Kicker: Pumpkin pursuit

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NICK EICHER, HOST: Surely you’ve noticed Halloween decorations going up earlier—getting more expensive and more elaborate every year … turning front yards into creepy theme parks. From 12-foot skeletons and animatronic zombies, to oversized front-yard ornaments more appropriate as parade floats.

All of which brings us to suburban Cleveland last week … where Parma Heights police found themselves in hot pursuit of a decoration that had broken loose: a giant pumpkin rolling through the night.

OFFICER: We’re currently struggling with it right now…it’s not … (groans)

Body-cam video shows officers wrestling the blow-up behemoth … trying to keep it from blowing away again.

Finally, they got it pinned down, let the air out, and stuffed it into the back of a squad car.

OFFICER: [Car door slams shut] Yeah, wow. I've never seen that before!

And there you go: Halloween’s hit peak absurdity when even police who’ve seen it all ... see something new.

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