John Borek describes himself as “your typical, weird South Austin guy.” His house has flying saucers in the yard. He owns a Batmobile, custom golf carts, old soda machines, and a collection of old cars.

The UFOs were his Halloween display for five years running. By the fifth year, he felt they’d gotten stale, so he bought two large dinosaurs instead.

His neighbors were less enthusiastic, particularly about how long the dinosaurs stayed up after Halloween ended. Borek has said the neighborhood association came after him about it.

He had somewhere to put them. In February 2015, after selling his........

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