Extraordinary find while working in the garden - "We couldn't believe it"

A farmer couple from New Zealand was amazed when they made a find in their garden.

Now they could even land in the Guinness Book of Records.

Hobby gardeners may know it: when you harvest potatoes in the garden, you will always find a specimen that looks different from the others.

One or the other potato may even be bigger and heavier.

A couple from New Zealand made one such find.

The two were in the process of digging up the garden when the husband discovered

.

At first he suspected a mushroom plant, but on closer inspection it turned out to be a huge potato.

And it could now make it into the Guinness Book of Records.

Gardening: a huge potato weighs just under eight kilograms

Colin Craig-Brown told New Zealand news service Newshub: "The fork of the spade was suddenly in there and I pulled the thing out and just thought: What in the world is that?" And his wife Donna added: "We could do it don't believe. ”The

and could replace the heaviest potato in the world to date - this was determined in Great Britain in 2011 and weighed 4.98 kilograms, as

reported by

the

.

Whether the potato will make it into the Guinness Book of Records with its weight remains to be seen.

However, the couple submitted an application.

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Whether the potato lands in the Guinness Book of Records or not: it is already famous.

As reported by the

, the

and is known in the area of ​​the couple.

In the meantime, a cart has also been built for "Doug" to take the potato for a walk.

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Since "Doug" has lingered on the surface of the earth for a while, his appearance has suffered greatly.

And not only that - the potato is slowly drying out and has also

.

Now "Doug" is lingering in the family's freezer.

According to the

, the unusual garden find should possibly be processed into potato vodka.

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