PARK SLOPE, Brooklyn (WABC) -- For the past decade, Charlie Pigott has been going all out for Halloween.

This year, he decorated his Brooklyn brownstone stoop with a 1,000-pound pumpkin, and it's a show stopper.

"I've never seen a pumpkin this big before. It definitely makes you stop and look," a neighbor said.

The 1,000-pound Giant Gourd of Park Slope is so large, the owner has to rent a forklift to get it onto his front stoop.

"We got a great pumpkin this year. Very happy with the shape, color, size," Pigott said.

Pigott is a proud fourth-generation Brooklyn native.

Ten years ago, he brought home a 100-pound squash to make his Park Slope neighborhood pop.

The next year, he sized up to 250 pounds.

By year three, he was hauling home a 1,000-pound load, and he'll never go small aga

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