One-ton pumpkin shatters weight record

For David Frerichs, and pumpkin growers across the globe, this is the year they have been waiting for. History is being made.

This year growers get to see a pumpkin that makes the one most people put on their doorstep for Halloween, look like a pomegranate seed. This years legendary pumpkin even dwarfs the massive 1,600-pound giants that typically win pumpkin growing contests. It is so large most growers would think the poundage was not possible, CBS News reports.

"It would just implode," said Frerichs. "That the shell of the pumpkin, the ribs inside, wouldn't be strong enough to hold that weight."

A few months ago, rumors started circulating that some giants were growing in the backyard of a house in Greene.

The homeowner had to plant foliage in order to discourage looky-loos, reporters, and others who have been desperately trying to sneak a peek. Ron Wallace, a country club manager, has tried to downplay expectations of what has been growing in his backyard until the pumpkin was weighed.

Last week, the pumpkin was weighed. It weighed 2,009 pounds, that's over a ton.