scarecrow for tourists

so on the road near my parents house there is an oddly placed scarecrow.  It has a pumpkin head and sticks for arms that are a little too straight and long.  During the daytime it looks like it could just be a family name sign holder, or maybe a mailbox holder.  At night the silhoutte it makes in the glare of the headlights make it look like an irate farmer standing at the fool of his driveway with a shotgun.  It's actually quite shocking when you don't expect it.  I imagine it's there to scare off his daughter's perspective suitors.  It's the north woods equivalent of a moat.