All Hallow's Eve question

As this is an OOG question, I don't know where else to ask it.

For the holiday of All Hallow's Eve, it states that in Khitan, pumpkins are carved to ward off evil spirits and ghosts and ghouls.

Are bears likely to want to show up and eat the pumpkins if we carve some and put them around the Stump for decoration?  I have no idea if bears consider pumpkins tasty treats, so I figured I'd ask here for better information.

Thanks in advance.

--Larry Wile

My first inclination would be a yes, they will nom pumpkins, but I speak only from limited experience. A wildlife volunteer and avid hiker, I'd propose using plastic pumpkins (which are much less satisfying than real ones) or getting creative and using paper cut outs and sculpture to create that flickering Halloween feel.

Craft stores like Joanns have the styrofoam ones you can carve into that look pretty realistic and you can keep them for next year.

I second what Kelly said.  I work at Michaels, the arts & crafts chain, and we've got a ton of them.  They're not hard to carve yourself and won't attract bears or insects.

We've kept pumpkins up before around the inn though, haven't we?

We've kept pumpkins up before around the inn though, haven't we?

Precisely what I was going to say... are we concerned that the stump is a bit more secluded?