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English Man Floats River In Giant Pumpkin He Grew

This post features two real photos showing an English man paddling on a river while sitting inside a giant hollowed-out pumpkin that he grew himself. The text at the top describes the unusual event, with one wider shot from a distance and one closer shot showing the man rowing the massive pumpkin that functions as a boat.
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A man from England floats on a river in a pumpkin, which he himself raised

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This post features two real photos showing an English man paddling on a river while sitting inside a giant hollowed-out pumpkin that he grew himself. The text at the top describes the unusual event, with one wider shot from a distance and one closer shot showing the man rowing the massive pumpkin that functions as a boat.

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This image is a repost of a real-world event, originally shared to X (formerly Twitter) by the account WholesomeMeme as indicated in the source metadata. The story is about a British man who grew a record-sized giant pumpkin and hollowed it out to use as a makeshift boat.

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