Residents in Pinson, Alabama, received a scare for a life time, when a real-life Chucky doll was seen wandering around their neighborhood.
The human Chucky seen in photos standing on the side of the road of a residential neighborhood, waiting for cars to pass, was actually a 5-year-old boy named Jackson, who brought fear and laughter to people in his community.
“Dear parents of the little boy in the Chucky costume in Pinson,” Kendra Walden, a resident who witnessed the boy, wrote on Facebook, “Get your kid. I almost had a heart attack.”
“We took some pictures of him,” she added. “We thought it was so funny.”
Walden wasn’t the only one that enjoyed the fake horror character. Soon the photos she posted started racking up the likes. Before Walden knew it, the photos she shared received 15K comments and 103K shares on Facebook.
“Could you imagine seeing this in person?” one user responded.
“This is terrifying while at the same time brilliant,” another said.
Jackson’s mom, Britnee Reed, said, “Jackson was Chucky for Halloween and he often wears his costume around the house and around the community.”
“That’s just kind of how his personality is,” Reed said. “He dresses up in different costumes throughout the week. He loves to make people laugh.”
Reed said she first found out about the viral photos circulating on Facebook when she was at work and a co-worker showed them to her. “My co-worker looked at me and said this looks like something your son would do,” Reed said. “That’s when I noticed it was my son.”
“I zoomed in and said, ‘Oh my goodness,’ that’s my kid,” she told the outlet. Reed then contacted her mother, who was watching Jackson. Her mother admitted to helping him in the costume, so he could conduct his neighborhood watch.
The reactions from all over have been overwhelming for Reed and her family. Mostly positive comments, some negative backlash and a few birthday and event invites.
Jackson, who the family says is “Facebook Famous,” has politely declined the invites but said he will continue scaring those in his community.