Pumpkin spice and run for your life.
An Ohio police officer was “attacked” by a runaway inflatable pumpkin in a bizarre scene — just months after viral footage captured the same cop being chased by wild turkeys during a traffic stop.
The gigantic Halloween decoration blew away from a resident’s yard and barreled its way into the middle of a road, blocking two lanes of traffic, during high winds in Bay Village, Ohio on Oct. 14.
Officers from the Bay Village Police Department – located just west of Cleveland – were dispatched to the spooky scene to contain what was characterized as a “runaway pumpkin.”
Dash camera footage showed the decorative jack-o’lantern rolling right over Officer Grant Williams’ body as it rolled closer to the windshield of the police cruiser. The cop vanished from the camera for nearly 20 seconds until he was spotted again.
Williams was able to go pumpkin picking once backup officers arrived on the scene. They harnessed the inflatable vine and pulled the giant blow-up squash off the suburban road and onto the grass.
“Luckily, no officers (or pumpkins) were harmed during the event,” police said in a statement.
Cops safely return the mighty object to its owner just in time for the Halloween festivities to begin.
This isn’t the first time Williams was caught on camera in a strange situation happening while he was on the job.
In March 2024, Williams was training rookie cop Molly Searles when two wild turkeys chased the pair during a routine traffic stop.
Dash camera footage showed them pulling over a speeding suspect when they were approached by the two male turkeys who chased the officers back into their cruiser.
“I don’t know what it is with me, we’ll see if Santa comes to haunt me around Christmas time but I think this probably ranks up there as far as funny moments in this career,” Williams told CBS News.
“Once they sat in the car you can actually hear on the video, you can hear the turkeys starting to gobble and get closer and closer to the cruiser,” Sergeant Edward Chapman told Fox 8 News.
The wild turkey population has been increasing in the town every year and during springtime, the hormones of the turkeys are “raging” as they gear up to mate.
Tim Jasinski, a wildlife rehabilitation specialist at the Lake Erie Nature Science Center, said the wild turkeys are growing more comfortable in suburban areas because they are either being fed or looking to mate, the outlet added.
