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American Duane Hansen aboard his 384 kg pumpkin on the Missouri River on August 27.
UNUSUAL – We knew Jack and the Magic Bean. We now discover Duane and the giant pumpkin. An American traveled more than 60 km on the Missouri River this Saturday, August 27, aboard a more than unusual boat: a giant pumpkin that was dug up and turned into a boat.
After years of growing this 800-pound pumpkin in his garden — he even gave it a name, “Berta” — Duane Hansen dug it up, then outfitted himself with a paddle and life jacket boat before launching it on the Missouri River let water. And embark on a long, eventful cruise of almost 11 hours.
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Leaving the town of Bellevue at 7:30 a.m., he faced the elements (particularly the cold and a heavy downpour) and collided with a rock and sandbar. But without capsizing, Duane Hansen reached Nebraska City, 38 miles (61 km) below, at around 6:30 p.m. Enough to set a new Guinness World Record on the day he celebrated his 60th birthday.
This Nebraska resident set a record when he paddled in a giant hollowed-out pumpkin and cruised down the Missouri River for… https://t.co/wUO6f9VXIi
— Portal (@Portal)
“I walked 40 miles downstream without getting up in this pumpkin patch and my knees still hurt,” Duane Hansen hilariously told Portal a few days later. “But I’ll probably never do that again.” And if someone breaks that record, I think I’ll salute them because they would be very strong! »
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