Looking at the new biggest pumpkin makes me feel like it’s a prop from one of those movies where people stumble into a hidden valley full of giant plants and dinosaurs. It’s literally the size of a small car. It’s 2,480 pounds. You see something like this and your brain keeps telling you that’s not supposed to be like that. And it has a name, Bear Swipe.
Bear swipe isn’t a world record, but it’s close. The current giant pumpkin record holder lives in Italy and got one to 2,702 pounds. Bear Swipe won at the All New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off. For winning, the grower got $8,500. It’s the first time he’s won in ten years of trying. He says he wants to turn Bear Swipe into a Jack O’ Lantern and share the seeds with people for free.
I think it’d be a good PR move if he hollowed it out and threw on some wheels to turn it into a Cinderella carriage for kids. He could make a big deal out of it and possibly get Disney to throw some love his way.