Matthew and Bryce Inman didn’t realize the horror they were unleashing until it was too late.

For the past six weeks, the two brothers had been working on a 14-foot-tall animatronic “Grimothy,” an evil version of the beloved Seattle raccoon with short spine syndrome, known as Jimothy . On Saturday morning, they posted some videos of Grimothy online, inviting people to visit the monster where he currently resides as a Halloween decoration on Bryce’s lawn.

They couldn’t have fathomed just how many people would end up traveling to their quiet street on Bainbridge Island to catch a glimpse of their creation.

By the early afternoon, there was a quarter-mile of traffic backed up along Cherry Avenue, the main street leading up to Bryce’s driveway.

“We should have bought more candy,” wrote Matthew, in a text message.…