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Runaway pumpkin joins a playbook mystery in tonight's odd file

The wind carried the oversized inflatable away from a North Carolina farm and it rolled down a public road, all caught on video; nobody is pressing charges.

On air: Hank Ledger and Dr. Nina Byte on BBN Tonight
Published 9:28 PM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Photo: Pumpkin — Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0

At a glance

First reported by UPI: “Watch: Giant inflatable pumpkin rolls down North Carolina road”, with reporting from People.com.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 9:28 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Hank Ledger and Dr. Nina Byte.
Topics: Deion Sanders, Colorado, North Carolina.
BBN covered this story before: Colorado playbook mystery: hotel bar tab and a coach's shrug (October 14).

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What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA giant inflatable pumpkin was blown off a North Carolina farm by the wind tonight and rolled down the street, and there is video.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentPeople.com is still calling Deion Sanders' explanation for the Colorado playbook bizarre. The pumpkin at least left the farm under its own power.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWind.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAnd it ran a cleaner route than anything in that script.