Admit it, you want to be this guy:

But Seigars built this $100,000 catapult expressly for one purpose: to throw pumpkins. In fact, it’s capable of pitching an 8- to 10-pound pumpkin nearly a third of a mile.
This begs an obvious question. What in the name of the Headless Horseman possessed him to undertake such a thing?
“As my wife said, ‘It’s a guy thing,’” Siegars says. “If you’re interested in engineering and physics—and every guy thinks he’s an engineer—it’s a fun thing to do.”

Or this one:

“We outgrew that field when we put a pumpkin through a Mustang in the church parking lot,” he says.

What else is a Mustang good for, anyway?

Much, much more about hurling pumpkins across the countryside here.