With a hissing "fwoomp," a pumpkin flew from an 80-foot air cannon called Gourds in Space. The projectile nearly disappeared into the clouds over an alfalfa field in the Butler Creek Valley. After an ...

Mark Harris loads a pumpkin onto a catapult (trebuchet) Saturday at Washington State College of Ohio in Marietta during the second annual Pumpkin Chuckin’ event. Organizers wanted to show off aspects ...

A crowd watches as a trebuchet, built by the Dover Dunkers from Dover Middle school, launches a pumpkin into Lake Picatinny during the 5th Pumpkin Sling competition at Picatinny Arsenal on Friday, ...

Launching a pumpkin into the drizzling skies Wednesday morning, the physics class at the Grand Traverse Academy harked back to medieval times. The 11 students showcased their award-winning trebuchet, ...

When trebuchet had its heyday back in the Middle Ages, Richard the Lionheart wouldn't let women near his bombarding machine. But women had their way with the trebuchet Sunday afternoon in Clarence at ...

MORRISONVILLE – Pumpkins and other gourds rained from the sky as families smashed pumpkins via slingshot, mallet and trebuchet at the Clinton County Landfill Saturday morning. Casella Waste Systems ...

Dozens of community members gathered outside the Columbia Farmers Market for a pumpkin smashing event Saturday morning. The Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture community event showcased a trebuchet, ...

The trebuchet was the most fearsome weapon of medieval times, a giant catapult that could lay waste to any fortress by battering its walls with boulders. It’s funny to think, then, that in terms of ...

I just watched a show on Discovery documenting this year's Punkin Chunkin. The show focused a lot on centrifugal and air powered chunkers, but they have a thriving trebuchet community. <BR><BR>I'm ...