Entrepreneur commissions massive 1,300-pound pumpkin carving

Sunday, November 1, 2020
RAPID CITY, South Dakota (WABC) -- All that time Linus spent waiting for the great pumpkin might have been better spent in South Dakota.

One Rapid City entrepreneur paid a great price to get a giant Halloween decoration.
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1,300 pounds worth.

At a dollar a pound, plus $500 he paid a local art teacher to carve it, well, you can do the math.

Craig Mount did it just to bring a smile to people's faces which he says is also how he runs his company called "Nerdy Nuts."
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While being the king of gourds is nice, Mount says he hopes someone challenges him and does something even bigger.

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