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Sculptor transforms giant pumpkin

Sculptor transforms giant pumpkin
WEBVTT OUT, GET IT OUT IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN. REPORTER: LIKE ANY GREAT STORY, PUMPKIN CARVER MO SAYS THE PLOT FOR THIS GIANT PUMPKIN WAS OBVIOUS. >> IT ALREADY HAD ITS OWN FACE, SO FOR US IT'S ABOUT LOOKING AT THE PUMPKIN AND DECIDING REALLY ON THE SPOT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING. REPORTER: HE'S A RETIRED MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER FROM MAINE, HE'S BEEN SCULPTING AND PAINING FOR OVER 35 YEARS AND CARVED HIS FIRST GIANT PUMPKIN NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO. HE SAYS TODAY'S PUMPKIN THEME IS SCREAM. >> SO WE HAD HIS HEAD TILTING AND WE SAW THAT TILT BECAUSE OF WHERE THE NOSE WAS GOING TO BE, SO ONCE WE SOUGHT THAT WE DECIDED TO PUT A HAND ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, MAKING IT LOOK LIKE A LEANING TAPE OF FACE. REPORTER: AT 2,066 POUNDS, THIS PUMPKIN WAS THE PRIZE WINNER AT THE DEAR FIELDER THEIR AND IS BELIEVED TO BE THE LARGEST PUMPKIN EVER GROWN IN NE HAMPSHIRE. THE GROWER OF BOSCAWEN SAYS THAT WAS NO EASY FEAT. >> IT A LOT OF HARD WORK, AND IT STARTED WITH A SEEN FROM THIS LINE OF GIANTS. REPORTER: SO AT THIS HOUSE I MANCHESTER, HE AND HIS TEAM WILL BE SCRAPING AND PEELING WITH POTTERY TOOLS, TRANSFORM, AN AWARD WINNER INTO A WORK OF ART, HOPING TO BRING SOME HALLOWEEN HAPPINESS TO THIS CORNER OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. >> THIS IS GOING TO STAY RIGHT HERE FOR EVERYBODY IN MANCHESTER TO ENJOY AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL COME OUT AND SEE IT. WE'RE GOING TO LIGHT HAD THIS THING UP TONIGHT. WHEN THESE THINGS LIGHT UP, IT WILL GLOW LIKE THE MOON, SO IT WILL BE A TRAFFIC STOPPER FOR
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Sculptor transforms giant pumpkin
A sculptor from Maine is transforming a prizewinning New Hampshire pumpkin into a work of art.

A sculptor from Maine is transforming a prizewinning New Hampshire pumpkin into a work of art.

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