It's Day 3 of the World Championship Punkin Chunkin 2016, a post-Halloween charity showdown featuring medieval war machines repurposed as long distance dispensers of squash. "It's the culture of people coming together for one purpose," says Frank Payton, president of the World Championship Punkin Chunkin Association. You can't do that because you might get sued and Punkin Chunkin to me was one of those last straw type of deals. A tragic accidentThe specter of a catastrophic malfunction looms over Punkin Chunkin, much like the possibility of a deadly wreck haunts every NASCAR race. If something happened at Punkin Chunkin, they may not have the financial backing to continue."

Source: CNN November 21, 2016 19:28 UTC