World Champion Punkin Chunkin, Bridgeville, DE
Bridgeville, Delaware, has approximately 2,000 residents, but its population is expanded substantially each November when people across the country visit for the annual World Championship Punkin Chunkin contest. Competitors use whatever is necessary to propel their pumpkins as far as they can (catapults, air cannons, etc.). There is also a Punkin Chunkin pageant, chili cook-off, and cooking competition. The non-profit event was canceled in 2017 after two spectators were injured when debris from one of the cannon’s hit them. The contest began in 1986 — the first of its kind in the United States — and draws thousands and thousands of spectators each year.
