1,000-pound pumpkin draws gawkers to Park Slope for annual Halloween tradition

Source: New York Post

The Great Pumpkin is rising in Brooklyn. A Park Slope man has turned the stoop of his brownstone home into a beloved Halloween destination as he has continues a tradition of displaying a massive pumpkin — with this year’s coming in at nearly 1,000 pounds. Charlie Pigott recently hauled the mammoth fruit from Pennsylvania and used a forklift to place it outside his front door — where it has drawn crowds, from classes full of local kids to gawkers making a pilgrimage just to rub it for good luck.