N.Y. man shocks neighbors with gory Santa

NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A New York City man has once again shocked his neighbors by putting up a gory display of Santa Claus crawling out of a chimney.

The New York Post said Sunday Joel Krupnik, who has gained neighborhood notoriety for his outrageous Christmas displays, recently added a bloody Santa to his expanding holiday resume.

"I'm terrified to bring my granddaughter by here," Rhoda Schatz, one of Krupnik's neighbors, said of the newest display. "It's horrific."

Krupnik's neighbors previously forced him to remove a Christmas display with a bloody Santa holding a severed doll head.

Then last year, Krupnik pleaded guilty to smearing a 13-year-old girl with dog feces after the teenager's dog relieved itself outside his home.

"I did it!" Krupnik was quoted by the Post as saying at the time. "I'm tired of these people not picking up after their dogs. I took the mess and I rubbed it in her back."