The final two pumpkins in the Manteca Bulletin’s Great Pumpkin Hunt have been claimed.
Rocky Graciano found the Week No. 4 pumpkin hidden next to the concrete bat at Lincoln Park.
He said he woke up at about 2 a.m. and went to his car where he slept until the paper came at 3:30 in the morning. He read the clues and found the pumpkin shortly thereafter.
The Halloween Day pumpkin was found by Michael Smith, a Modesto Junior College graphics student. He said it was fairly easy to found in a lot next to McDonald’s on East Yosemite Avenue where he retrieved it from among tumbleweeds near the street.
Each received $100 for finding the respective pumpkins.
The Week No. 4 clues were as follows:
• That’s one big bat. - It refers to the three-foot concrete baseball bat sculpture that was installed earlier this year on a plaza put in as part of the Lincoln Park parking lot upgrades.
• Right up the alley. - The access lane to the Lincoln Park parking lot doubles as an alley for adjacent homes. The alley leads right to the plaza.
• Park for the park. - The adjacent parking lot is where you park to go to Lincoln Park.
The Halloween Day clues were as follows:
• That’s one big dollar sign. - It refers to the Dollar Store sign overlooking the former Manteca Bowl site.
• The alley was here. - A reference to the original Manteca bowling alley that once graced the site before being torn down.
• Don’t stumble over the tumble. - That refers to the tumbleweeds adjacent to the sidewalk where the pumpkin was hidden.