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Man is out of his gourd - for now

By adamg on Thu, 09/07/2017 - 4:32pm

The Globe interviews a Revere man who has what is now a 500-lb. pumpkin that he plans to hollow out and use to paddle across Boston Harbor, from Jeffries Point in East Boston to the Fish Pier in South Boston.

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Comments

By Somebody Else. on Thu, 09/07/2017 - 5:14pm.

... squash anyone's hopes, but the fruit of this harvest seems likely to lead to more than one reaping.

By baustin on Thu, 09/07/2017 - 5:14pm.

There is nothing I do not like about that plan. That is a man who knows his way around a shenanigan.

By Elmer on Thu, 09/07/2017 - 6:05pm.

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By MC Slim JB on Thu, 09/07/2017 - 9:34pm.

he can carve for use as a bailing bucket.

You have to admit: one of the better applications of pumpkin mania to come down the pike in a while. And, he waited till September.

By Ishmael Jones on Fri, 09/08/2017 - 2:42pm.

The Globe comment "You're gonna need a bigger pumpkin."

By dmcboston on Fri, 09/08/2017 - 3:40pm.

And maybe a PFD and handheld radio.

By anon on Fri, 09/08/2017 - 5:20pm.

They have a festival in Damariscotta, Maine devoted to this exact thing. Hilarious, but the pumpkins are actually pretty buoyant if they're hollowed out a certain way. The people crawl inside them and start paddling away!

By Irma la Douce on Sat, 09/09/2017 - 10:58am.

...annual Oregon event since 2004. There is also a racing event event in Ludwigburg, Germany.