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A Man In BC Has Grown A Pumpkin That Weighs Nearly 900 kg & He's Even Given It A Nickname

It is literally the biggest pumpkin that B.C. has ever seen. 🎃

A Man In BC Has Grown A Pumpkin That Weighs Nearly 900 kg & He's Even Given It A Nickname
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The record for the biggest-ever B.C. pumpkin was officially broken and its name is "Papa Bear."

The prize pumpkin weighed in at massive 1,911 pounds (866 kilograms). The mastermind behind Papa Bear is Dave Chan, who has been growing this one huge pumpkin for decades.

Now awarded first place at the Giant Pumpkins British Columbia annual competition, his masterpiece is also the 23rd heaviest giant pumpkin in the world.

Chan also grew the entire family, including his other pumpkins "Mama bear" and "Baby Bear" in the competition. Together the whole family weighed over 4,000 pounds.

For this, Chan will get to wear the Certified World Recognized Great Pumpkin Commonwealth Jacket, only the second grower in Western Canada to do so.

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    Morgan Leet (she/her) is an Editor for Narcity Media Group. After graduating from Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication, she jumped into fulfilling her dream as a journalist, merging her passion for travelling with writing. After working in the print media world on Canada’s East Coast, she joined Narcity with a move to B.C., drawn to the beauty of Western Canada. Since then, she's documented her experience moving to Vancouver, covering everything from local events to bucket-list travel destinations across Canada's West Coast.

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