Photos: 25 giant pumpkins to celebrate Halloween
The Guinness World Record for heaviest pumpkin is 2,624.6 pounds. While not all of these are anywhere near that huge, they're still pretty impressive. Here's a look at 25 huge pumpkins from around the world, just in time for Halloween.
ZUNINO PUMPKIN
Olivia Zunino, 7, from Los Altos Hills, Calif., hugs her father's pumpkin that won the "Most Beautiful Pumpkin" category in the 31st Annual World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Oct. 11, 2004. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
MICHAEL OLIVER
Michael Oliver of Bristol, R.I., guides Scott Palmer's giant pumpkin to the scales during the Southern New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off on Monday, Oct. 10, 2005, in Warren, R.I. Palmer's pumpkin, grown in Coventry, R.I., set a new New England record at 1,443 pounds. (AP Photo/Joe Giblin)
Thad Starr, Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival Weigh-off
Maisie Eliashof, 3, sits next to giant pumpkins at the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Oct. 8, 2007. Thad Starr won with his 1,524-pound pumpkin. He wins six dollars for each pound, which equals $9,144. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
ELGART
Jesse Elgart, 2, checks out the winning entry in the World Pumpkin Weigh Off, Saturday, Oct 7, 1995 in San Francisco. The pumpkin, an Atlantic Giant, weighed in at 717.5 pounds and was grown by Pat Ruelle of Redway, Calif. The contest is part of a worldwide contest where pumpkin growers compete for trips and prizes. (AP Photo/Steve Castillo)
Ron Root
Ron Root, from Citrus Heights, Calif., celebrates with his winning pumpkin of 1,535 pounds during the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off contest in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. He wins $10,210 for his Atlantic Giant pumpkin. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Ron Root
Ron Root, from Citrus Heights, Calif., celebrates with his winning pumpkin of 1,535 pounds during the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off contest in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. He wins $10,210 for his Atlantic Giant pumpkin. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Ron Root
A pumpkin grown by Ron Root, from Citrus Heights, Calif., is moved into place for his winning pumpkin of 1,535 pounds during the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off contest in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. He wins $10,210 for his Atlantic Giant pumpkin. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Siyana Odabasi
Siyana Odabasi, 19 months old, looks at a large pumpkin during the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off contest in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. Ron Root, from Citrus Heights, Calif., won with his 1,535 pound Atlantic Giant with the prize money of $10,210.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Thad Starr, Danika Starr
Thad Starr from Pleasant Hill, Ore. celebrates with his daughter Danika, 9, after winning the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival Weigh-off contest in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. The pumpkin weighed 1,775 pounds, making it a new California record. Starr wins six dollars for each pound, which equals $10,650. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
Leonardo Urena
Leonardo Urena's pumpkin is seen after winning this year's Half Moon Bay giant pumpkin contest in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. The pumpkin weighted 1,704 pounds, making it a new California record. The circumference was 195 inches. AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Leonardo Urena
Eleanor and Leonardo Urena celebrate after their pumpkin wins this year's Half Moon Bay giant pumpkin contest in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. The pumpkin weighed 1,704 pounds, making it a new California record. The circumference was 195 inches. AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Leonardo Urena
Leonardo Urena is interviewed after his pumpkin wins this year's Half Moon Bay giant pumpkin contest in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. The pumpkin weighed 1,704 pounds, making it a new California record. The circumference was 195 inches. AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Leonardo Urena
Leonardo Urena celebrates after his pumpkin won this year's Half Moon Bay giant pumpkin contest in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. The pumpkin weighed 1,704 pounds, making it a new California record. The circumference was 195 inches. AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Danika Starr
Danika Starr, 9, sits with her father's winning pumpkin at the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival Weigh-off contest in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. The pumpkin weighed 1,775 pounds, making it a new California record. Starr wins six dollars for each pound, which equals $10,650. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
Belgium Pumpkins Daily Life
A giant pumpkin, along with an array of smaller pumpkins and squash, is on display in front of a house in Kasterlee, Belgium on Wednesday, Oct 30, 2013. Kasterlee has become known as the 'pumpkin village' in Belgium, with many restaurants highlighting pumpkins on their menus and in their local dishes. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Ron Wallace
Giant-pumpkin grower Ron Wallace holds a single seed at the pumpkin patch in his garden outside his home in Greene, R.I., Aug. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Brad Porter
Brad Porter, top, measures a giant pumpkin at the Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off, Monday, Oct. 12, 2015, in Half Moon Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Thad Starr
Thad Starr, from Pleasant Hill, Ore., moves his pumpkin for the weigh-in with his son Derek, 7, at the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival Weigh-off contest in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. The pumpkin weighed 1,775 pounds, making it a new California record. Starr wins six dollars for each pound, which equals $10,650. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
Steve Daletas
Steve Daletas, center, of Pleasant Hill, Ore. poses for photos with his his pumpkin, which weighed in at 1969 pounds to win the Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off Monday, Oct. 12, 2015, in Half Moon Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Giant Pumpkin Carving
Pumpkin carver, Chris Vierra, works on carving the head of a "carnivorous creature" out of a giant pumpkin on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, in New York. Vierra and other carvers put their talents on display during a promotional event, carving a 1,496 pound pumpkin from Edinburg, Pa., to raise public awareness of the New York Botanical Garden's "Giant Pumpkin Carving Weekend" on Oct. 19 and 20. The event features a team of carvers transforming a pumpkin weighing over 2,000 pounds and grown by Tim and Susan Mathison, of Napa, Calif. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Delphina Bianchi
Delphina Bianchi, 10, sits on the bed of a truck carrying giant pumpkins from her grandfather's John Muller's farm at the Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off Monday, Oct. 12, 2015, in Half Moon Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Ron Wallace
Judges measure as volunteers examine the entries prior to the giant pumpkin contest weigh-off at the Rochester Fair in Rochester, N.H., Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Pumpkin Contest
Giant pumpkins sit on pick up trucks beds waiting to be weighed at the Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off Monday, Oct. 12, 2015, in Half Moon Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Ron Wallace
A judge takes a look under the pumpkin entry, grown by Ron Wallace, during the giant pumpkin contest weigh-off at the Rochester Fair in Rochester, N.H., Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Pumpkin Record
In this Oct. 8, 2016 photo provided by Ron Wallace, Richard and Catherine Wallace stand with a 2,261.5-pound pumpkin that Richard grew to set the North American giant pumpkin record at the Frerichs Farm Pumpkin Weigh Off in Warren, R.I. WJAR-TV reported Richard Wallace's pumpkin beat the record set by his son, Ron, at the same event last year. (Ron Wallace via AP)