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Published October 12 2009

Now that is a pumpkin

(WDAY TV) - Before you head out to get your pumpkin for Halloween, a story you might want to see; the record-setting winner of the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay, California.

By: WDAY Staff Reports, WDAY

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Before you head out to get your pumpkin for Halloween, a story you might want to see; the record-setting winner of the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay, California.

(WDAY TV) - Before you head out to get your pumpkin for Halloween, a story you might want to see; the record-setting winner of the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay, California.

The gigantic gourd weighed in at 1,658-pounds. The jumbo jack-o-lantern was grown by Don Young of Des Moines, Iowa. He drove two-thousand miles for the competition and will now take home about 10-thousand dollars.

The world's heaviest pumpkin on record weighed 1,725 pounds.

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