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Good morning and welcome to kid news. I'm Kim. Today is Wednesday, October 20th, 2021.

And we begin with a homeowner in Dallas, Texas, once again pushing the limits with his

super scary Halloween display. Steven Novak's yard is riddled with mannequins, fake blood

and guts. So much so last year, at this time, worried passerby repeatedly called police

to investigate it as a real crime scene. Those visits seem to motivate Mr. Novak further.

And this year, he's up the ante with even more gory gross out gimmicks. How bad is it?

When local newspapers and television stations come to take pictures, they have to warn their

audiences that the images, no matter how fake, might be disturbing. And even though Halloween

2021 is still a week and a half away, the homeowner is already looking forward to 2022.

Next year, he says, it's gonna be nuts. Here's a TikTok Instagram Snapchat study virtually

no one will find surprising. According to the University of Michigan, the lure of online

interaction has hooked the grammar school set. It found half of tweens, aged 10 to 12,

and a third of kids, ages 7 to 9, are now using social media apps. Most parents report

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