SCOTTSDALE, AZ -- Ever carve a 75-pound pumpkin? It can't be an easy task, unless you're master pumpkin-carver
Linda Rettinger, who's also a licensed massage therapist.
Rettinger, a highly respected Shamanic Intuitive, spent the morning scraping and carving the huge beast of a squash at the Grey Hawk Bashas' grocery store in north Scottsdale.
SEE PHOTOS OF THE PUMPKIN IN THE ATTACHED SLIDESHOWThe pumpkin was raffled off at 5 p.m. Wednesday to raise money for the International Council of Indigenous Grandmothers.
Rettinger is helping to bring the 13 council members to Arizona for a conference on November 29.
For more information on the council visit
their website.