COLUMBUS, OH - MUCH LIKE THE REST OF 2020 THERE'S A BIG QUESTION MARK BESIDE THIS YEAR'S TRICK-OR-TREATING.

SOME PLACES ARE CONSIDERING NO TRICK OR TREATING AT ALL THOSE THAT ARE ALLOWING IT ARE BEGGING PARTICIPANTS OF BEGGARS NIGHT TO WEAR MASKS WEAR GLOVES WHILE HANDING OUT CANDY OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE AND NO REACHING DIRECTLY INTO A BOWL.

AND IF THAT IS THE CHALLENGE...CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

SPECIAL EFFECTS, THE HORROR GENRE, CREEPY, SUSPENSEFUL THINGS THAT'S WHAT ANDREW BEATTIE HAS ALWAYS BEEN INTO.

THIS ROOM IN HIS HOME IN THE CINCINNATI AREA IS A TESTAMENT TO THAT.

BUT IT'S HIS LOVE FOR HALLOWEEN THAT JUST MIGHT HAVE LEAD TO THE BEST IDEA WE'VE SEEN THIS YEAR.

WITH HALLOWEEN COMING DURING A PANDEMIC HE SAYS NOW WAS THE TIME.

SO, HE GRABBED A 6-BY-4 SHIPPING TUBE, SPRAY PAINTED IT ORANGE, ADDED DUCT TAPE, AND THERE IT WAS HIS OWN CANDY CHUTE FROM HIS FRONT PORCH TO THE SIDEWALK.

HE POSTED HIS CREATION TO FACEBOOK.

IN THREE DAYS 8,000 COMMENTS, 27,000 AND 62,000 SHARES.

A SIGN TELLS TRICK OR TREATERS WHERE TO PLACE THEIR BAG OR BUCKET SO THERE'S NO HAND-TO-HAND EXCHANGE.

ALL THE CANDY FACTORY-SEALED, UNTIL IT'S OPENED OUTSIDE

AND HE PLANS TO WEAR A MASK AND CHANGE GLOVES FREQUENTLY.

IT'S THE ONLY WAY, HE SAYS TO GET RID OF THAT QUESTION MARK AND HELP TO END 2020 WITH AN EXCLAMATION POINT OF POSITIVITY.