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Fig. D: Centrifugal hurler Bad to the Bone won its category with a throw of 2,737 feet. Fig. E: The contest’s 10-inch white pumpkins are hard and gourd-like. Even so, some pumpkins explode or “pie” as they leave the cannon. Fig. F: A pumpkin emerges out of smoke from the barrel of Old Glory, which fired 3,632 feet for third place. Fig. G: The wicked-looking Pumpkin Slayer catapult finished second. Fig. H: This catapult used a bicycle to draw back garage door springs. Fig. I: John Buchele’s bright red Great Emancipator cost him $70,000 to build.
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