Taken moments after the weight was made offical. Just had to see it in person to get a true sense for it's largness! I too, like many other pumpkin growers, was speechless for a few. Is all I recall... my mouth dropped open and silence as I stared at "it" sitting in the parking lot early Saturday morning! then the few words that did leave my lips after I started breathing .......can't be put here! It was BIG! TRUST ME!!!!!