10-03-2024 - On This Day in Insane History

On October 3rd, 2024 in the small town of Pumpkin Falls, a most unusual event occurred that would mystify locals for years to come. It was a typical fall morning, the leaves just starting to change color, as Farmer Brown made his way out to the fields as usual to check on his crops. But what he found would leave him scratching his head. Instead of the rows of corn and wheat he expected, a massive vegetable had emerged overnight - the largest pumpkin anyone had ever seen. We estimated it weighed over 50,000 pounds! How such an enormous gourd could appear without notice defied explanation.

Farmer Brown called the entire town to come see this phenomenon. Everyone gasped and murmured in disbelief. Young Billy Jones suggested it was dropped from an alien spaceship. Old Man McGee thought it was the work of witches. Still others feared it foretold of coming famine or flood. With no simple answers forthcoming, the pumpkins overwhelming size meant it needed to be dealt with before it destroyed the field. So the whole town got to work, taking days to carve the giant pumpkin into the worlds largest jack-o-lantern. Its grinning face glowed for miles, the only reminder of the day Pumpkin Falls was visited by whatever strange force produced this extra-extra large vegetable, a day that would live on in town lore for years to come.