Penn State University and previously worked as a photographer for Lancaster Newspapers in Pennsylvania. He can be reached at [email protected]. | October 30, 2025 11:55 PM
Kalispell resident Trevor Caudill has been decorating his front yard at 340 East California Street for Halloween for the last 12 years. Each year he adds a few pieces to the elaborate, neon-lit display divided into sections adorning his front yard.
A flickering light shines on a mannequin's face, its body partially covered by a sheet on a makeshift operating table surrounded by severed limbs.
An angry cadre of skeletons, two standing 12-feet tall with glowing chests towering over the backyard, flanking a giant werewolf.
Perhaps the most startling is the motion-activated dummy, created by Caudill, that hangs from a tree and jerks and kicks and swings when approached.
It's definitely worth a visit if you're in the area trick-or-treating tonight.
A motion-activated dummy hangs from a tree as part of Trevor Caudill's front yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
A dummy lays on a makeshift operating table as part of Trevor Caudill's front yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
A dummy lays on a Skeletal hounds and witches guard a coffin as part of Trevor Caudill's front yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
A zombie digs out of a gravesite as part of Trevor Caudill's front yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Trevor Caudill's front-yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Trevor Caudill's front-yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Decorated mannequin heads on spikes as part of Trevor Caudill's front yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Trevor Caudill's front-yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Trevor Caudill's front-yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
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