JACKSON — Theyyyyy’rrre ba-aack!
Just when you thought it was safe to go back outside to the pumpkin patch to take advantage of the splendid fall weather, or to look at the full harvest moon this weekend, the Return of the Pumpkin People is taking over the valley, Oct. 1-31.
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