The spirits of All Hallows’ Eve decided to show themselves a day early in Peoria, Arizona, where a 350-pound, 25-foot-tall pumpkin was torn loose from a local holiday display by high winds. The freed pumpkin traveled about a quarter mile and crossed an intersection, leaving destruction and mayhem in its wake (it broke a couple street lights) before getting stuck at a local park. The owners, Big AZ Productions, had no idea the pumpkin was on the loose until they received a phone call. “We showed up and it wasn’t there, and we spent the last 40 minutes driving around looking for it,” Patrick Sparkes of Big AZ Productions told 12 News.Fortunately a local resident filmed the fugitive pumpkin crossing an intersection for us all to enjoy. View full post on YoutubeSource: 12 NewsJay BennettAssociate Editor Jay Bennett is the associate editor of PopularMechanics.com. He has also written for Smithsonian, Popular Science and Outside Magazine.
