A Tale of Halloween Pumpkin Horror

October 31, 2007 |

I have to admit, I’m not big on Halloween.  I never really have been.  That being said, there have been a number of good Halloween posts floating around the RE.net Blogosphere, so I thought I would share.

Kari and I went to my parents’ house a few weeks back to do some pumpkin carving.  We hadn’t carved pumpkins in a while, so it was fun.  Here are some pics of the finished products.  They are taken from my camera phone, so the quality is what it is:

All of the pumpkins:

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That’s my skull, my Brother’s HPU logo, my Dad’s pirate ship, Kari’s ghost, and my Mom’s Witch

Here’s a closeup of Kari’s artfully-carved ghost:

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My Skull:

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We were very proud of our pumpkins.  So proud, in fact, that Kari and I promptly took our pumpkins home and put them on display on our front porch– big mistake.  We awoke the next morning to this:

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What you see above is what was left of my skull.  Kari’s ghost suffered the same horrific fate.  The pumpkins that we spent hours to carve, were obliterated in less than 12 hours.  At first, we blamed the deer.  In our neighborhood, it is easy to blame the deer for just about any type of tampering with vegetation.  We can’t plant anything without the deer munching on it.  Further investigation leads us to believe that raccoons were the likely culprits.  That makes a better Halloween story, anyway.  Deer aren’t very Holloween-like, but raccoons can be downright scary!

Posted by Daniel Rothamel | Filed Under Fun Stuff 

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One Response to “A Tale of Halloween Pumpkin Horror”

  1. Jeremy Hart on October 31st, 2007 11:51 pm

    And the coons thank you for your efforts. They’d like to know what you did with the innards, however.

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