Source: Maggie Brown, WRAL, 10/13/21

 Nearly 2,000 pounds — that's how much the largest pumpkin at the N.C. State Fair weighed on Tuesday. Chris Rodebaugh, from Lewisburg, W.Va., set a new state record with a 1,965.5 pound pumpkin. He's won several pumpkin competitions across the state through the years.

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