The 60-year-old was on a quest to squash the Guinness World Record for “the longest journey by pumpkin boat.” Yes, it’s a thing — and Hansen’s not the first to use a giant gourd as a vessel.

A Missouri man has squashed the world record for the longest voyage by pumpkin boat — a gourdian feat that saw him paddle 38 miles in a 1,293-pound pumpkin. Like the brave explorers who rowed ...

In real life, everyday guy Duane Hansen paddled an 846-pound floating pumpkin for 38 miles in the Missouri River to attain a world record – on his 60th birthday, no less. People are ...

A New York man has set a new record for the heaviest pumpkin in U.S. history, growing a squash that weighed 2,554 pounds. The record-breaking feat was recorded Saturday afternoon at the Great ...

An American man has finally fulfilled his dream of growing a pumpkin big enough to set sail in. Gary Kristensen paddled ...

Gienger, of Anoka, Minn., shifted on his feet. Two growers had just broken a California record with their 2,497-pound pumpkin, and Gienger remembers hoping he could just squeeze by and win.

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A Minnesota horticulture teacher set a world record in California on Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after growing a giant jack-o’-lantern gourd weighing 2,749 ...

A retired farmer has managed to grow a 2,554 pound (1158.5 kilogram) pumpkin, breaking records in North America! That's as heavy as a full-grown horse! Scott Andrusz had his sights on breaking the ...

The prize pumpkin set a new North American record, according to organizers, but it did not beat the current world record, which was set in 2021 by a 2,703-pound pumpkin in Italy, according to ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A Minnesota horticulture teacher set a world record in California on Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after growing a giant jack-o’-lantern gourd weighing 2,749 ...

A pumpkin weighing 2,560 pounds set a new U.S. record on Monday at the 49th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in northern California. The giant gourd was presented at the contest in Half Moon ...

The pumpkin, grown by Scott Andrusz of Williamsville, came in at 2,554 pounds. According to a recent report, the national record was previously 2,528 pounds before the local grower’s pumpkin was ...