Overview

• Police responded just after midnight on Oct. 8 to a report that a large Halloween pumpkin inflatable had blown loose and was rolling through Parma Heights, Ohio.
• Body-camera footage shows officers chasing the decoration as it kept slipping away, with one officer remarking, “I was pretty much in pursuit.”
• After attempts to deflate the oversized inflatable failed, officers compressed it into the back of a patrol car.
• Police said the pumpkin was returned to its owner without incident, and no injuries or enforcement actions were reported.
• The department shared the video on Oct. 9 in a Facebook post that drew widespread, playful reactions, including puns from nearby Bedford Police.