The owner of the iconic attraction, Gene Rhodes — affectionally known as “Gene the Pumpkin Man” — died Wednesday, Dec. 17, according to his niece, Kim Emmons. He was 88. In his younger ...

That's why Gene was better known as "The Pumpkin Man." We last spoke to him during his busy season in October. “I'm just a little old pumpkin man," he laughed at the time, “and I’m just ...

So Here''s a Pumpkin for the man. This is a pumpkin I carved to look like the distinctive Jabulani, the official match ball of the MLS. The carving covers the entire surface of the pumpkin making ...