BAY VILLAGE, Ohio — Maybe Linus was right … there is a Great Pumpkin.
Bay Village police were presented with a unique challenge Monday night when a large, inflatable Halloween pumpkin display from a nearby residence broke loose from yard during a gusty night and rolled onto Wolf Road near Saddler Road.
So, simple enough … roll it back into the yard, right? Were it that easy.
Dashcam video released by the department shows an officer struggling to gain control of the pumpkin, which is much larger than he is, as it continually sways in the wind. At one point the pumpkin appears to swallow the officer as it rolls up against his patrol car.
A Bay Village police officer approaches a large inflatable pumpkin that had rolled onto a road Monday night.(Screen shot from Bay Village police dashcam video)
Another officer responding to help can be heard on the radio saying, “Oh yeah, I see it. Rolling up now.” The officer on the scene admits the pumpkin is “going to be tough to move.”
Officers and some residents eventually were able to get hold of ropes on the pumpkin and drag it off the road.
“Luckily, no officers (or pumpkins) were harmed during the event,” police joke in a post on social media. “Once backup officers arrived, the pumpkin was returned to the homeowner.”
