It's that time of year again, time for fall festivals and enormous pumpkins! The Barnesville Pumpkin Festival in Barnesville, Ohio, has crowned a new King Pumpkin. Erik Sunstrom managed to transport a 2,405-pound pumpkin from his home in Harrison City, Pennsylvania, to the festival and take this year's prize. The pumpkin outweighed last year's festival winner by more than 200 pounds, and set a record for the biggest pumpkin ever grown in Pennsylvania by 46 pounds.
Sunstrom said he and his family has spent around 30 hours a week caring for the pumpkin to get it to that magnificent size. The festival retains the winning pumpkin, while Sunstrom takes home a plaque and bragging rights, plus $2 a pound for the pumpkin, which will be $4,810. That should cover next year's fertilizer bill. He will also eventually receive 75% of the seeds from his monster pumpkin.
The Barnesville Pumpkin Festival continues through Sunday. -via Fark
(Image credit: Belmont County Tourism)