Giant Pumpkin

Pleasant Hill Thad Starr, far left, of Pleasant Hill, Ore., watches his pumpkin being moved in the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off contest in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Oct. 13, 2008. Starr's pumpkin weighed 1,528 pounds (693 kg) and beat the local contest record. The gigantic vegetable has become legendary and probably will be used to make pies and other pastries that are eaten traditionally during the Halloween festival.