Raising Cane’s founder Todd Graves has officially made Halloween history after turning a 3,156-pound pumpkin into the world’s heaviest jack-o’-lantern.
Graves unveiled the enormous creation in Salem, Massachusetts, this week as the city celebrates its 400th anniversary. Guinness World Records confirmed the new title after the pumpkin was carved into a massive Halloween display featuring witches, skeletons, bats and plenty of Raising Cane’s touches.
The pumpkin itself was already a record holder before Graves got his hands on it.
The Pumpkin Was Already the World’s Heaviest
The giant pumpkin was grown by legendary giant-pumpkin grower Ron Wallace and weighed 3,156 pounds when it won the heaviest pumpkin title at the Southern New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off earlier this month.
Graves then obtained the pumpkin and brought it to Salem, where it was transformed into an enormous jack-o’-lantern for Halloween.
The carving was a massive undertaking.…