Colin and Donna Craig-Brown were weeding their garden in New Zealand when Colin’s hoe struck something huge just beneath the soil’s surface. As the couple knelt down and began digging around the object, Colin wondered if it was some kind of strange fungal growth. After Colin pried it out with his garden fork, he scratched away a bit of the skin and tasted — a potato. And not exactly pretty. Donna describes its appearance as more of an ugly, mutant look.
… It’s quite possibly the largest potato on record. When the couple lugged it into their garage and put it on their old set of scales, it weighed in at a remarkable 17.4 pounds. In the weeks since their unusual find on August 30, the couple’s potato has become something of a celebrity around their small farm (near Hamilton). They’ve named the potato Doug, after the way it was unearthed, and Colin even built a small cart to tow Doug around.
… A more official weigh-in at a local farming store put Doug at 17.2 pounds. The Guinness World Records entry for the heaviest potato is 11 pounds. The couple say they’ve applied to Guinness to have Doug recognized and are waiting to hear back.
This couple is hysterical...watch this video!!!!!