Archive · 6 Nov 2025
Man Crushes Old Car With Giant Pumpkin
Imagine you have a really old toy car that doesn't work anymore.
A man in Utah had an old car that he drove for a very, very long time, almost 35 years!
When it was finally too broken to drive, he decided to do something funny.
He got a super giant pumpkin, like, bigger than a person and really heavy.
Then, he used a big machine to drop the giant pumpkin onto his old car.
It was like a playful way to say goodbye to his car.
A Utah man crushed his 1991 Geo Metro with a prize-winning 1,917-pound pumpkin.
The car had been driven for nearly 35 years.
A crane was used to drop the giant pumpkin onto the compact car.
The event was part of a photo caption contest by The Week magazine.
The contest asked for a seven-word or less caption for the moment of impact.
- Who
- A Utah man
- What
- Crushed his 1991 Geo Metro with a 1,917-pound pumpkin dropped from a crane
- When
- Before parting with his car after nearly 35 years of driving it
- Where
- Utah
- Why
- To say goodbye to his broken-down car
- Car Model
- 1991 Geo Metro
- Pumpkin Weight
- 1,917 pounds
- Contest Theme
- Caption for photo of pumpkin crushing car
- Prize
- One-year subscription to The Week