VIDEO: Punkin Chunkin in Bridgeville
By Peter MacArthur

Eyes turn skwyard in Southen Delaware this weekend for one of the high profile events of the year.

WDEL's Peter MacArthur reports.Video Here

Trails of orange will rip through the blue skies over lower Delaware this weekend ad the 24th annual Punkin Chunkin festival takes place. It runs through Sunday...doors open at 7:30 each morning at the Wheatley Farm in Bridgeville and the pumpkins start flying at 9:30 a.m. Air cannons can fire those pumpkins in excess of four thousand feet. Money raised from the event goes to scholarships and charitable groups around Delaware.

Admission is $9 per person, kids under 12 get in free. Parking is $2.

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