Massive 1000-Pound Pumpkin Smashes Sable for Ultimate Gourd-to-Show Off Showdown

The Great Pumpkin Smash: A Tale of Two Titans

Imagine a small town in Maine that’s as passionate about giant pumpkins as it is about the annual tradition of destroying them. Sounds crazy, but that’s exactly what’s happening in Damariscotta, where the Pumpkinfest & Regatta has been a beloved annual event for 17 years. And this year, the town got creative by pitting a 1,000-pound pumpkin against an old Mercury Sable sedan – talk about a clash of titans!

The festival celebrates the giant pumpkin in all its glistening, orange glory, including its impressive ability to, ahem, "flatten" a car when dropped from a crane. Although the pumpkin drop was put on hold during the pandemic, it’s back, and organizers didn’t waste any time in selecting a particularly massive pumpkin to mark its return.

So, we have Player One: a 1,000-pound pumpkin suspended 200 feet in the air by a crane operator. And Player Two: a fifth-generation Mercury Sable, originating from a mysterious, uncertain past that would’ve ended in a junkyard anyway. At least this way, it’s going out with a bang – a pumpkin-induced, vehicular boom!

Here’s what happened:

The Big Smash

In this ultimate showdown, the pumpkin and the Mercury Sable faced off in a battle of epic proportions. The 3,643-pound Sable had the weight advantage, but the pumpkin had gravity on its side – and that’s a game-changer. The pumpkin crushed the Sable’s roof, buckled its rear doors, and bent its A-pillars at an angle more commonly seen on supercars than humble family sedans. As for the pumpkin, its guts… let’s just say they splattered around the car.

A Draw, Perhaps?

We’ve got to call this one a draw. Who knows what Damariscotta has in store for next year’s Pumpkinfest & Regatta? Maybe an even bigger pumpkin or an unlikely challenger – the possibilities are endless! Got tips? Share them with us at [email protected].