Colin Craig-Brown, a small farm owner in New Zealand, thought he had found treasure when his hoe hit something massive on the ground.
Craig-Brown and his wife Donna thought they had discovered the world's largest potato and nominated it for the Guinness World Records.
Their "potato" weighed 7.8kg, much larger than the current record holder, a potato that was unearthed in Britain in 2011 and weighed almost 5kg.
But the couple's dreams turned to mush, reports the Guardian: the giant tuber turned out to come from a gourd.
Craig-Brown asserted that the object tasted like a potato, although he himself had never tasted a gourd tuber.
The pair spent months sending photos and documents, but finally received the disappointing email response last week.
"Dear Collins," the message began. "Unfortunately the sample is not a potato but a tuber from a type of gourd. For this reason we must unfortunately reject your application."
"What can one say" commented Greg-Brown. "We can't say we don't believe them because we gave them the DNA" he said of the Guinness World Record holders.
Because of the misunderstanding the tuber had become a local celebrity in New Zealand and the Craig-Brown couple even built a special trolley to transport it.
The couple were disappointed with the final verdict, but still keep the giant in the freezer.
Source: in.gr
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