Man Attacked By Giant Pumpkin ¤Frankenstein¤

A Russian man is to sue a seed firm after he was knocked unconscious by a giant pumpkin he grew on his balcony.

Nikolay Salakhov, from Pavlov-Posad, near Moscow, claims instructions on the seed packet told him to expect "decorative vegetables the size of a pear" on six foot-high plants.

But instead the plants produced pumpkins weighing almost 40lbs, one of which fell on his head and knocked him out as he sat on his balcony, reports Pravda.

Andrey Tumanov, chairman of the Moscow Union of Gardeners, says almost half of all seeds available on the Russian market "did not meet gardening norms".

Story filed: 11:11 Monday 24th March 2003

***If they were growing on his balcony and that's where he was sitting, how did it fall on him?

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