Sorcerer's Airplane?

The other day Romão woke us up with some strange news: Have you seen the airplane? Yes, a plane crashed last night in the neighborhood. Soon another neighbor confirmed the story: everyone is over there. We do not live under any commercial air paths; we have seen small charter planes flying over maybe once or twice during our two years here. We definitely hadn’t heard any unusual noises or explosions that night, so we investigated. A short walk exposed the mystery. Lying in our neighbor’s yard was some sort of pumpkin shell with handlebars and a broomstick type sitting area. It was clear enough to everybody else: a sorcerer’s airplane. Apparently the denizens of the home had noticed sorcerers flying above their hut so they engaged a witch doctor to protect their airspace with some defensive charms, and low and behold, the next day the sorcerer’s flying contraption falls out of the sky. People were disappointed that the sorcerer had escaped, but his/her vehicle certainly was generating plenty of gawking.