You know you want to watch a 1,300-pound pumpkin absolutely crush a car

This is the catharsis you need.
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Chloe Bryan
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Nearly 2,000 spectators gathered in the Canadian city of Saskatoon last weekend to watch one of life's simplest pleasures: giant fruit crushing stuff.

Per CBC News, the city's first-ever Operation Pumpkin Drop was held to raise money for a local pediatric fund. The event featured three gargantuan pumpkins being dropped from a 40-foot crane, which is obviously perfect fodder for the Twitter videos that have been circulating since Sunday.

One pumpkin was full of candy, triggering a stampede of children. (Nothing like candy with pumpkin guts all over it!)

Another pumpkin, which weighed around 1,300 pounds, was dropped onto a car. We'll say it: hell yeah!

Here's the same thing in slow-motion, just so you can really take in the glory:

The third pumpkin was filled with numbered ping-pong balls that were sold to patrons before the event. The person whose ping-pong ball landed closest to a target on the field won the ~grand prize~ (and became the de facto king or queen of the pumpkin drop, to be honest).

The event reportedly raised more than $9,000. Not bad for a bunch of smashed squash.

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Chloe Bryan

Chloe was the shopping editor at Mashable. She was also previously a culture reporter. You can follow her on Twitter at @chloebryan.

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