'Burning Witch' Display Prompts Worldwide Attention
Owner: Display To Remain Until Nov. 1
POSTED: Tuesday, October 28, 2003
UPDATED: 6:38 am EST October 29,
2003
A mock witch-burning display on the side of a road in Apopka, Fla., has drawn worldwide attention from people demanding the "offensive" decoration be removed, according to Local 6 News.
Kathy Plyer has received hundreds of e-mails and calls after putting up a Halloween-related display of a witch tied to a stake surrounded by firewood at her fruit stand business on state Road 441.The photo of the display reportedly appeared on a Web site and soon after, a flood of calls and letters began arriving from around the world."I find it distasteful," resident Tom Begley said. "If you put up a crematory oven on your lawn with a Star of David and a swastika and said it was a holiday display commemorating something, it would offend the Jewish community."Plyer said her fruit stand decoration is just meant for fun."It's not political, it's not religious," Plyer said. "It's the season -- it's Halloween." Plyer told Local 6 News that she will not back down to the complaints. She plans to keep the display despite the witch's head being stolen over the weekend. 
"This land that she (the witch) is on is my property," Plyer said. "She is on my property and I have a right to put this up." A group allegedly held some type of ceremony at the witch display over the weekend, Local 6 News reporter Nancy Alvarez reported. The display will remain on the property until Nov. 1, Plyer said.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
| Video |
'Burning Witch' Display Prompts Worldwide Attention "This land that she (the witch) is on is my property," Plyer said. "She is on my property and I have a right to put this up." A group allegedly held some type of ceremony at the witch display over the weekend, Local 6 News reporter Nancy Alvarez reported. The display will remain on the property until Nov. 1, Plyer said.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story. Copyright 2007 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com.
All rights reserved. This material may
not be published, broadcast, rewritten
or redistributed.
Three Disney employees are placed on paid leave pending the investigation into a fatal monorail crash.
Days before Austin Wuennenberg was killed in a monorail crash at Disney, he helped make a 4-year-old boy's dream come true.
A clerk at a pizzeria cut himself and falsely reported an armed robbery to cover up his drug habit, sheriff's deputies say.
A former Central Florida middle school teacher who pleaded guilty to having sex with a student is sentenced to five years in jail.
Officials investigate the first fatal accident in the 38-year history of Walt Disney World's monorail.
Thousands flock to a small church in Limerick, Ireland, to pray at the stump of a recently cut tree that many believe looks like the Virgin Mary.
Since Michael Jackson died June 25, fans from around the world have expressed their grief in flowers, balloons, teddy bears, candles, pictures and handwritten notes left throughout the city.
Email Alerts
RSS News Feeds
Mobile
Live Streams
Slideshows
Video
Search
