# Home Depot’s 12-foot skeleton

> A $299 lawn skeleton sold out and returned for annual releases, costumes and resale.

- Owner: The Home Depot
- Kind: Product
- Sector: Home & lifestyle
- Seed date: Jul 2020
- Milestone date: 2020-09-28
- Date basis: Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak. Some dates are known only to the week, month or year.
- Spread Score: 44 (Notable, provisional), v1.3
- Mechanics: Visible in use, Scarcity drop, Platform jump, Press loop, Resale market

## Summary

Home Depot launched Skelly online in July 2020. Customer videos, jokes and a Facebook club followed; it sold out before October. Annual restocks, costumes and resale kept it circulating, while Home Depot added related giants and technology upgrades.

## Timeline

- Jul 2020 — The Home Depot (Retail) — Home Depot launched its giant skeleton for sale online in July.
- 2020-09-05 — Jennifer Penelope Corcoran (Facebook) — Corcoran created the Facebook group that became 12 Ft Skeleton Halloween Club.
- 2020-09-18 — @EmmaLVBK (X) — Emma Kent posted a video of her partner bringing home the skeleton on a car roof.

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Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Home Depot’s 12-foot skeleton.” Case HIS-01695. Spread Score v1.3: 44/100. Updated 2026-10-25. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01695