Life-Size Skeleton 'Yorrik' Coming To Salem This Weekend

SALEM, MA — Be on the lookout for skeletons ahead of the spooky season in Salem this weekend.

Party City has included Halloween's unofficial hometown as one of its "nation's most historically haunted cities" where life-size poseable skeletons will be hidden around town on Friday and Saturday. The Yorrik Scavenger Haunt Sweepstakes will include 100 skeletons nationwide as part of the 50-day countdown to the holiday.

Those who spot the skeletons can scan a QR code to enter for a chance to win prizes and learn more about Yorrik. Prizes include Yorrik & Family Prize Packs, Party City Gift Cards, Glam Boneyard Party Packs and more.

More information on the sweepstakes can be found here.

"Halloween is all about fun and a little mischief, and our mascot Yorrik knows that better than anyone," said Odette Welling, vice president of Halloween at Party City. "We're Halloween obsessed at Party City and are beyond excited to provide consumers with an engaging, interactive way to jumpstart the season and officially countdown to Halloween weekend.

"We can't wait to see how many people find Yorrik in each of these spooky cities."

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)