Couple Submits 17-Pound 'Potato' named 'Doug' to Guinness World Records, Then Gets Surprising Results
When Colin Craig-Brown was working in his garden in Wellington, New Zealand, last summer, he found what he thought might be a potato that could make history. Colin and his wife Donna were just doing some maintenance in…
When Colin Craig-Brown was working in his garden in Wellington, New Zealand, last summer, he found what he thought might be a potato that could make history.
Colin and his wife Donna were just doing some maintenance in their plot when his hoe hit something. As he investigated, he uncovered more and more of a giant tuber buried in the ground.
That particular spot had been used to grow cucumbers before it was overtaken by weeds, but Colin was just sure it was a potato.
Why was he so sure? Because he tasted the strange, lumpy thing he wrenched from the ground, and declared it was a potato.
Never mind that the couple had never grown potatoes there, what else could the strange root be?
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“We couldn’t believe it,” Donna said, according to an Associated Press report in November. “It was just huge.”
The couple named it “Doug” (sometimes spelled ‘Dug,’ for obvious reasons), and Doug took on a life all his own. Photos of him were shared on social media. Colin built a special wooden cart to tote the tuber around town. Doug became a bit of a local celebrity.