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Pumpkin weighing as much as a car breaks record

The Ithaca Journal reports the winning pumpkin tipped the scales at roughly the weight of a car; no word on whether it has a parking permit.

On air: Chip Darnell and Vera Bullock on BBN Newsroom
Published 11:37 AM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0

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First reported by The Ithaca Journal: “Pumpkin weighing as much as a car breaks record”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 11:37 AM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Chip Darnell and Vera Bullock.

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The Ithaca JournalPumpkin weighing as much as a car breaks record

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Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI have, Vera!
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe Ithaca Journal reports a record-breaking pumpkin that weighs as much as a car, and our team coverage starts right here on the map.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat map is a drawing of a circle.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIt is a very important circle representing the pumpkin, with the red line showing the road a car would take to visit it.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHow heavy exactly?
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe report says as much as a car, and I respect that kind of precision. I have seen cars, and this pumpkin is not small.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorDoes it get a seat in your command center?
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe best one, Vera. Brock, is the pumpkin forecast clear?

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