Do-gooder replaces pumpkin at site of serial smashing
A joyous pumpkin. Photo by Dan Gold on Unsplash
As police continue to search for the man who smashed a pumpkin outside a Bay Ridge home, a good Samaritan — or “gourd Samaritan,” one could say — has replaced the destroyed orange carcass, leaving behind only a hand-written note.
The victim, who lives near 81st Street and Third Avenue, first took to social media on Oct. 16 to share footage of an unknown man picking up a pumpkin belonging to his 3-year-old granddaughter and throwing it on the ground.
The next day, the 68th Precinct shared images of the suspect, asking the community for help catching the pumpkin smasher (whom, the victim further alleges, has been caught on camera destroying at least one other pumpkin).
