A 60-year-old Nebraska man has potentially set a new world record by paddling 38 miles downriver – a feat that wouldn’t be especially remarkable, except for the fact that he did so inside a giant pumpkin grown in his garden.
Duane Hansen of Syracuse, Nebraska, completed his unusual journey in an 856-pound hollowed-out pumpkin last week, according to a Facebook post by officials of the Bellevue city on Saturday.
