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Up the Creek Without a… Pumpkin?

The Pumpkin spice game-changer

Ah, September. It’s the month of Pumpkin Spice Lattes, pumpkin-scented candles, limited edition pumpkin scented Febreze, and men paddling down creeks in pumpkin-boats.

“At first glance, you might think he’s out of his gourd. But one Massachusetts farmer says he had good reason for paddling an award-winning 817-pound pumpkin down the Taunton River earlier this month.

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Attempting to set a Guinness World Record, Todd Sandstrum piloted the carved-out husk of the pumpkin seven miles down the river, from Raynham, Massachusetts, to Taunton, on Sept. 5.

He told The Enterprise, a local paper, that he hopes the stunt raised awareness of local agriculture.”

To read more about it, click here. 

 

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