A firefighter in Colorado has grown a record-breaking 1-ton pumpkin.

Brad Bledsoe, a fire medic with the Aurora Fire Rescue, grew a pumpkin that weighs 2,083 pounds and now holds Colorado’s state record.

Bledsoe named the pumpkin Winifred Sanderson, the name of one of the Hocus Pocus sisters.

The firefighter shared, “It was like the pride and joy of the neighborhood, like, this is the biggest pumpkin we’ve ever seen. This is so cool.”

Bledsoe revealed his daughter was a significant motivation behind growing the massive pumpkin.

“My daughter, at the time she was 4, she goes, ‘Dad, why is your pumpkin like the smallest one here?’ And so that got my competitiveness going,” shared Bledsoe.

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Per KPTV:

Meet Brad Bledsoe, a fire medic with Aurora Fire Rescue.

He is a firefighter by day but his talent off the job is growing gigantic gourds.

“Gave me, like, a good, good escape from work and breaking up the monotony of every day,” Bledsoe said.

Bledsoe’s pumpkin, named Winifred Sanderson after one of the Hocus Pocus sisters, weighs 2,083 pounds and it smashed state records.

“I officially have the title of largest pumpkin ever grown in Colorado,” he said.

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