The giant pumpkin in Park Slope, Brooklyn weighs nearly 1,000 pounds, making it an irresistible backdrop for selfies and an instant mood-lifter as Halloween approaches.
The colossal gourd weighs nearly 1,000 pounds, making it an irresistible backdrop for selfies and anThe pumpkin belongs to resident Charlie Pigott, who has been putting pumpkins on his stoop every year.
"Every morning when I walk out of the house, there are little kids out here. It's ideal. They're touching it, and I see there's the great pumpkin," Pigott said. Last year, Pigott's son found one that weighed half a ton, becoming a popular neighborhood attraction. "We actually come here every year. It's like one of our Halloween festive trips that we make," said one mother who had come to see the gourd-looking landmark.
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