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Carve out some time to see these giant jack-o'-lanterns

An Iowa woman is putting her award-winning pumpkins on display in time for Halloween.

Carve out some time to see these giant jack-o'-lanterns

An Iowa woman is putting her award-winning pumpkins on display in time for Halloween.

I MEAN, THAT IS A TOP NOTCH CELEBRATION. WE HAVE A REALLY COOL UPDATE TO A STORY WE TOLD YOU ABOUT ON TUESDAY. WE SHOWED YOU THIS VIDEO OF A GIANT JACK O LANTERN THAT SITS BY THE TOWN SIGN IN GUERNSEY. WE’VE LEARNED THAT THIS PUMPKIN GROWN BY LINDSAY QUINN WEIGHS. GET THIS OVER 173 POUNDS. YOU CAN SEE HOW BIG IT IS. I’M ASSUMING THAT’S HER STANDING BEHIND IT, RIGHT? YEAH. WOW. IT WON SECOND BEST IN THE BLOOMFIELD GIANT PUMPKIN BASH LAST MONTH. BUT THAT’S NOT EVEN THE BIGGEST ONE. LINDSAY GREW THIS YEAR. YEAH, SHE HAS ONE OUTSIDE OF HER HOME ON 430TH AVENUE. THAT WEIGHS 1,549 POUNDS. VERY NICE. LINDSAY. LINDSAY HAS BEEN GROWING BIG PUMPKIN SINCE 2023. SO BIG, SHE CAN FIT INSIDE OF IT. LOOKS LIKE. RIGHT. TEAL WAS DOING IT WELL BEFORE THEN. TEAL PROMISED LINDSAY THAT SHE WOULD FLY HERE FROM MARYLAND AND CARVE HER PUMPKIN IF SHE GREW ONE OVER 1,500 POUNDS. LINDSAY LIGHTS THE CANDLES AND BOTH OF THEM EVERY NIGHT, AND ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO STOP AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH THEM. THAT IS REALLY, WELL, VERY TALENTED. ON GROWING THOSE GREAT BIG PUMPKINS AND THEN TO CARVE THEM LIKE THAT. YES. QUESTION. THOUGH SHE SAYS SHE LIGHTS THE CANDLES. I FEEL LIKE YOU NEED A BONFIRE INSIDE. THAT BERNE DIDN’T SAY HOW BIG THE CANDLE WAS. AND KUDOS TO THE FOLKS IN GUERNSEY FOR NOT VANDALIZING THAT AND JUST SUPPORTING IT AND CELEBRATING IT, BECAUSE THAT’S REALLY NEAT. OH MY GOSH. YEAH, I MEAN, AND I HAVE TO BE HONEST TOO, THAT WOULD KIND OF HAUNT YOUR DREAMS IF YOU DID SOMETHING. IT CAME AFTER YOU BECAUSE IT WOULD. THAT WAS NOT A FRIENDLY FACE. AND IT FITS THIS TIME OF YEAR. CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT THING ROLLING DOWN A HILL A
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Updated: 11:55 PM CDT Oct 30, 2025
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Carve out some time to see these giant jack-o'-lanterns

An Iowa woman is putting her award-winning pumpkins on display in time for Halloween.

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Updated: 11:55 PM CDT Oct 30, 2025
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People driving down Cleveland Street in Guernsey will be treated to a spooky but spectacular sight, just in time for Halloween.A jack-o'-lantern carved from a pumpkin weighing more than 1,373 pounds sits right by the town sign. It was grown by Lindsey Quinn, and it won her second place the Bloomfield Giant Pumpkin Bash this year.That's not even the biggest pumpkin Lindsey grew this year. She has one outside of her home on 430th Ave. weighing 1,549 pounds before it was carved. It took third place at Anamosa Pumpkinfest.The giant jack-o'-lanterns were carved by Lindsey's twin sister, Teal Quinn. While Lindsey started growing big pumpkins in 2023, she says her sister was into it well before. Teal promised Lindsey that she would fly to Iowa from Maryland to carve Lindsey's pumpkin if she could grow one that weighed over 1,500 pounds.Lindsey lights candles inside both jack-o'-lanterns every night and encourages people to stop by and take pictures before they rot.Retro vlog: Central Iowa pumpkin cannon launches pumpkins over 1,000 feetRecord squashed: Biggest pumpkin winner breaks all-time mark at Iowa State Fair

People driving down Cleveland Street in Guernsey will be treated to a spooky but spectacular sight, just in time for Halloween.

A jack-o'-lantern carved from a pumpkin weighing more than 1,373 pounds sits right by the town sign. It was grown by Lindsey Quinn, and it won her second place the Bloomfield Giant Pumpkin Bash this year.

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That's not even the biggest pumpkin Lindsey grew this year. She has one outside of her home on 430th Ave. weighing 1,549 pounds before it was carved. It took third place at Anamosa Pumpkinfest.

The giant jack-o'-lanterns were carved by Lindsey's twin sister, Teal Quinn. While Lindsey started growing big pumpkins in 2023, she says her sister was into it well before. Teal promised Lindsey that she would fly to Iowa from Maryland to carve Lindsey's pumpkin if she could grow one that weighed over 1,500 pounds.

Lindsey lights candles inside both jack-o'-lanterns every night and encourages people to stop by and take pictures before they rot.

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Record squashed: Biggest pumpkin winner breaks all-time mark at Iowa State Fair

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