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Look: Minnesota farmer's 2,471-pound pumpkin wins world championship

By Ben Hooper,

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Oct. 16 (UPI) -- A Minnesota man won the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off with a 2,471-pound squash he dubbed Rudy.

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=45gplg_0w9c2w9S00 — Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off/Instagram

Travis Gienger, of Nowthen, traveled with his gargantuan gourd to the competition in Half Moon Day, Calif., where it was placed on a massive scale and dubbed the heaviest in the contest.

The win marked Gieger's fourth top-spot win at the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off.

In the 2023 contest, Gieger's 2,749-pound pumpkin, named Michael Jordan , took the top spot , as well as the Guinness World Record for heaviest pumpkin.

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