Pumpkin Eater (Scare Zone)

Description (Kings Dominion)
In the last years of the Revolution, some say the spirit of a dead soldier possessed Peter Armstrong, a pumpkin farmer, murdered his wife with a bayonet, along with other victims. The evil spirit in his body began to morph him into a pumpkin-like creature. His victims too began to rise and now haunt these once tranquil woods with their jack-o-lantern faces.

2018
In the late 1700’s, Peter Armstrong was a pumpkin farmer living off a winding dirt road in the quaint woods of Rivertown. One night, after learning of his wife’s indiscretions, he became so enraged that he accidentally killed her. In a panic, he hid her body inside one of his largest pumpkins, leaving her there to rot. In his grief, he started seeing apparitions of his wife with the face of a jack-o-lantern. This image haunted him, but also fascinated him and he began fantasizing about murdering other people and removing their faces and replacing them with jack-o-lanterns to recreate the vision of his dead wife. Having indulged his fantasy and experiencing that satisfaction, there was no stopping him now. Peter went on to murder other victims, to the point where it was obvious Peter had become possessed by an evil demon, eventually morphing into a grotesque pumpkin-like figure. His victims are reanimated by other demons, whom roam the woods with their jack-o-lantern faces.

2021
The notorious Pumpkin Eater is on the prowl, hidden within the dark confines of the haunted town he once terrorized. Beware the demons who roam the winding serpentine road. They were townsfolk once, just like you.