HEARD the one about the monster pumpkin that takes two grown men to lift and weighs more than the person who planted it?

This is no tall story but what happened after Louise Dawes dropped seeds on a bed of manure back in the spring.

With Halloween just days away the 13-year-old is sure to have the biggest pumpkin in town and probably in the country.

The outsized vegetable has been hoisted onto the scales where it has weighed in at 102lb - heavier than Louise, who goes to North Bromsgrove High School.

Growing pumpkins is something the Dawes family, who live in Birmingham Road, have been doing for years. But they have never seen anything like this one.

"I've never seen a pumpkin like this. We realised back in August it was going to be big but it's a real whopper," said Louise's proud mum Viv.

"The amazing thing is that it's not been fed but just left to grow. I think it's just a freak."

Louise and her family will be tucking into a Halloween supper. Pumpkin pie will be on the menu but that's not the fate for this pumpkin with a difference.

The Guinness Book of Records is looking into whether it is a record breaker or not.