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Russell County OPP are on the hunt for a stiletto-heeled woman whose alleged jacking of Embrun jack o’ lanterns on the weekend has resulted in a video that’s gone viral.

The first incident happened at about 11 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 7 when the woman got out of a white, newer two-door vehicle and took a pumpkin from the front of a home on Ménard Street in Embrun, police reported in a release issued Wednesday.

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Just after midnight, the same woman was spotted stealing pumpkins from another home in the Lapointe Boulevard area, police said.

They describe the woman as white, about 5-foot, six-inches tall and 25 to 35 years old with shoulder-length blond hair and wearing glasses, a white sweater, black pants and light-coloured high boots.

A video of one of the incidents circulating on Facebook had more than 51,000 views by about 2 p.m, and has posters cracking up like Nov. 1 jack o’ lanterns.

“Is anything really safe anymore?” quipped one and “lock up your pumpkins!” another.

Tipsters are asked to contact Const. Anne-Christine Gauthier at anne-christine.gauthier@opp.ca or 613-443-4499 or toll-free at 1-888-310-1122. Anonymous tips can be made to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.