Caro, USA - Five years after it opened, a witchcraft museum has shut its doors.
Anonka's Witch Museum was no laughing matter to some Christians when it opened its doors on a downtown street in this city of 4,200 in Michigan's rural Thumb, about 100 miles north of Detroit.
"I'm glad the business is no longer on our main street, but I'm disappointed we weren't able to communicate the love of Christ to (the museum's operators)," said the Rev. James M. Solomon, pastor of Living Waters Chapel.
On Monday, crews removed the museum's gargoyles.
Witch Museum operators Tammra L. Jocham and her mother, who uses only the name Anonka, officially shut the doors of the storefront on Jan. 1, but many residents were unaware of the closure until workers took down exterior signs and hauled away witches' hats and brooms, according to The Bay City Times.
Mother and daughter who now lives in Sanilac County's Marlette Township. They said the museum closed, in part, because a judge ordered Jocham's estranged husband to sell the store as part of divorce proceedings.
The two women sued Tuscola County in 2001, saying leaders violated their civil rights by allowing a Nativity scene on the lawn of the county courthouse. Anonka also said county commissioners shouted her down at a meeting.
Commissioners apologized in writing as part of a court settlement.