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2,147-Pound Pumpkin Breaks State Record

An Alaska man broke his own state record by bringing a pumpkin to the Alaska State Fair that weighed in at 2,147 pounds.

Dale Marshall had previously set the state record with a 2,051-pound pumpkin at the 2019 Alaska State Fair. He broke his own record this year with a massive gourd he dubbed “Cookie Monster.”

He said he used an Atlantic Giant seed from another giant pumpkin grower when he planted what would become Cookie Monster on June 4.

He believes his pumpkin would have grown even larger if there had been more sunny weather over the summer.

Marshall’s pumpkin earned the state record, but it fell short of the 2,702-pound Guinness World Record, which was set last year by Italian farmer Stefano Cutrupi.

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