Man Breaks State Record With Nearly 1,800 Pound Pumpkin

REPUBLIC, Mo. (CBS Local) — A Missouri man recently broke his own state record for the largest pumpkin — twice in one day.
Richard Bottorf set the the Show-Me State record two years ago at 1,563 pounds. But this year, he brought two giant pumpkins for competition at the Republic Pumpkin Daze festival, held on Oct. 5.
The first pumpkin weighed in at 1,677 pounds, topping his own state record by more than 100 pounds.
But that record only held for a few minutes because the second pumpki